It’s that time of year again! We’re checking in to see how our school leaders (our Principals) are doing and where we can improve. We really want BSSD to be a place where everyone feels supported, and we can’t do that without hearing from you.
Completing the survey should only take a few minutes. Here is a short guide on how to complete the survey.
📢 Staff: Please take the survey twice. Once from your perspective as a staff member and again as a parent/community member.
📢 Parents: Your insights are highly appreciated! Please take a few moments to share your thoughts through a separate survey focusing on your parental perspective.
📢 Students: Your voice matters! You'll have the opportunity to express your opinions by participating in the survey at school.
This is completely anonymous. We want your honest thoughts, so please feel free to be open with us. Click here to complete the survey. The survey will be open until January 9, 2026.
If you need assistance accessing the survey, don't hesitate to contact a school administrator at your site. Your perspectives play a significant role in our plans for improvement. Thank you for taking the time to provide your valuable insights!
Good morning, Sivuqaq!
🐻❄️💙🤍 GAM Wrestling at Regionals! Next up: State! 🤍💙🐻❄️
Qughsatkut Strong. Finishing Strong.
Our Gambell wrestlers showed grit, strength, and true Qughsatkut toughness at the Region I Wrestling Tournament in Utqiagvik this past weekend! 🏆🤼♂️
Despite travel challenges and limited warm-up time, both wrestlers won their opening matches and competed with heart from start to finish. 💪🔥
🥈 Eddie Lane
Eddie battled through tough competition and delivered a dramatic come-from-behind victory, pinning a strong Utqiagvik opponent after trailing early. He pushed both of his remaining matches into the final period, fighting until the last second. Eddie showed endurance, determination, and real growth on the mat. 👊💙🤍
🥇 Donavon Angi
Donavon entered the tournament as the #1 seed and made it count. After a first-round bye, he pinned his opponent from Teller in under 30 seconds ⚡. In the finals, Donavon fought off his back, came from behind on points, and sealed the match with a pin — earning the title of Region I Champion! 🏆💙🤍
Because of his outstanding performance, Donavon Angi is advancing to the Alaska State Wrestling Tournament in Anchorage this weekend! 🏅✈️
He and Coach Bob are flying out today, representing Gambell and the Mighty Qughsatkut on the state stage.
👏💙🤍We wish Donavon the greatest success in Anchorage!
Bring the strength. Bring the heart. Bring GAM pride.💙🤍
GO GAM! 🐻❄️💙🤍
It’s a busy, joyful, and festive week here at Gambell Schools as we head into winter break ❄️🐻❄️
School will end for Winter Break this Friday, December 19, following our Atuq Ceremony at 1:30 PM. We are so proud of our students and grateful to our families and community for another strong first half of the school year.
🎁✨ Two Big Community Events Coming Up ✨🎁
🎶🎄 Christmas Pageant 🎄🎶
📅 Wednesday, December 17
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 Gambell Schools Gymnasium
Join us for a wonderful evening as all of our amazing students—PreK through 12th grade—perform in our annual Christmas Pageant 🌟
This is always a highlight of the season and a chance to celebrate the talent, confidence, and hard work of our students.
🛍️🎄 Annual Christmas Bazaar 🎄🛍️
📅 Saturday, December 20
⏰ 3:00–5:00 PM
📍 Gambell Schools Gymnasium
Come shop, visit, and enjoy the holiday spirit at our Christmas Bazaar 🎅❄️
If you would like to rent a table, please contact Teacher JM for details.
📎 More information about both events can be found in the attached flyers.
We look forward to celebrating together as a community—Qughsatkut pride, holiday cheer, and lots of smiles all around 💙🤍🎄✨
See you there, Sivuqaq! ❄️🎁🎶
Announcement: Early Out Today at 1:30pm
Gambell Schools will dismiss students early today at 1:30pm so our community may attend the funeral. We extend our sincerest condolences to the Irrigoo Family. Our thoughts are with you during this difficult time.
With the family’s permission, our regular Open Gym schedule will continue as normal this evening.
Thank you, Sivuqaq, for your support and care for one another.
👏Huge congratulations to our 2025 ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Mix Six/2A Volleyball State winners!
🥈 Golovin Lynx: 2nd Place Overall
🥉 Shaktoolik Wolverines: 3rd Place Overall & Sportsmanship Award Winner!
