Mt. Edgecumbe High School - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Mt. Edgecumbe High School: Encyclopedia Ii - Mt. Edgecumbe High School - History
Mt. Edgecumbe High School was instituted on Japonski Island in Sitka in 1947 on the recently deserted Sitka World War II installation. It...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sitka City And Borough Alaska: Encyclopedia Ii - Sitka City And Borough Alaska - History
The area was originally settled by the native Tlingit (Kolosh) Indians. Old Sitka was founded in 1799 by Alexandr Baranov, the governor o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sitka City And Borough Alaska: Encyclopedia Ii - Sitka City And Borough Alaska - Education
Sitka City and Borough Alaska - Colleges and Universities. Sitka boasts two post-secondary institutions. Sheldon Jackson College is a s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boarding School: Encyclopedia - Boarding School
A boarding school is a school where some or all students not only study but also live, amongst their peers but away from their home and f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sitka City And Borough Alaska: Encyclopedia Ii - Sitka City And Borough Alaska - Attractions
Sitka's many attractions include: Alaska Day Alaska Raptor Center Baranof Castle Hill Isabel Miller Museum Naa Kahidi Dancers Russian Bi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sitka City And Borough Alaska: Encyclopedia Ii - Sitka City And Borough Alaska - Geography
Sitka is located at 57°03′10 N°135′19. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough is the largest incorporated area i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sitka City And Borough Alaska: Encyclopedia Ii - Sitka City And Borough Alaska - Education
Sitka City and Borough Alaska - Colleges and Universities. Sitka boasts two post-secondary institutions. Sheldon Jackson College is a s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sitka City And Borough Alaska: Encyclopedia Ii - Sitka City And Borough Alaska - Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 8,835 people, 3,278 households, and 2,219 families residing in the borough. The population density...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boarding School: Encyclopedia Ii - Boarding School - Boarding School Description
Boarding school - Typical UK boarding school characteristics. The term boarding school often refers to classic British boarding school,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boarding School: Encyclopedia Ii - Boarding School - Boarding Schools In Fiction
Boarding schools and their surrounding settings and situations have become almost a genre in (mostly) British literature with its own ide...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boarding School: Encyclopedia Ii - Boarding School - Emerging Perspectives
Boarding schools involve separation from one's parents and possibly culture, and so may give rise to a phenomenon known as the TCK or thi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boarding School: Encyclopedia Ii - Boarding School - Boarding Schools In Fiction
Boarding schools and their surrounding settings and situations have become almost a genre in (mostly) British literature with its own ide...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boarding School: Encyclopedia Ii - Boarding School - Boarding Schools Across Societies
It has been observed globally that a significantly larger number of boys are sent to boarding schools than girls and for a longer span of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boarding School: Encyclopedia Ii - Boarding School - List Of Some Boarding Schools
Some of the world's best known boarding schools offering a curriculum in English and other languages are: Boarding school - Africa. R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mt. Edgecumbe High School: Encyclopedia Ii - Mt. Edgecumbe High School - Sports
Mt. Edgecumbe's sports teams are known as the Braves and the Lady Braves and the school is especially recognized for both its boys and gi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mt. Edgecumbe High School: Encyclopedia Ii - Mt. Edgecumbe High School - Educational Model
Mt. Edgecumbe's success in developing very educationally disadvantaged students from the "bush" (as rural Alaska is known) has been recog...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mt. Edgecumbe High School: Encyclopedia Ii - Mt. Edgecumbe High School - Current Status
Mt. Edgecumbe is in the process of expanding. It has expanded from 370 students in 2004 to 420 students as of 2005 and with a projected l...   » Read the article