In the USA Today, Monday Feb 23, 2009, it was announced that Ketchikan High School is selected as the school of excellence for Advanced Placement instruction and performance in math and science for the State of Alaska.
As one of 50 high schools nationally to win the award this year, Ketchikan will receive a $1,000 grant to support science and math education in KayHi from the Siemens Foundation.

You may wish to congratulate our AP Math and Science teachers, students, and the KayHi staff for offering a program of excellence that is unsurpassed in Alaska and is recognized as one of the top programs in the nation.

Front row; Peter Dwyer, D. Jay O'Brien, Jennifer Karlik, Rebecca Bowlen,
Back row; Peter Bolling , Gerald Scarzella, Ingeborg Kummant, Dan Ortiz