👏 Well done to both teams!"
In recognition of today’s successful whale hunt and the excitement across the village, tomorrow will be a WHALE DAY!
✨ No school for students
✨ In-service day for staff
We offer our congratulations to the captains, crews, and everyone who took part in the hunt — your work brings strength and pride to the whole community. ⚓❄️🧊
Wishing all families a joyful, well-deserved day of celebration tomorrow.
Happy Whale Day, Sivuqaq! 💙🐋🤍
Good afternoon, Sivuqaq! 🦃🍁✨
As we head into the long Thanksgiving weekend, we would like to wish every family across our island a joyful, warm, and restful holiday. Tomorrow’s community gathering is always one of the highlights of the year—good food, good company, and the spirit of Sivuqaq coming together. 💛🤎🧡💙🤍
May your homes be filled with laughter, full tables, happy kids, safe travels, and a whole lot of gratitude. 🍂🔥
To everyone cooking, serving, hosting, dancing, drumming, sharing stories, helping Elders, and welcoming visitors—thank you. You make this community shine. 🌟🙌
Wishing all of Sivuqaq a joyful and peaceful Thanksgiving.
Eat well, rest well, and enjoy every moment tomorrow. 🥧🍽️😊
Gobble gobble gobble! 🦃😄
🏐BSSD Region 1 Western Conference Mixed-6 Volleyball Tournament Winners🏐
🎉Good luck to Golovin Lynx & Shaktoolik Wolverines at State Championships🎉
🎃✨⭐ Good morning, Sivuqaq!
Last Friday’s Halloween Carnival was a huge success — thank you to every student, family, and community member who came out to play games, enjoy food, and celebrate together. The gym was full of energy, costumes, and laughter all night long. From the Duck Pond to darts, from the bounce house to bingo, it was wonderful seeing our community come together. 🍬🎯👻
A big thank-you to our staff and volunteers for making the event happen. Your time and hard work brought the whole night to life.
🏆 A Note About Prize Tickets
Because the turnout was so strong, a few families ended the evening with leftover prize tickets they didn’t get a chance to redeem. If you personally still have unused tickets from the Carnival, please reach out to Ms. Brandi or Mr. Zach by the end of the day tomorrow, Friday, November 21st, so we can make sure you receive the prizes that were set aside for you. 🎁 Thank you for helping us keep everything fair and orderly.
Thank you again, Sivuqaq, for making the Halloween Carnival such a joyful community night. We appreciate your support, your participation, and the spirit you bring to Gambell Schools. We’re already looking forward to next year! 🧡✨🎪
We’re waking up to fresh snow and a steady wind this morning. School is open, and classes are proceeding as scheduled.
As always, your child’s safety is our highest priority. If you feel the weather conditions make travel a concern for your family and you prefer to keep your child home, the absence will be excused due to weather.
There is some reduced visibility and enough snow to make travel inconvenient at times, but nothing beyond the ordinary. We are not currently under any weather alerts or advisories.
If you decide to keep your child home, please contact the school office in the usual way so we can mark the absence appropriately.
Thank you for your partnership. Please dress your child warmly, and we’ll keep you updated if anything changes.
We are expecting deteriorating weather conditions this afternoon and evening. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for St. Lawrence Island, with heavy snow, winds up to 50 mph, reduced visibility, and the possibility of localized blizzard conditions.
Out of an abundance of caution, if you or your family would like to pick up your child early, students will be excused due to the weather. As always, the safety of our students is our first priority.
Additionally, Open Gym tonight is canceled due to the storm.
Stay safe out there, Sivuqaq!
This past weekend, our Gambell volleyball team played their final game of the season against the Teller Aklaqs. We also celebrated Senior Day for Tristan Campbell, Josephine Ungott, and Jarvis Campbell as they took to the court for their final high-school volleyball match. 🎓🏐
Even though the wins didn’t fall our way, the memories made on the court—every serve, every laugh, every huddle, every moment shared as a team—will stay with our athletes long after the season ends. 💙🤍
We are proud of their heart, effort, and resilience.
Qughsatkut Strong🐻❄️💪 💙🤍
The National Weather Service Winter Storm Warning for St. Lawrence Island is in effect until 6:00 AM Thursday. We are expecting 5–10 inches of additional snow and strong wind gusts.
