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Chatham School District

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Grades
  
PK-12

Founded
  
1976

Established
  
1976

Number of students
  
217

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Superintendent
  
Elaine Hopson (interim)

Mailing address
  
Post Office Box 109, Angoon, Alaska 99820

The Chatham School District (CSD) is a school district headquartered in Angoon, Alaska. It serves Angoon, Tenakee Springs, Gustavus, and Klukwan and the surrounding areas of the Alaskan panhandle. As of 2009 the district served about 217 students in 4 schools and covers a territory of approximately 43,000 sq. mi.

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Map of Chatham School District, Chatham, NH 03813, USA

Klukwan School

In 2009 Klukwan School served about 41 students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 in and around the Tlingit village of Klukwan, near Haines. As part of the school's mission is to support efforts to revitalize the Tlingit language, it offers Tlingit language classes.

As of 2013 the school periodically has three students from Klukwan and about 8-12 students from Haines, with a total student body of 11-15.

Gustavus School

Gustavus School serves about 45 students in grades K-12 in and around Gustavas.

Tenakee Springs School

The Tenakee Springs School is a school building in Tenakee Springs used to support homeschooling families; in periods prior to 2016 it was a full-service school. The building has three classrooms, a commercial grade kitchen, and a library. Jennifer Canfield of Juneau Empire described it as "a relatively large facility."

Angoon Schools

Angoon Elementary School and Angoon High School serve about 125 students.

Correspondence school

The district operates a correspondence school.

Former schools

Cube Cove School, closed in or before 2002.

References

Chatham School District Wikipedia