{"id":27,"date":"2010-02-14T17:33:06","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T02:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2024-04-25T11:10:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T20:10:15","slug":"history-of-steller","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/about\/history-of-steller\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Steller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Anchorage School District established Steller in 1974 in response to a proposal from the Committee of Alternative Secondary Education (C.A.S.E.) This group consisted mainly of parents of Chugach Optional Elementary School students who were interested in having their child&#8217;s education continue in an open, alternative setting.<\/p>\n<p>The school was named after George Wilhelm Steller, a German naturalist who traveled with Vitus Bering on his voyage of exploration to Alaska, in 1741. He became the school&#8217;s namesake because of such personal traits as independence, love of knowledge, courage, and a pioneering spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Steller was located in the old North Star Elementary building for nine years. In the early 1980&#8217;s, due to the political activity of Steller parents, the Alaska Legislature approved the funds for the total remodeling of the building and a new gym\/drama facility. In 1992, our auditorium was redesigned and rebuilt after a structural failure.<\/p>\n<p>Steller currently provides a quality self-directed learning environment for students in grades six through twelve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Anchorage School District established Steller in 1974 in response to a proposal from the Committee of Alternative Secondary Education (C.A.S.E.) This group consisted mainly of parents of Chugach Optional Elementary School students who were interested in having their child&#8217;s education continue in an open, alternative setting. The school was named after George Wilhelm Steller, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"parent":45,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21208,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/21208"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}