Charles Bettisworth and Co. Inc.

• Position: Citation award from American Association of School Administrators - Brief article

Alaska architectural firm, Charles Bettisworth and Company Inc., was the recent recipient of a Citation award by the 2006 Architectural Jury of the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) for its design of the Valerie A. Larson Family Resource Center, located in Dillingham. The award was presented in February at the AASA National Conference on Education in San Diego, Calif. Construction was completed in 2002 for this 13,051-square-foot Headstart and Family Resource Center, owned by the Bristol Bay Native Association.

This is the first national award that Charles Bettisworth and Company has received for this facility's design. However, since 2004, the facility has received three...