School is open today. As always, the safety of Gambell’s children is our highest priority. If you feel it is safer to keep your child home because of the weather or travel conditions, please let us know — all weather-related absences will be excused.
We are closely monitoring the weather and will communicate any changes as needed.
Stay safe, Sivuqaq. Thank you for your continued support of our school and community.
Gambell Schools will be open today.
We are monitoring the incoming weather systems closely. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for St. Lawrence Island beginning tonight at 9 PM through Wednesday afternoon, with 6–10 inches of snow expected and wind gusts up to 60 mph. Travel may become difficult, and visibility may be reduced at times.
As always, safety comes first. If you are concerned about the weather and feel it is safer to keep your child home, absences will be excused due to the weather.
Please stay safe and take care.
🎉🐻❄️💙 GAM COMMUNITY — IT’S A BIG BLUE-AND-WHITE WEEKEND! 💙🐻❄️🎉
Your Mighty Qughsatkut are out in full force, and today is packed with excitement!
🏐 VOLLEYBALL — GAME DAY!
TODAY, Friday, November 14
Get up and yell: G-A-M, GAM! 💙🤍
Our Mighty Qughsatkut take on Teller!
Doors open: 2:00 PM
Game time: 2:30 PM
Come fill the gym with blue-and-white pride and cheer on our athletes! 🐻❄️🔥
🎃👻 HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL TONIGHT!
Dress up, bring the kids, and join us for a night of fun, treats, and community spirit!
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (Tonight!)
Games, prizes, spooky surprises, and lots of laughter — a perfect Friday celebration for the whole family! 🎉🎃💙
🏐 VOLLEYBALL — ROUND TWO!
TOMORROW, Saturday, November 15
Start your Saturday with more GAM pride!
Doors open: 9:00 AM
Game time: 9:30 AM
Let’s pack the stands, lift up our athletes, and keep the momentum going! 💙🤍🐻❄️
💙🐻❄️ COME OUT, CELEBRATE, AND SHOW YOUR GAM SPIRIT!
It’s a full weekend of community light, fun, and blue-and-white pride.
See you there — Go Mighty Qughsatkut! 🐻❄️💙🤍
As promised, we’re excited to share our Veterans Day Photo Slideshow — a special look back at yesterday’s heartfelt celebration honoring those from Gambell who have served our country. 🇺🇸📸 Thank you to everyone who joined us in showing respect and gratitude to our local heroes.
📚 Reminder:
Tomorrow — Thursday, November 13 — will be an Early Out Day for teacher training.
Students will be released at 1:30 PM. 🕜✏️
🎃 Halloween Carnival – This Friday, November 14!
Join us from 6–8 PM for a fun community evening full of games, costumes, and laughter! 👻🎉
🏐 Volleyball vs. Teller
Our mighty Qughsatkut will be hosting Teller this Friday and Saturday — stay tuned for final game times (TBD). Come out and cheer for G-A-M! Go GAM! 💪❄️💙🤍🐻❄️
We’ve got a busy and exciting week ahead here at Gambell Schools, so here’s what’s happening around campus!
🇺🇸 Veterans Day Celebration
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us as we honored Gambell's own who have served our country. It was a meaningful, respectful event — and we’ll be sharing a photo slideshow soon, so stay tuned! 📸❤️🤍💙
📚 Early Out – Thursday, November 13
Please remember that this Thursday will be an Early Out Day for teacher training.
Students will be released at 1:30 PM. 🕜✏️
🎃👻 HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL – This Friday!
It’s finally here! Join us Friday from 6–8 PM for our Halloween Carnival — come one, come all!
Wear your costumes and get ready for:
🏠 Haunted House
🎨 Face Painting
🦆 Duck Pond
🎯 Darts
🎈 Bounce House
🎁 Prize Booth
…and lots more fun for all ages!
