Editing Sitka, Alaska (section)

==Education==
===Colleges and universities===
Sitka hosts one active post-secondary institution, the University of Alaska Southeast-Sitka Campus, located on Japonski Island in an old World War II hangar. [[Sheldon Jackson College]], a small [[Presbyterian]]-affiliated private college, suspended operations in June 2007, after several years of financial stress.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_news/group-targets-sheldon-jackson-campus-for-new-college/article_0c863fa0-a772-11e5-a518-277bec2027c3.html|title=Group targets Sheldon Jackson campus for new college|last=Hesse|first=Tom|date=December 20, 2015|work=Daily Sitka Sentinel|access-date=December 22, 2017|language=en|via=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708043815/http://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_news/group-targets-sheldon-jackson-campus-for-new-college/article_0c863fa0-a772-11e5-a518-277bec2027c3.html|archive-date=July 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Outer Coast College]], a private liberal arts college established in 2015, is currently in development as an undergraduate institution founded on the former campus of Sheldon Jackson College.

===Schools===
[[File:Sitka High School1.JPG|thumb|[[Sitka High School]]]]
The [[Sitka School District]], the designated public school district,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st02_ak/schooldistrict_maps/c02220_sitka/DC20SD_C02220.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st02_ak/schooldistrict_maps/c02220_sitka/DC20SD_C02220.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 Census – School District Reference Map: Sitka City and Borough, AK|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 22, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st02_ak/schooldistrict_maps/c02220_sitka/DC20SD_C02220_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> runs several schools in Sitka, including [[Sitka High School]] and [[Pacific High School (Sitka)|Pacific High School]], as well as the town's only middle school, [[Blatchley Middle School]]. It also runs a home school assistance program through Terry's Learning Center.

[[Mt. Edgecumbe High School]], a State of Alaska-run [[boarding school|boarding]] [[High school (North America)|high school]] for rural, primarily Native students, is located on Japonski Island adjacent to University of Alaska Southeast.

One private school is available in Sitka: Sitka Adventist School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.privateschoolreview.com/alaska/sitka|title=Sitka, AK Private Schools|website=www.privateschoolreview.com|access-date=April 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425121021/https://www.privateschoolreview.com/alaska/sitka|archive-date=April 25, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Alaska State Trooper Academy===
The [[Alaska State Trooper Academy]] – the academy for all [[Alaska State Troopers]] – is located in Sitka.

===Libraries===
[[Sitka Public Library]], formerly Kettleson Memorial Library, is the public library for Sitka. It receives about 100,000 guests annually and houses a collection of 75,000 books, audiobooks, music recordings, reference resources, videos (DVD and VHS), as well as an assortment of Alaskan and national periodicals. Its annual circulation is 133,000. The library is well known by visitors for its view. The large windows in front of the reading area look south across [[Eastern Channel]] towards the Pyramids.

Until its closing, Sitka was also home to Stratton Library, the academic library of Sheldon Jackson College.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.kcaw.org/2010/12/22/book-sale-brings-end-to-stratton-library-story/|title=Book sale brings end to Stratton Library story|last=Woolsey|first=Robert|date=December 22, 2010|work=KCAW|access-date=December 22, 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223104538/https://www.kcaw.org/2010/12/22/book-sale-brings-end-to-stratton-library-story/|archive-date=December 23, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>