Alaska Native Cultural Charter School Mission Statement
 Alaska Native Cultural Charter School builds student excellence through traditional cultural learning.
 

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Meeting Standards

Guiding Native Values

Respect for elders

Honor the ancestors

Respect for family, self and others

Preserve and pass on traditional ways of knowing

Responsibility, hard work, and endurance

Compassion, dignity and humility

Humor, cooperation and caring

Knowledge of and respect for nature

Knowledge of language

Wisdom

Self-sufficiency










The school curriculum will meet the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development Standards for Content and Performance and the Anchorage School District Grade Level Expectations (GLEs).

Curriculum
  •   Teaching methods based in Native ways of instruction and learning. uction and learning.
  •   Active, inquiry/project based learning environments.
  •  Curriculum foundation based in Native knowledge of the world.
  •   Alaska Native Elders involved.
  •  Central Yup'ik immersion pull-out program for K-3, started fall, 2009.
  •   Other Alaska Native languages will also be available.
  •  Individualized tutoring.
  •  Curriculum will be aligned with Alaska State/ASD grade level expectations.

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