🏐 Volleyball Games vs. Teller
We’re excited to host Teller for two volleyball games this Friday and Saturday — game times to be announced soon! Let’s pack the gym and cheer on our mighty Qughsatkut! 💙🤍🐻❄️
Go GAM! 💪
Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 11 @ 1:00 PM, we invite our entire community to gather in the school gym for our Veteran’s Day Program. 🇺🇸🎖️
Together, we will honor Gambell’s veterans whose courage and sacrifice have protected our freedoms and strengthened our people. Their stories are part of our shared history, and tomorrow we are humbled to listen as they share their experiences and memories of service. 🇺🇸📜
Following the program, we will close with an Atuq ceremony — a moment of song, remembrance, and unity to honor our veterans and the generations who have carried their spirit forward. 🎶🕊️
Please join us for this special day of gratitude, reflection, and pride. Bring your families, your hearts, and your voices as we stand together — one community, one Sivuqaq, honoring those who served. 🇺🇸
Honoring the past. Inspiring the future. 🇺🇸 ❤️🤍💙
Announcement: 🎉❄️ Gambell School 1st Quarter Awards Recipients! ❄️🎉
What an incredible start to the year at Gambell School! Our students have worked hard, helped one another, and made their families and community proud. 🌟 From our youngest learners to our soon-to-be graduates, the Qughsatkut spirit was shining bright this quarter! 💪💫
Let’s celebrate these amazing students who earned recognition for their growth, effort, and achievement! 🎊📚👏
🐚 Kindergarten
🏆 Most Improved Student: Aiden Booshu
🌟 Student of the Quarter: Rylan Campbell
🌼 1st Grade
🏆 Most Improved Student: Elyjah Iworrigan-Koonooka
🌟 Student of the Quarter: Scarlett Campbell
🐚 2nd Grade
🏆 Most Improved Student: Alex Koonooka
🌟 Student of the Quarter: Paul Apangalook
🌞 3rd Grade
🏆 Most Improved Student: Alloraya Iworrigan
🌟 Student of the Quarter: Jamal Aningayou
🪶 4th Grade
🏆 Most Improved Student: Maci Slwooko
🌟 Student of the Quarter: Lena Koonooka
🌊 5th Grade
🏆 Most Improved Student: Brooklyn Iworrigan
🌟 Student of the Quarter: Isabelle Kaningok
❄️ 6th Grade
🏆 Most Improved Student: Bastian Irrigoo
🌟 Student of the Quarter: Mason Konahok
🐋 7th Grade
🏆 Most Improved Student: Jack Boolowon
🌟 Student of the Quarter: Jam Gaston
🌅 8th Grade
🏆 Most Improved Student: Gavin Iyakitan
🌟 Student of the Quarter: Haylee Apassingok
🧭 9th Grade
🏆 Most Improved Student: Grace Campbell
🌟 Student of the Quarter: Evelyn Koonooka
💫 10th Grade
🏆 Most Improved Student: Eljay Apatiki
🌟 Student of the Quarter: Brennan Apatiki
🌟 11th Grade
🏆 Most Improved Student: Ezra Parks
🌟 Student of the Quarter: Marlene Annogiyuk
🎓 12th Grade
🏆 Most Improved Student: Jarvis Campbell
🌟 Student of the Quarter: Josephine Ungott
🎓💥 Quarter 1 Honor Roll 💥🎓
We’re so proud of our Honor Roll Students who showed focus, consistency, and excellence in their studies! 💙
🥇 GPA 4.0 – Outstanding effort and achievement!
🥈 GPA 3.5 – Hard work and dedication paying off!
Keep flying high, Qughsatkut — your success inspires us all! 🐋💪📖
🕐🎯 Quarter 1 Attendance Awards 🎯🕐
Showing up matters — and these students proved it! 🙌
Their commitment to learning and consistency is a huge part of what makes Gambell School — Home of the Qughsatkut 🐋💙 GAM Strong. 🌟👏
We are SO proud of every Qughsatkut for your determination, kindness, and teamwork this quarter! 💙
Let’s keep this energy rolling into Quarter 2 — together, we rise like the waves that surround us. 🌊🐋✨
#QughsatkutPride #GambellStrong #SivuqaqSpirit #StudentSuccess #CommunityCelebration
Today’s the day — our Quarter 1 Awards Ceremony is happening this afternoon at 2:30 PM! 🏆✨
We can’t wait to celebrate our amazing students and all they’ve accomplished during the first quarter. 🥳 Let’s show up big with cheers, smiles, and community pride as we recognize their hard work, dedication, and growth!
🎈 Special note for families: The office has reached out to parents and guardians of our Students of the Quarter so they can enjoy a free cafeteria lunch 🍲 with their child before the ceremony.
Let’s pack the gym with Sivuqaq spirit — see you there! 💙💛