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Ket'acik / Aapalluk Memorial School

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Culture Week

Culture Week

Close-up of a metallic structure with striped, leaf-like elements.

Once every year we have a Culture Week. Elders and adults come to our school and teach us different cultural things. Our culture week goes from Monday to Thursday and there are many different subjects students can learn about. The subjects are:

  • Yupik Dancing (Yuraq)
  • Skin and Fur Sewing
  • Beading
  • Knitting
  • Male and Female talk
  • Drum making

Students and teachers like culture week because they learn a lot from the elders and have fun doing the different activities.

  • A young person with dark hair wears a dark hooded sweatshirt with a white logo.

  • A young person intently works on a craft project at a table.A young person with long dark hair focuses intently on a task at a desk.

  • Close-up of hands crocheting with thick yarn and a crochet hook.

  • A group of young men sit together, some smiling and looking towards the right.

  • A young woman smiles while working on a colorful fabric project on the floor.

  • An adult and a young person work together on a craft project at a table.

  • A young boy in a black hoodie holds two stuffed animals, smiling at the camera.

  • A young person wearing a red hoodie with 'ALASKA' printed on it smiles at the camera.

  • A group of students sit in a circle in a classroom, engaged in discussion.Two women knit together at a table with yarn and needles, in a classroom setting.Three people sit at a table, engaged in knitting with colorful yarn.

  • A teacher stands in front of a classroom of students seated at desks.

  • Students sit at desks in a classroom with a projector screen and windows.

  • A person wearing a patterned hoodie and a pink hat works on a light-colored material on the floor.

  • Two young people are focused on sewing projects at a wooden table.