📣 KCA SESSION 2 APPLICATION WINDOW IS NOW OPEN! 🧡🖤 Calling all LYSD 11th & 12th grade students! Are you ready to expl...
📣 KCA SESSION 2 APPLICATION WINDOW IS NOW OPEN! 🧡🖤 Calling all LYSD 11th & 12th grade students! Are you ready to explore careers, gain hands-on experience, earn credit, build leadership skills, and experience life at KCA in Anchorage? 📅 SESSION 2 October 16 – December 18, 2026 📝 APPLICATION WINDOW OPEN NOW — September 16 Closes — September 30 At KCA, students have the opportunity to learn, grow, explore their future, and build connections with students from across LYSD. Space is limited—don't wait to apply! 👉 Apply here: https://copilot.formstack.com/…/3d9d83c6-745a-4833-bb4f-478… 📱 Students and families can also scan the QR code on the flyer to apply. Know an LYSD junior or senior who would be a great fit for KCA? Tag them, share this post, and help us spread the word! 🧡🖤 Be Here. Be Present. Be KCA.
Sep 16, 2026 · Kusilvak Career Academy
📣 KCA Family Visits & Student Checkouts KCA has an established Family Visitation & Student Checkout Process to ensure c...
📣 KCA Family Visits & Student Checkouts KCA has an established Family Visitation & Student Checkout Process to ensure clear expectations, transparency, and student safety. Please review the flyer for visitation days, checkout requirements, and request deadlines. 🧡 Thank you, KCA families, for your partnership and support!
Sep 12, 2026 · Kusilvak Career Academy
🧡 KCA Session 1 | Culture, Connection & Community I spy a few KCA students on stage! 🧐😃 On Thursday, our KCA Session...
🧡 KCA Session 1 | Culture, Connection & Community I spy a few KCA students on stage! 🧐😃 On Thursday, our KCA Session 1 students spent the afternoon at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage! Students explored the exhibits, listened to cultural presentations, and learned more about Alaska Native cultures, traditions, and stories. Experiences like this give our students opportunities to connect culture, identity, community, and learning while making memories together during their time at KCA. A great afternoon at the Heritage Center and another memorable experience for our Session 1 students! 🧡🖤
Sep 11, 2026 · Kusilvak Career Academy
🎬 SESSION 1 | WEEK ONE AT KCA And just like that, Session 1 is underway! 🧡🖤 This first week has been about much more...
🎬 SESSION 1 | WEEK ONE AT KCA And just like that, Session 1 is underway! 🧡🖤 This first week has been about much more than orientation. It has been about building relationships, setting expectations, creating community, and helping our students see the opportunities that are ahead of them. Our students arrived at KCA from communities across the Lower Yukon ready to learn, grow, challenge themselves, and experience something new. Throughout orientation, we focused on what it means to be part of the KCA community and the values that will guide us throughout the session: Structure. Support. Accountability. Growth. We are proud of the way our students have stepped into this first week, and we are grateful for the staff, families, home sites, and partners who make these opportunities possible. This is only the beginning. We can't wait to see where Session 1 takes them. Welcome to KCA, Session 1! 🧡🖤
Sep 5, 2026 · Kusilvak Career Academy
🧡🖤 KCA SESSION 1 — IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS & FAMILIES 🖤🧡 Session 1 is almost here! We are excited to welc...
