SHI’s Atnané Northwest Coast Arts Academy

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SHI’s ATNANE NORTHWEST COAST ARTS ACADEMY

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SHI’s Atnané Northwest Coast Arts Academy – College Readiness

SHI sponsors Atnané Northwest Coast Arts Academy, a culturally integrated college and career readiness program for Alaska Native/American Indian high school students. Northwest Coast arts classes, team building activities, entrepreneurship training, and culturally affirming artistic lesson plans help students enter a career pathway in Northwest Coast arts. Open to all Sealaska shareholders regardless of residency. SHI will pay travel and lodging costs. In addition, SHI has partnered with the Juneau, Sitka, and Klawock school districts to offer Northwest Coast arts courses to high school students in six high schools. Students have the option to earn college credit as well as high school credits, and the program supports the courses with accessible, authentic cultural resources.

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SHI’s Box of Treasures – Education Pathways

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SHI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAMS

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Box of Treasures (High School and College Educational Pathways Program)

It is committed to building educational and career pathways beginning in high school and extending throughout the collegiate and professional levels, and is implemented in partnership with University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau School District, Klawock City School District, Sitka School District and Sitka Tribe of Alaska. A large portion of the programming is offered through the Sealaska Heritage Arts Campus, a hub for in-person and virtual course offerings taught by master artists and co-sponsored with University of Alaska in efforts to expand the Northwest Coast Arts degree program while increasing delivery methods. The project is part of SHI’s efforts to galvanize the region’s economy and ultimately designate Northwest Coast Art as a national treasure. TIDES works collaboratively with SHI to facilitate a peer learning cohort that consists of High School Math teachers, High School NWC art instructors, and cultural specialists to participate in a series of virtual seminars/workshops in NWC arts and ethno-mathematics strategies; discuss curriculum, and foster avenues for peer support.

Students and Youth

SHI Alaska’s Haa Latseení College & Career Prep

Sealaska Heritage Institute

SHI HAA LATSEENI | COLLEGE AND CAREER PREP

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SHI’s HAA LATSEENI PREPERATIONS

Haa Latseení is a culturally integrated college and career readiness program for Alaska Native/American Indian high school students. Strength-based social engagement activities, mentorship, and culturally affirming personal learning plans help students identify and achieve their postsecondary goals.