Eagle Community School

 

Eagle Community School is the most rural site of the Alaska Gateway School District.  ECS is fully accredited and offers students individualized education to pursue their passions. 

 

AGSD encompasses 28,000 square miles extending north from the Alaska Range to the Yukon River and Canadian border. Schools are located in the communities of Dot Lake, Eagle, Tanacross, Tetlin, Tok, Mentasta Lake, and Northway. There is also a district-wide correspondence school. All schools are K-12 except Tanacross, which is K-8.

AGSD services approximately 400 students in seven communities. Distances between the Central Office in Tok and outlying schools range from 12 to 173 miles. All schools are on the road system. Eagle is a fly-in site for seven months of the year.

The district is located in the eastern interior of Alaska with extreme weather conditions. The average low temperature in January is -32 degrees; the average high during July is 72 degrees. The region abounds with wildlife including moose, caribou, bear, Dahl sheep, arctic hare, fox and coyote. Canada geese, swans, cranes and ducks and a variety of fish make use of the ponds and lakes in the area.

 

From a community of roughly 150 souls, Eagle Community School serves students from Pre-K through Grade 12.  Enrollment averages around 20 students each school year. Students are encouraged to attend daily and they have the option to participate in self-directed learning activities.  The instructional program is tailored to the individual academic needs of each student.  Local volunteers are valuable to the school's program.  Our community members support a volunteer music program, 4-H projects, and Art classes.  We frequently partner with the National Park Service and University of Alaska, Fairbanks, to coordinate activities for the students.  

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