Nicole Somerville
122:17 - 123:06
"we have about a 90% usage rate. The teachers are all using it, and where the art comes and where the teachers get that creativity is the engagement. Yes, there is a script."
“we have about a 90% usage rate. The teachers are all using it, and where the art comes and where the teachers get that creativity is the engagement. Yes, there is a script.”
- Speaker
- Nicole Somerville
- Timestamp
- 122:17 – 123:06
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- August 18, 2026
From the transcript
But even with our kindergarten through 3rd grade, we've adjusted our schedules and our pacing to allow for Picturing Anchorage, which is our 2nd grade social studies focus, and the Nest Egg, which is our 3rd grade social studies focus, to be embedded within our curriculum curriculum so that our students are really getting their social studies and getting the Alaska State Standards all met while also reading and learning. And so by giving time and adjusting as we go with the curriculum, we're able to make sure that all of the students across our district are able to get all of what they need in a consistent manner. And we have about a 90% usage rate. The teachers are all using it, and where the art comes and where the teachers get that creativity is the engagement. Yes, there is a script.
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