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The NANA Nordic team that traveled to Kotzebue consisted of former UAF ski team member Tamra Kornfield, Mariah Cooper, NANA Nordic director and team leader, Olympic Nordic skier, Lars Flora, and Alaska Pacific University ski team member Dylan Watts. (AP Photo/NANA Development Corporation)
Olympian uses clinics to teach rural Alaska kids to ski
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Show-and-tell came to Northwest Alaska last month on skinny skis. Two-time Olympian Lars Flora led a group of accomplished cross-country skiers into the region for weeklong cli...
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Robin Eagleton, 12, a sixth-grader from University Park Elementary School, tests the functions on her team’s craft. Eric Engman/News-Miner
Fairbanks students put their robots to the water test
FAIRBANKS — It took months to assemble the remotely operated vehicles and their controls, but Friday at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Patty Center pool, dozens of elementary school students pu...
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Emma Sorenson, an Anderson Elementary School student, poses with Curriculum Director Peggy Carlson and Chief of Staff Jeff Jacobson after receiving a certificate for her artwork, which will hang at the Fairbanks North Star Borough Building for the next six months. Reba Lean/News-Miner
Fairbanks students’ artwork displayed at borough administration building
FAIRBANKS — Every six months at the Fairbanks North Star Borough administration building, the artwork on the walls is switched out for something new and different. The one-of-a-kind pieces are cre...
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Student of the Week: Hailey Knapton
FAIRBANKS - Hailey Knapton, a sixth-grade student at Salcha Elementary School, is a budding performer, according to her teacher Jessica Schauffler. “Once a month she performs her self-written song...
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Myranda Schiff and Principal Tim Doran spend a moment talking about Schiff’s “Principal for a Day” experience Monday at Denali Elementary. Doran explained what was important to take away from the experience — her willingness to learn and see the school from a principal’s point of view.
Denali student Myranda Schiff is principal for a day
FAIRBANKS — Denali Elementary School’s principal was quite a bit shorter than usual Monday Principal Tim Doran came in the form of a sixth-grade, long brown-haired, freckled girl. Myranda Schiff, ...
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Fifth-graders December Stewart, 11, and Ivory Lewis, 10, place glass tiles on what will be Nordale Elementary School’s summer mosaic.
Nordale Elementary School students celebrate seasons with mosaic project
FAIRBANKS — The season of breakup is more beautiful than most imagine at Nordale Elementary School. Nordale’s version of the season includes tiny bits of glass and glue arranged into a pattern of ...
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Student of the Week: Lynette Thompson
Lynette Thompson, 18, is a senior at Hutchison High School and has had a busy year creating her senior project. Teacher Ben Johnson has been impressed with Lynette’s work on her encompassing seni...
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Planetary Geology graduate student John Perrault runs the department s portable planetarium during the annual University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Natural Science and Mathematics Science Potpourri Saturday afternoon, April 14, 2012 at the UAF Reichardt Building. Eric Engman/News-Miner
Students, faculty have a blast at UAF Science Potpourri
FAIRBANKS — Science bubbled, steamed, splashed, shook and exploded inside and outside the Reichardt Building at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Saturday. It was the annual Science Potpourri of ...
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Student of the Week — Kristopher Luddington
FAIRBANKS - Kristopher Luddington, 18, is a senior at Ben Eielson High School and a multi-tasker. He’s involved in the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, drill team, drama, National Honor Soc...
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Student of the Week — Anna Salzman
FAIRBANKS - Anna Salzman, 8, is a third-grade student at Far North Christian School. Linda Hammon, Anna’s teacher, said, “Anna has been finishing her work early and helping others to complete thei...
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Kuspuk Club members have a laugh as they pose to show off their creations at Pearl Creek Elementary School Wednesday.
Pearl Creek Elementary School's kuspuk club celebrates its colorful creations
FAIRBANKS — Brightly hued and beautifully patterned, the fabric of Pearl Creek Elementary School’s after-school kuspuk club’s creations lit up the room Wednesday. It was the club’s end-of-the-year...
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University of Fairbanks skier Raphaela Sieber helps a young boy finish a small race in Arctic Village in mid-March during a K’enaanee Kkaazoot visit.
University of Alaska Fairbanks skiers, others visit villages to teach children to ski
FAIRBANKS — A tour of three Interior Alaska villages was a first for Raphaela Sieber and Lex Treinen, a pair of University of Alaska Fairbanks skiers, and their tour was a first for some students i...
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Fairbanks North Star Borough school district names 3 principals
FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District has named three new principals — Dave Dershin, Mary Carlson and Dan Domke, all of whom already work in the district. Dershin will begin...
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Former powerlifter, strongman and professional wrestler, Bill Kazmaier takes questions from children at the Fairbanks Boys and Girls Club on Friday, March 16, 2012. Sam Harrel/News-Miner
Former powerlifter teaches Alaska kids to build character
FAIRBANKS — He entered the room with all the grandeur expected at the arrival of a giant. “Thump! Thump! Thump!” he said, stomping his way to the center of kids’ attention at the Boys and Girls Cl...
