October 17, 2025Early in October, the community of Kotlik came together for a family night focused on exploring students’ future hopes and…
October 10, 2025Community dialogues are a powerful way to engage families and strengthen partnerships between schools and communities. These structured dialogues/cafés invite parents,…
October 3, 2025Inviting families to events can be a great way to build and strengthen relationships. They are even more powerful when…
September 20, 2025Our Stronger Together Parent Series has begun. The virtual series that offers helpful tips and strategies for parents to support their children…
September 13, 2025Several hundred educators gathered in Anchorage this week for the Alaska School Safety and Wellbeing Summit to explore strategies that…
September 5, 2025Brevig Mission Principal Ginger Crockett has brought Restorative Circles to her school - and her community. The simple, yet profound…
August 29, 2025The research is clear: kids thrive when schools and families partner to support student success. How do you engage hard-to-reach…
August 22, 2025At the Alaska Family Engagement Center, we’re focused on building the partnership skills of school staff AND families. To help…
August 15, 2025We know that when families and schools partner, students thrive. Try these tips to start off the school year strong. …
August 8, 2025One of the Alaska Family Engagement Center’s partners, The Alaska Humanities Forum, incorporates culture camps every summer in their Cross-Cultural…
June 2, 2025According to the 2025 School Climate & Connectedness Survey, only two-thirds of staff said their school provides training on partnering…
May 28, 2025Community artist-educator Ryan Conarro describes how he worked with the Kake City School District, Tlingit language leader X'unei Lance Twitchell,…
May 10, 2025This year, we worked with over 50 schools to pilot Family Reading Night Toolkits. If your school is interested in…
April 25, 2025Akutan teacher Karen Ravencroft hosted two community meetings with families and students this year. Akutan currently has fourteen students and…
April 24, 2025How does an Alaskan district move the needle in the area of family engagement? “By not letting up on the gas…
