Nation’s first group of K-12 Russian immersion students graduates from West Anchorage High

The students of Russian teacher Elena Farkas, left, which include Anastasia Erikson, Wesley Piscoya and Parker Roy all graduated from West Anchorage High School on May 17, 2017. (Photo by Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)
As West Anchorage High School students walked down the aisle Wednesday of the Sullivan Arena, they filed into their seats, waiting patiently for diplomas they had worked for the last four years to receive.
For 17 of the students, they had received scholastic recognition at a ce