When students from Napakiak landed in the Rocky Gutierrez Airport, Sitka High School students were there to welcome them. (Photo courtesy of Keri Gray)
When students from Napakiak landed in the Rocky Gutierrez Airport, Sitka High School students were there to welcome them. (Photo courtesy of Keri Gray)

A group of Sitka High School students trekked to Napakiak on the Sister School Exchange program, which matches a rural and an urban school to work together throughout the year. Now, the students they visited there have made the trip southeast to learn about life in Sitka.

The program is coordinated by Keri Gray, a teacher at Sitka High. She and two students joined KCAW’s Peter Apathy to reflect on their travel experience on this Morning Interview.

Sitka High students, standing on the frozen Kuskokwim river in Napakiak. "Later in the week, we went ice fishing and caught lots of pike," Keri Gray said. (Photo courtesy of Keri Gray)
Sitka High students, standing on the frozen Kuskokwim river in Napakiak. “Later in the week, we went ice fishing and caught lots of pike,” Keri Gray said. (Photo courtesy of Keri Gray)
Napakiak students came to Sitka to learn about life and culture in the region. Above, they study northwest coastal arts. (Photo courtesy of Keri Gray)
Napakiak students came to Sitka to learn about life and culture in the region. Above, they study northwest coastal arts. (Photo courtesy of Keri Gray)