Our Principal

Penny Bearden-Brown
Principal
Penny Bearden-Brown is the Principal at Nanwalek.
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Nanwalek School
Welcome to Nanwalek School, a Kenai Peninsula Borough School District K-12 school.
Nanwalek School Prom – Tonight! Encourage your 6th – 12th graders to come join the fun!
Nanwalek Student Athletes (Basketball and NYO) – If you earned any medals this year, please wear them tomorrow for the Awards Ceremony!!
🔥 Traditional Alutiiq Feast — Tomorrow! Monday 27th!!![]()
Our students are preparing our Sea Week feast and we need YOUR help!![]()
Join us in the kitchen starting at 10:00 am to cook alongside our kids.![]()
Then come back (or stay!) and join the whole community at the table at 1:00 pm for the feast.![]()
This is a special time to learn together, share culture, and celebrate what makes Nanwalek home.![]()
All are welcome. 🌊🦅
📍 Nanwalek School 🕙 Cooking volunteers: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm🍽️ Community feast: 1:00 pm![]()
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District #eaglesgd #nativefoods
We would like to invite everyone to come in and do art with Kim this afternoon from 4:30pm-5:30pm. We recognize that it is Holy Week, and Father Mark gave us his blessing to have this get together to create art together!
We are a K-12 School

Welcome to Nanwalek School
Nanwalek School Mission
The mission of Nanwalek School is to honor cultural identity while developing students to be effective members of society.
Nanwalek School Vision
We envision Nanwalek School as an integral part of the community: a place that provides respectful, engaging, and culturally responsive learning. We foresee:
- Parents and community as partners in the school
- Participants who collaborate to support our mission statement
- A learning community that conveys high expectations and students who strive to meet them
- Students who participate in varied, relevant, and active learning
- Stakeholders who promote action steps toward an expanded facility for our growing student population
PO Box 8007
Nanwalek, AK 99603
P: 907.281.2210
F: 907.281.2211








