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Nuniwarmiut School

Home of the Herders

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About

Welcome to Nuniwarmiut School! We are a small school with approximately 50 students in Mekoryuk, Alaska.  Our students receive instruction in grades PreK-12. Our student population is comprised entirely of Alaska Natives.  Our school is on Nunivak Island, 30 miles off the Alaskan coast in the Bering Sea.


Elementary students are divided into two groups (K-2 and 3-5), spending half their day with an English teacher focused on math and English Language Arts, and the other half with a Cugtun teacher covering Cugtun Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies. Bilingual center times help transfer the content and vocabulary.


For secondary education, three teachers share the teaching load for Junior High (grades 6-8) and High School (grades 9-12). Junior High and High School students attend a daily Cugtun Language Arts class.  Students can meet all graduation requirements at Nuniwarmiut School.

  • A sepia-toned portrait of a smiling person wearing a beaded headdress and necklace.
  • A shaggy muskox stands on a snow-covered landscape.
  • A person in a fur-lined parka carves intricate details into a bone or ivory object.
  • A person in a traditional kayak holds a harpoon, ready for hunting.
  • An aerial view of a winding river flowing through a vast, green, grassy landscape.
  • Family in fur coats smiling
  • Two people by a river with a large catch of fish on the shore.
  • Man in native regalia
  • A woman in traditional attire holds a baby in a decorated cradleboard.
  • Two women in traditional fur-lined parkas, one carrying a baby on her back, stand outdoors.
  • Four individuals in traditional fur clothing smile warmly for a portrait.
  • Nunivak Island