A Day in the Life of the 2021 Summer Seminar
You’re awoken by a glimmer of sunlight streaming through the window of your dorm room. “Finally, a sunny day!” you think as you prepare for another morning at the Summer Seminar.
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A Conversation with Tukaan Dan
Tukaan Dan grew up in Anchorage, Alaska and has attended two semesters of the Outer Coast Year in 2023. Over the course of his time in Sitka, Tukaan has become a leader in the Outer Coast community. This fall, he accepted a two-year term as the student representative on the Outer Coast Board of Trustees, […]
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Meet Luc Diaz, Outer Coast ’22 Alum
Luc Diaz attended the 2021-2022 Outer Coast Year and is now a student at St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Luc is originally from Girdwood, AK, spent stints in Maui, HI; Petersburg, AK; and Anacortes, WA; and found his way to Outer Coast after being homeschooled for nearly his whole education. “Being homeschooled […]
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Juky: A Summer Seminar 2022 Reflection
Juky (New York, NY) attended the Outer Coast Summer Seminar 2022 before the start of his senior year in high school. Shortly after he finished the program, he wrote this story reflecting on his experience. As a child of a frugal and low-income family, I never had a chance to travel and truly get to know […]
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Annabelle: A Summer Seminar 2022 Reflection
Annabelle (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania) attended the Outer Coast Summer Seminar 2022 between her sophomore and junior years of high school. On her last day of the Summer Seminar, she wrote this story. Our first swim was at Sam Sing. Sam Sing Cabin is a little structure in a cove about a twenty-minute boat ride from Sitka, and […]
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Restoring the Alaska Native Brotherhood Cemetery with Bob Sam
Outer Coast students work with local Sitkan and cemetery restoration expert Bob Sam.
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Alumni Spotlight: Jing O’Brien
Jing O’Brien graduated from Wrangell High School “in a class of 25 kids, which is a big class for Wrangell.”
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Serving on the Board of Trustees
Lucy Kim was elected by her peers to serve on the Outer Coast Board of Trustees.
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Alumni Spotlight: Sam Murray
Sam is from Nikiski, AK and was a student at the 2020-2021 Outer Coast Year.
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Isaiah Partners with the Sitka Sound Science Center
Within his first few weeks at the Outer Coast Year, Isaiah began volunteering at the Sitka Sound Science Center.
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