🧡🖤 KCA SESSION 1 — IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS & FAMILIES 🖤🧡 Session 1 is almost here! We are excited to welcome all 36 students to Anchorage and officially kick off the 2026–27 KCA year! ✈️ Travel Date: Tuesday, September 8 ✈️ TRAVEL TO ANCHORAGE — CHARTER NAMES & VILLAGE ARRIVAL TIMES IMPORTANT: Students need to be at their local airport 10–15 minutes before the charter's scheduled arrival. Charter arrival times to villages are subject to change, particularly due to weather. KCA will remain in contact with the air carriers and update site administrators regarding delays, cancellations, routing changes, or other travel updates. Tail numbers will also be shared with site administrators once available. LAKE & PENINSULA AIRLINES ✈️ Departing Anchorage: 12:00 PM Tentative Route: Hooper Bay → Scammon Bay → Mountain Village Estimated arrival at first stop: 1:30 PM Hooper Bay — 3 Students Scammon Bay — 4 Students Mountain Village — 1 Student Routing may change due to weather conditions. ILIAMNA AIR TAXI ✈️ Emmonak — 9 Students Charter arrives: 9:30 AM ETA Anchorage: 11:45 AM ✈️ Kotlik — 6 Students Charter arrives: 9:45 AM ✈️ Pilot Station — 3 Students Charter arrives: 10:20 AM ETA Anchorage: 12:15 PM ✈️ Alakanuk — 6 Students Charter arrives: 1:45 PM ✈️ Pilot Station — 3 Students Charter arrives: 2:15 PM ETA Anchorage: 4:00 PM 📣 Students & Families: Please stay connected with your home school regarding transportation to the airport and any last-minute travel changes. KCA staff will meet students at the charter hangar in Anchorage and transport them directly to KCA. 📅 WHAT TO EXPECT — YOUR FIRST WEEK AT KCA Our first four days are intentionally designed to help students arrive, get settled, understand KCA expectations, meet the people around them, and begin building a strong KCA community. ✈️ TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 — SESSION 1 ARRIVAL DAY! Welcome to Anchorage! Students will arrive throughout the day, complete the check-in process, get settled into their rooms, meet roommates and staff, and begin becoming familiar with their new home away from home. 🧡 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 — KCA ORIENTATION DAY Wednesday is about learning how KCA works. Students will review the KCA Student Handbook, residential expectations, daily routines, safety procedures, campus spaces, and the supports available to them. Our goal is for students to understand what is expected of them—and to know that the KCA team is here to help them succeed. 🤝 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 — PHLIGHT CLUB, DAY 1 Thursday shifts our focus to relationships, connection, trust, and belonging. Through Brightways - PHlight Club, students and KCA staff will participate together in activities designed to strengthen relationships, build trust, encourage communication, and create a stronger sense of community. At KCA, we believe students are more likely to engage, ask for help, accept guidance, persevere through challenges, and grow when they know the people around them genuinely care about their success. 🌟 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 — PHLIGHT CLUB, DAY 2 PHlight Club continues at 9:00 AM. Students and staff will continue building on Thursday's work as this group begins developing its own identity as a KCA community. By the end of our first week, our goal is for every student to know the basic expectations of KCA, begin developing relationships with trusted adults and peers, understand where to go for support, and start feeling that: KCA is a place where I belong, where people believe in me, and where I can be successful. 🧡🖤 🚗 DRIVER'S PERMIT — ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS REQUIRED Session 1 students will have an opportunity to work toward obtaining their Alaska driver's permit while at KCA. Students MUST bring these original documents: • Completed DMV Form 433 with notarized signature https://drive.google.com/…/1OSMv0DgK8zSYjVNqMQ2pQMjs7…/view… • Original birth certificate • Original Social Security card • Tribal ID • Two pieces of mail showing the student's name and address Students & Families: Please double-check these items before leaving home. Original documents are required. 📘 KCA STUDENT HANDBOOK Please review the KCA Student Handbook before arrival. It includes residential expectations, student responsibilities, visitation/checkouts, daily routines, safety procedures, prohibited items, and other important KCA information. KCA STUDENT HANDBOOK: https://docs.google.com/…/1ekbMEz298UevLx-b91G-g2Lr56…/edit… 🎒 WHAT TO PACK — INCLUDING WINTER GEAR ❄️ A complete What to Pack list is included in the KCA acceptance letter: KCA ACCEPTANCE LETTER / PACKING LIST: https://drive.google.com/…/15QG0PtvVurCGdxHmypLne6sPm…/view… 🚫 REMINDER: Alcohol-related products, tobacco/nicotine products, vapes, weapons, and other prohibited items identified in the KCA Student Handbook are not permitted at KCA. ❄️ IMPORTANT WINTER TRAVEL REMINDER All KCA students are required to bring winter gear when traveling to Anchorage, regardless of the weather at the beginning of the session. This ensures students are prepared for changing conditions while at KCA and for travel back to their home communities. All Session 1 students need to bring: 🧥 Warm winter coat 🧢 Winter hat 🧤 Gloves or mittens 🥾 Appropriate winter footwear 🧣 Other warm/protective clothing 🏠 ARRIVING & CHECKING IN AT KCA Once students arrive in Anchorage: • KCA staff will transport students from the charter hangar directly to KCA. • Student belongings will go through the KCA check-in process. • Luggage will undergo required heat treatment before being moved into residential rooms. • Students will begin settling into their assigned rooms and learning KCA routines. Room and roommate assignments have been intentionally developed by KCA staff to support a positive residential environment. Room changes will only occur when determined necessary by KCA administration. 👨👩👧 FAMILY VISITS & STUDENT CHECKOUTS Parents/guardians planning to visit or check out a student must complete the KCA Family Visitation & Checkout Form by Wednesday at 4:00 PM for the upcoming visitation or checkout. The form includes visitation/checkout times, expectations, deadlines, and KCA procedures. FAMILY VISITATION & CHECKOUT FORM: https://forms.gle/cF3ukbvKzLLTvyWd8
Sep 4, 2026 · Kusilvak Career Academy
👨👩👧 KCA FAMILIES: VISITS & STUDENT CHECKOUTS Have a student attending Kusilvak Career Academy (KCA) this session? W...
