The Tribal Scholars Program is an advanced education program open to all Native secondary students in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District. It offers a supportive, engaging, and culturally enriched educational alternative.
Tribal Scholars provides enrolled students with all of the core credits necessary for their high school diploma—English, science, mathematics, and social studies—at KIC’s Tribal Youth Center under the guidance of tribal teachers who provide academic counseling and monitoring of each student’s educational engagement and progress. Additionally, students have unique opportunities to learn the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian languages, as well as earn college science credits for traditional gathering and subsistence practices through a partnership with UAS-Ketchikan. The program operates from 8:00 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. each morning and requires students to attend either Ketchikan High School or Revilla Alternative School each afternoon to take elective courses.