On the Road with the College of Education

UAA’s College of Education teaching team at the 2018 AA meet included, from left, Andrew Dougherty ’18, Chantele Jones ’18, Nanne Boogaerdt ’18, Erin Ingle ’19, Alex McLearen ’17 and Professor Mike Mueller. (Photo courtesy of Mike Mueller / University of Alaska Anchorage)

For a week in late April, College of Education graduate students head to Newhalen School for the Lake and Peninsula School District’s annual Academic Athletic (AA) meet. The decades-old tradition closes out each school year, bringing 7th through 12th graders together from across the 13-school district for a packed week of events, including NYO qualifiers and a career fair.

During the AA meet, Newhalen School — overlooking the shores of Lake Iliamna — is a humming hive of teenage energy. Students sleep in the classrooms at night. Prom dresses hang from the library loft and basketballs echo through the gym. Friends hang out in the hallway between classes, with their duffel bags stuffed beneath trophy cases.

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Source: On the road with the College of Education – Green & Gold News

 

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