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" I TEACH, I TOUCH THE FUTURE EVERYDAY."
This website is dedicated to all the people that inspired me to be their teacher: my friends,
the community of Pilot Station, the Lower Yukon School District, most especially to my family
and students who are my greatest inspiration.
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Hi! I'm Wilma Distor and I am the high school Math and Science teacher at Pilot Station School.
University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau, Alaska Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska
Math & Science Conference - Juneau, Alaska Science Lab - Frog Dissection Alaska Learning Labs - Family Night
Pilot Station School is in Pilot Station, Alaska which is located on the northwest bank of the Yukon River, 11 miles east of St. Mary's and
26 miles west of Marshall on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
Pilot Station School
The village was first called "Ankachak" and later was moved one-third of a mile upriver to a site called "Potiliuk." The old village site of
Kurgpallermuit is located nearby. This village is a designated historic place -- it was occupied during the bow and arrow wars between
the Yukon and Coastal Eskimos. According to locals, the Chevak and Pilot Station people periodically fought when the coastal people
traveled up the Kashunak River. A Russian Orthodox church was built in the early 1900s and is one of the oldest structures in the region.
R.H. Sargent of the U.S. Geological Survey first noted the village name of Pilot Station in 1916. Local riverboat pilots who used the village
as a checkpoint were responsible for this name change.
The population of the community consists of 97.6% Alaska Native or part Native. Pilot Station is a Yup'ik Eskimo village dependent upon
fishing and subsistence lifestyle
Pilot Station, Alaska
One activity that I sponsor in our school is the FEA ( Future Educators of Alaska) Club. This year, I chaperoned eight LYSD students:
Kalen Kelly, Danielle Greene, Sandra Prince, Willi Augustine, Charlene Muran, Allison Lake, Raymond Myers, and Sophia Changsak to
the FEA Student Gathering in Anchorage.
2010 FEA Student Gathering, Anchorage, Alaska
Our LYSD FEA delegates presented their school activities during the FEA Student Gathering
FEA Delegates toured the UAA Campus
Danielle Greene and Kalen Kelly participated in the Scavenger Hunt Activity Danielle and Sophia talking to
during the Teacher Job Fair in Hotel Captain Cook, Anchorage, Alaska Sonta Hamilton, FEA Director
Our Pilot Station FEA Club nominated our 4th-5th grade teacher, Wassillie Myers for the Alaska native Educator Poster Series and he was
recommended by our principal Mike Wojciak. Wassillie was recognized during the FEA Student Gathering in Anchorage, Alaska
I also coahed the Pilot Station School Academic Decathlon Team for five years and I have been the co-coach of the
LYSD Academic Decathlon Team from 2008-2010. Last year the LYSD Academic Decathlon Team was the Division I
silver medalist during the 2009 GCI Alaska Academic Decathlon Competition. The LYSD Team also won the Director's Trophy.
My daughter Krizelle placed second in the Interview event, Honors Division. Stacy Kaganak (Scammon Bay) placed first in the
Language Arts event, Varsity Division and Bridgett Westlock (Emmonak) got the trophy for being the Top Scorer in our team.
2009 LYSD Academic Decathlon Team - 2009 GCI Alaska Academic Decathlon Division I Silver Medalist
This year our LYSD Academic Decathlon Team was the 2010 GCI Alaska Academic Decathlon, Division I Champion.
Olivia Kaganak placed third in the Math event, Varsity Division. Bridgett Westlock (Emmonak), Willie Augustine (Emmonak),
and Travis Housler (Russian Mission) were awarded the $1000 scholarship by University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Kalen Kelly (Pilot Station) got the trophy fo being the team's top scorer.
2010 LYSD Academic Decathlon Team-2010 GCI Academic Decathlon Division I Gold Medalist
I am the Alaska Learning Labs LSP (Local Service Provider). Alaska Learning Labs (AKLabs) is a program of SERRC -
Alaska's Educational Resource Center. t is a FREE after-school tutoring program that offers 80 one and a half hour sessions
to students. For an enhanced learning experience, students earn incentive points for participating in research-based online
programs and hands-on activities in reading, writing, and math. As the Local Service Provider, I plan and host two family nights
that support parent involvement in student learning.
Our principal, Mike Wojciak supported our program by attending our family nights and giving awards to our Alaska Learning Labs students.
Students, Parents, and Staff attended our Alaska Learning Labs Family Nights
Please visit this page often as I will try to keep you informed of the activities in the class and also advise you of events and other information.
The Class links at left will help you navigate through the various pages in my website and the other links are important school and district pages.
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