Education
The School Yard Enhancement afterschool program is a blended learning and credit recovery/advancement program serving Alaska Native/American Indian students 12–19 years of age through tutoring, mentoring, and STEM skills-building opportunities.
Students learn through workshops and group projects, video-game design/development, community field trips, and educational summer and school-break camps. The program also provides academic enrichment and accelerated class opportunities toward high school completion and/or college enrollment.
Our Story Knife afterschool program is based in Bartlett High School in Anchorage and merges storytelling with media development.
In our school break camps, youth learn traditional skills as they participate in STEM activities that can lead to educational and job opportunities. Expect fun, hands-on learning, developing social and life skills, learning about Alaska Native cultures from our Staff and Elders. Camps are held throughout the summer and during winter/spring school breaks and are supported by a broad range of community partners.
Our digital fabrication laboratory, or Fab Lab, is now open in its new location at Denełchin Lab. This state-of-the-art creative space is a place for students to use high-tech design programs, industrial-grade manufacturing machines, and programming tools to transform ideas into reality. Lab students have access to laser cutters, 3-D printers, robotic routers, electronic circuitry, and more.
Created in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), this innovative educational space challenges youth to connect to their full science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) potential.
LOCATION:
7710 Grass Creek Road
Anchorage, Alaska 99508
Each spring, NYO Games Alaska brings together student athletes in grades 7–12 from more than 100 communities statewide to compete in traditional Alaska Native games in the Senior games. Junior NYO (JNYO) also draws hundreds of young people in grades 1–6 to compete in their own version of the games. The Native Youth Olympics (NYO) influences our young people to improve academic performance, strengthen overall health and well-being, and instills important values, including leadership, and cross-cultural awareness and respect.
The Johnson-O’Malley Education program supports the educational needs of Alaska Native/American Indian high school students by providing school supplies, funding, and other resources needed for school and extra-curricular activities.
JOM Student Activities Grant Application (new online application!)
ELIGIBILITY
Our Youth Services serve children and students of various ages. Some of our programs are specific to Alaska Native and American Indian students attending classes at specific ASD schools while others are inclusive of all children. Please see each service to understand eligibility requirements.
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Healthy Youth Development
Our Tribal PREP program prepares youth for adulthood as they learn how decisions made today affect their future. Young people learn about improved health and well-being, financial literacy, career and educational planning, healthy adolescent development, and family planning resources, among other services.
Johnson-O’Malley (JOM) Education
JOM provides assistance for school supplies, tools, fees, and other costs and supplies in support of the educational, athletic, and vocational needs of Alaska Native/American Indian high school students.
Youth Prevention
Prevention workgroups are aimed at young people ages 10 – 24, adults, and families with a focus on suicide prevention, drug and alcohol abuse prevention, and life-skills and wellness development.
In-School Services
Through a unique partnership with the Anchorage School District (ASD), we offer in-school programs for Alaska Native and American Indian students through culturally responsive core academic classes and support services within select ASD schools. Our classes offer a focus on STEM activities throughout the day, smaller classrooms for more individual attention, and an infusion of Alaska Native culture into lessons and projects.
STEM Learning Labs
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) learning labs educate Alaska Native students in grades 3-6 through a year-round mobile, hands-on, creation-based program visiting locations around Anchorage including schools, CITC facilities, and community venues.