Tebughna School
The Beach People
Vision
Our Tebughna School vision is to develop a passion for learning through personalized education, cultural values, and collaboration with students, parents, and community to inspire well- rounded, confident, and responsible individuals for life.
Mission
Our mission of Tebughna School, with the partnership of our families and community members, is to provide a safe and caring climate and culture to support learners as they develop positive character traits, achieve academic success, and thrive in an ever- changing world.
Contact
907.583.2291
PO Box 82010
Tyonek, AK 99682
Demographics
- Principal Tenure: 16th year at Tebughna School, 4th year as Administrator, 16 years of KPBSD service, 18 years in education
- 2 Certified staff
1 Master’s degree, 1 Bachelor’s degree - 5 Classified staff
2 Paraeducator Online Training & Assessments - 10:1 P/T ratio
- 10 average Staff years of service
- 22 Enrollment
- 82% Attendance Rate
- Intervention Support
- after-school tutoring with Lexia Suites
- UFLI
- Boost for reading K-12
- iReady Math My Path
Academics Assessment
MAP – Math
By May 2025, 65% of 3rd- 12th grade students will meet or exceed the Reading/ Math MAP RIT growth projection from Fall 2024- Spring 2025.
MAP – ELA
By May 2025, 75% of Kindergarten- Second grade students will score at low risk as evidenced by the 2024-25 KPBSD mCLASS early literacy assessment.
K12 Elementary Specific
- iReady Math curriculum/ iReady My Path Programming
- CKLA K-5 multigrade sequencing with Skills and Knowledge strands
K12 Secondary Specific
- 100% Graduation Rate
- Dual Enrollment
School Projects/Initiatives
- Cook Inlet Tribal Council Innovation Station/ Fab Lab Grant
- Code.org/ CS Leaders Prize
- Tebughna Foundation- Dena’ina Language Classes
- Battle of the Books
- Tyonek Tribal Conservation District- Tyonek Youth Conservation Science and Salmon in the Classroom Program
- Senner Bird Lab/ University Of South Carolina- MinuteEarth Explains: Birds featured classroom
- Project GRAD school with support for post secondary success and Social Emotional Learning initiatives
- TNC Tebughna Distribution Education Trust Recipient
Honors, Awards, Recognitions, Championships
- Cook Inlet Tribal Council Innovation Station/ Fab Lab Grant
- Code.org/ CS Leaders Prize; Tebughna Foundation- Dena’ina Language Classes
- Battle of the Books
- Tyonek Tribal Conservation District- Tyonek Youth Conservation Science and Salmon in the Classroom Program
- Senner Bird Lab/ University Of South Carolina- MinuteEarth Explains: Birds featured classroom
- Project GRAD school with support for post secondary success and Social Emotional Learning initiatives
- TNC Tebughna Distribution Education Trust Recipient
Course Offering Highlights
- Dena’ina Language Classes
- Code.org Computer Science Courses
School Culture Highlights
Second Step Social Emotional Learning
“Be A Chief” Positives Program
K-12 Morning Meetings as a school with announcements/exercises
Native Youth Olympics
Family and Community Engagements/Highlights
Books for Bingo
Book Walk
Family Movie Nights
Reading/Math Family Night with games, activities, and books
Project GRAD STEAM Nights
Representative Justin Ruffridge visit to Tebughna School
KDLL Feature School
KPBSD Indigenous Education – Dena’ina gingerbread activity
STEM kits
Family Engagement activities and book clubs for home
participating in the Indigenous Language Film Festival
Goals for the year
- At Tebughna School staff, students, and community will improve overall student literacy achievement. Using our 2024-25 MAP, AIMS, mClass Literacy, formative assessments, and KPBSD Benchmark data as a baseline we will measure growth by…