Chilkat Valley News - Serving Haines and Klukwan, Alaska since 1966

From left, Allie Lloyd, Alyson Viche and Kairi McWhorter play on a tire swing outside the Chilkat Valley Preschool building under construction on First Avenue South. The building, attached to the Haines Senior Center, is to be substantially complete by Aug. 1. School is scheduled to start in early September. A building dedication will be held in mid-August, said project advocate Renee Hoffman. Improvements to the grounds and landscaping likely will wait until next spring, Hoffman said. The privately operated community preschool is 40 years old and serves children ages 3-5. It was housed for decades in the Haines Borough's Human Resources Building on First Avenue North. The new school was funded in part by Alalska's Rasmuson Foundation and the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation. Tom Morphet photo.