Shelley Conolly was last seen alive in the early morning hours of January 7, 1978. Later that morning her body was discovered down an embankment on the Seward Highway not far from Beluga Point. A medical examiner ruled Connolly’s death a homicide and said that she’d been sexually assaulted.
Bear Valley Elementary here in Anchorage just earned the Department of Education National Blue-Ribbon Award for 2023. There were only 353 schools named as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2023 across the country. Bear Valley was one of three schools in Alaska recognized for their progress as an exemplary high performing school. Principal Nikki Scherer graduated with a degree in public administration in Wisconsin… but the move to Nome Alaska after graduation and her love of guiding and helping children learn… was the catalyst for her to pursue a teaching degree and eventually become a principal here in Anchorage. Excellence, consistency, and a sense of humor are a just a few keys to her success at Bear Valley along with a lot of parental involvement and lots of volunteers assisting teachers.
The other Alaskan awardees were … Keet Gooshi Heen elementary school of Sitka school district, and Fronteras charter school of Matanuska-Susitna borough school district.
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