Valdez City Schools
Valdez City Schools | |
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Location | |
1112 West Klutina Street, Valdez, AK 99686 United States of America | |
District information | |
Motto | Where the Mountains Meet the Sea |
Grades | PK - 12 |
Superintendent | Timothy Bauer |
Students and staff | |
Staff | approx 84 (as of 6/1/2014)[1] |
Other information | |
Website | Official website |
Valdez City Schools is a school district in Valdez, Alaska.
It has three schools: Hermon Hutchens Elementary, George H. Gilson Middle School, and Valdez High School, and an organized home-school program.[2]
History
On May 25, 1901, Mrs. Alice Leedy opened a school in the Episocopal Church.
The school district itself was founded on September 6, 1901. Adam Wan was elected president. School opened on September 9 and met in City Hall. Mrs. Alice Leedy was the teacher. Only students ages 6 and older were eligible to attend.
The first actual school building opened on November 11, 1901.
By 1903, there were 3 classrooms and 60 students, one each for primary, intermediate, and upper grades.
By 1912, the high school served 4 grades and by 1913 the school had its first graduate.
After the entire town moved as a result of the 1964 Alaska earthquake, new schools were built, including Growden-Harrison Elementary School, which was the first building completed as part of the post-earthquake relocation effort. This school was named after two victims of the earthquake. Growden-Harrison ceased being an elementary school in 1986.[3]
References
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- Yakutat
attendance areas
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- Alaska State School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Alaska Vocational Technical Center
- Alyeska Central School
- Mt. Edgecumbe High School
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