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Nikki Baron, 11, back, and Angeline Brower, 10, end their sled ride full of laughs Monday at the George Horner Ice Park.
Fairbanks kids spend spring break at the ice park
FAIRBANKS — On a sunny afternoon in Fairbanks — the first official day of spring break — where did dozens of children go to play outside? At the George Horner Ice Park, the squeals of thrilled kid...
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Student of the Week: Benjamin Koenig
FAIRBANKS - Seventh-grade student Benjamin Koenig enjoys playing the drums, running and riding his bike. He is also a competitive skier, currently competing in the Arctic Winter Games. His Barnett...
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Fairbanks students put robots to test in statewide competition
FAIRBANKS — When people walked into the University of Alaska Fairbanks Patty Center on Saturday, they might have mistakenly thought they arrived at a rock concert or a professional wrestling match....
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Student of the Week: Desireé Palacios
FAIRBANKS - Desireé Palacios is an eighth-grade student at Ben Eielson Junior High School. The 14-year-old’s active nature makes her a stand out among her peers. Desireé said participating in voll...
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Eric Engman/News-Miner Ryan Middle School 8th grader Emma Zayon competes during the 19th Annual Interior Alaska Spelling Bee Saturday morning, March 3, 2012 at the Hering Auditorium.
Spelling C-H-A-M-P-S: Interior Alaska students vie for title
FAIRBANKS — It was the first round of the competition and students from across the Interior appeared one by one on the Hering Auditorium stage. William Guevara-Mendoza, a second-grade student at A...
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Student of the Week: Susan Way
FAIRBANKS - Susan Way, a senior at North Pole High School, has been described as a “Renaissance woman” by her teacher Patricia Behner. “Her interests and talents are wide and varied,” Behner said...
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Student of the Week: Amanda Collison
FAIRBANKS - According to her teachers, Cheryl Dow and Carl Addington, Amanda Collison is “the complete package.” They describe the Randy Smith Middle School eighth-grade student as cheerful, dedic...
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Student of the Week: Charlayne Czaplewski
FAIRBANKS - Charlayne Czaplewski likes learning about Alaska and music and playing sports that involve hand-eye coordination at Ticasuk Brown Elementary School. She is a third-grade student who can...
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The Lathrop High School team crams a few more minutes of studying before the morning’s objective testing event during the GCI Alaska Academic Decathlon Competition.
Fairbanks teams sweep academic decathlon
FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks teams are forces to be reckoned with when it comes to the GCI Alaska Academic Decathlon Competition. This year, Lathrop High School won the competition in Anchorage, beating ...
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Bill Stevens of the Athabaskan Fiddlers performs while students dance to the music at Denali Elementary School during the final performance of the Fiddlers in Residence program Friday. The students practiced for a week before showing their dance to their teachers, peers and parents.
Denali students dance to Athabascan fiddle music
FAIRBANKS — Grade after grade of students at Denali Elementary School bobbed around their gymnasium on Friday to Athabascan fiddle music. Friday’s assembly was the culminating event of the school’...
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Senior group exhibit honorable mention winners Evyn Ysais and Chris Brenner pose with their cow-shaped exhibit on the “Creation of FDA.”
From Beethoven to Steve Jobs: Fairbanks students celebrate history
FAIRBANKS - Last week, the Pioneer Park Civic Center was set up as a temporary museum. The historical topics covered ranged from displays on “iGenius: Steve Jobs” to “The Beethoven Experience” to “...
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Lathrop juniors AnnMary Robinson, left, and Anna Hill keep the beat during their Japanese drumming group practice Jan. 30 at Lathrop High School.
Lathrop students drum up music Japanese style
FAIRBANKS — Fourteen arms swung high as they alternately banged a stick against the wide top of the drum. The drums were Japanese taiko drums, made locally from old wine barrels. Their size m...
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Student of the week: Ben Parker
FAIRBANKS - Ben Parker, 7, is already showing great work ethic in his classroom at Anderson Elementary School. According to his second-grade teacher Amber Ables, Parker is a great reader and produ...
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Karli Fitzgerald
Student of the week: Karli Fitzgerald
FAIRBANKS - An eighth grade student at Tanana Middle School, Karli Fitzgerald, 14, is active in athletics and sets high goals for herself. Fitzgerald has participated in soccer, basketball, volley...
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Katey McMurrough
Student of the week: Katey McMurrough
FAIRBANKS - Katey McMurrough, 11, was chosen as student of the week by her sixth-grade teacher, Rachel Woodhull, for showing excellence in the classroom. McMurrough is her student council’s presid...
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Linnaea Uliassi
Student of the week: Linnaea Uliassi
FAIRBANKS - Linnaea Uliassi, 9, is a talented fourth-grader at Pearl Creek Elementary. She does ballet and karate and is part of the school orchestra. Her teachers Kristi McEwen and Brent Rodenbe...
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