The First Issue of the Otter Times

by Susan B English School

Open publication – Free publishing – More newspaper

Community Pool Schedule

by Vivian Rojas

Good News on Test Scores for Seldovia’s Students

by Sherry Hingley, Principal

Each year the state of Alaska gives all students in grades 3-10 Standard Based Assessment Tests otherwise known as SBAs.

This test is mandated by the Federal Government’s No Child Left Behind Act. The students at Susan B. English School did especially well this year.

33 students tested in 3 subjects, Reading, Writing, and Math.

• All students (100%) were Proficient or Advanced in Reading. 19/33 students were Advanced in Reading.
• 28/33 students were Proficient or Advanced in Writing. 10/33 students were Advanced in Writing.
• 29/33 students were Proficient or Advanced in Math. 19/33 students were Advanced in Math.
• All 3rd graders were Advanced in all 3 subject areas of Reading, Writing, and Math!

Good things are happening here! Great Job Students!

Success is the Only Option!!

Susan B. English has a New Math and Science Guy

by Jenny Chissus

He used to go by “coach” in his last teaching job, and he said that it may morph back into that as the year goes by, but for now, our new teacher goes by the official title “Mr. Derks”.

Justin Derks is our newest teacher at Susan B. English school, instructing both math and science to our middle school and high school students.

Mr. Derks is from Michigan, raised in a small itty bitty town right on Lake Michigan, about 80 miles across the lake from Milwaukee.  He exclaimed that it is a beautiful place, where he went to a small high school, North Muskegon High, and studied at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  He worked in the Connections program in Homer last year before accepting this job in Seldovia!

So, this is his first classroom experience since student teaching!  When I spoke with him, I asked his opinion about how it was going so far, and his response was:  “I’m stoked!  You know, you have this vision of what a perfect scenario, environment and classroom would look like – and this is it for me!  Grand Rapids had a very progressive/think outside the box philosophy about education in math and

Booster Club Auction & Dinner Tonight

Come Celebrate at SBE

by Sandy Geagel

SBE Celebrates 40 Years!

by Sherry Hingley

KPB Superintendent and Federal Program Director to Attend SBE Council Meeting

by Sunni Hilts

Cameren D. Blodgett – 2012 Seldovia Graduate




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1. What is your “Seldovia” story?

My “Seldovia” story started when I was eleven years old, when I first moved to Seldovia on July 3rd.   Because we were new in town, and Seldovia, being as small as it is, we were welcomed with open arms and people sort of “showed us how it is,” in the small town of Seldovia.   Throughout the years here I’ve made some really great friends who I won’t ever forget, I met them all in Junior High and they are still friends with me to this day.

Apparently I was a handful in my schooling years up at Susan B. English, however in around 10th grade I slowly turned around into what I hoped was the person I

Sarah O’Leary – 2012 Graduate

As is tradition in our community, we love to celebrate our High School Seniors and give them the opportunity to share their story and thank those who’ve made an impact in their lives.  This is also a great chance to get a glimpse into the lives of the youth in our community and how life in Seldovia is preparing them for their future!

Join us for

Graduation at Susan B. English School

Wednesday evening at 6:00pm.  

We will also be celebrating the graduation of our

head start students and the graduation of our largest class at SBE –

the 8th grade class – who will move on to High School next year!

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1. What is your “Seldovia Story”?

My family moved to Seldovia when I was seven years old.  My parents started a business that soon became popularly known as Sweet-n-Clean.   Sweet-n-Clean grew into a place where people felt welcome.   Teenagers loved to hang-out, and families loved to come and eat. Our family ended up selling the business