👨👩👧 KCA FAMILIES: VISITS & STUDENT CHECKOUTS Have a student attending Kusilvak Career Academy (KCA) this session? We know how important it is for our students to stay connected with family while they are away from home. If you are planning to visit your student or check them out while they are attending KCA in Anchorage, please make sure you are familiar with our visitation and checkout process. 📋 Family Visitation & Checkout Form: https://forms.gle/cF3ukbvKzLLTvyWd8 ⏰ IMPORTANT: WEDNESDAY DEADLINE Parents/guardians planning to visit or check out their student must complete the form by Wednesday at 4:00 PM for the upcoming visitation or checkout. The form includes: • Approved visitation and checkout times • Parent/guardian expectations • Submission deadlines • KCA checkout and return procedures • Other important information families need before making plans Completing the form ahead of time helps KCA ensure students are accounted for, staff are prepared, and families have a smooth checkout and return experience. 🧡🖤 Please share this post with KCA parents, guardians, and families! We appreciate our families working with us to keep our students safe, supported, and connected to home throughout their KCA experience. ~Quyana
Sep 2, 2026 · Kusilvak Career Academy
🫎 From Home to KCA — Skills That Travel With Our Students There are some things you just can’t learn from a textbook. O...
🫎 From Home to KCA — Skills That Travel With Our Students There are some things you just can’t learn from a textbook. Our KCA semester students (Warren Ramoth - SCM, JoElle Kamkoff - KOT, Charlie Coffee - MLL, Matthew Owletuck - MLL, Adrian Andrews - MOU, and Sterling Andrews - MOU) took advantage of the beautiful Anchorage weather and spent part of the day processing moose together. What stood out wasn’t just how hard they worked—it was the knowledge, confidence, and skills they brought with them from home. For many of our students, processing moose is more than a task. It represents family, culture, responsibility, teamwork, and providing for others. Those lessons were learned alongside parents, grandparents, relatives, and community members throughout our LYSD villages—and our students carried that knowledge with them all the way to KCA. Watching them work together was another reminder that our students arrive at KCA with tremendous strengths already in hand. KCA’s job is to build upon those strengths, connect them to new experiences and opportunities, and help our students see just how valuable the knowledge they bring from home truly is. Driven. Motivated. Capable. And proud of where they come from. Home taught them the skills. KCA gives them another place to put those skills to work. 🫎💪
Sep 1, 2026 · Kusilvak Career Academy
🎓 FREE UAA COLLEGE COURSE OPPORTUNITY FOR LYSD JUNIORS & SENIORS! LYSD Students & Families — check out this great oppor...
🎓 FREE UAA COLLEGE COURSE OPPORTUNITY FOR LYSD JUNIORS & SENIORS! LYSD Students & Families — check out this great opportunity through UAA’s Youth Early Teaching Initiative. Current high school juniors and seniors across Lower Yukon School District who are interested in Early Childhood Education, teaching, childcare, or working with children have an opportunity to take FREE UAA coursework this fall. 📅 Classes begin September 8 — interested students should enroll ASAP! Students can choose from coursework in Introduction to Early Childhood Education and Health, Nutrition, and Wellness for Children Ages Birth–12. Courses run through December 11, with online options available. Students can also earn CPR/First Aid Certification, and coursework can be applied toward an associate’s degree. ⚠️ Spaces are limited. 👉 Learn more about the opportunity and how to enroll: Early Childhood Education HS Opportunity Please see the attached flyer for additional information. LYSD Juniors & Seniors — take advantage of this opportunity to earn college credit, explore a career pathway, and get a head start on your future at no cost! 🎓🙌
