April 28, 2016
KPBSD News Release Teens respond: What can I do, invent, or create? Soldotna, April 28, 2016—More than 300 KPBSD students competed in the Caring for the Kenai (CFK) competition this year, with $28,000 awarded to students and classrooms. The CFK essay prompt challenge is, “What can I do, invent or create to better care for […]
Tags: Caring for the Kenai, innovation, leadership
Posted in Awards, Community Partners
April 19, 2016
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Contact: Pegge Erkeneff, 907.714.8888 News Release BP celebrates five KPBSD teachers Soldotna, April 19, 2016—Five KPBSD teachers learned they were recognized as a 2016 BP Teacher of Excellence when Superintendent Dusek made surprise visits to congratulate the teachers and share the news. Selected from more than fifty excellent nominations, BP […]
Tags: BP, BP Teachers of Excellence
Posted in Awards, Community Partners
April 18, 2016
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Contact: Pegge Erkeneff, 907.714.8888 News Release Twelve students present their innovative ideas in live competition, for 25K in cash awards Soldotna, April 18, 2016—How can we improve our environment or prepare for a natural disaster? Three hundred KPBSD students entered the annual Caring for the Kenai (CFK) competition and put […]
Tags: Caring for the Kenai, competition, Earth Day, environment, innovation
Posted in Community Partners
April 14, 2016
Sixth through twelfth grade students at Nanwalek hosted a Science Fair for their community. The Nanwalek community showed tremendous support for students by helping them with their projects and coming to the science fair to listen to student presentations and learning about their topics. The Nanwalek gym was buzzing with excitement! A few of the […]
Tags: Nanwalek, Science Fair
Posted in Education, School Stories
April 13, 2016
Homer High student video is a top ten national contender in Toyota TeenDrive365 Video Challenge Three Homer High School students triumphed over more than 1,500 entrants from across the country – the highest number of submissions ever received in the competition’s five year history – to be one of the top ten finalists in the […]
Tags: #TeenDrive365, distracted driving, Homer High School, innovation, Toyota TeenDrive365 Video Challenge
Posted in Awards, Community Partners
April 11, 2016
Cam Wyatt, educator at Homer High School, receives top state award as 2016 Secondary SkillsUSA Advisor! “This has been a bonus year for me,” said Cam Wyatt, Homer High School educator. “The 2016 Secondary SkillsUSA Advisor of the Year is a high honor and it will hang right beside the 2015 ACTE Promising Practice Award presented to me in November at […]
Tags: award, Cam Wyatt, CTE, Homer High School, SkillsUSA
Posted in Awards
April 11, 2016
Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) add value to the overall development of our Career and Technical Education (CTE). KPBSD students from CTE classes have the opportunity to be involved in the SkillsUSA CTSO organization. This organization, or club, allows students to compete against other students in competitions that involve the use of the skills taught and […]
Tags: CTE, SkillsUSA
Posted in Awards, Education
April 4, 2016
Peninsula Borough School District Golden Apple Award | April 4, 2016 Mr. David Thomas, Community Member “In 2012, David Thomas, a parent of a Kenai Middle School student, approached administration and suggested that we add a MathCounts team to our school,” explained Vaughn Dosko, principal. “Not only did he suggest adding the team to our […]
Tags: award, Golden Apple, Kenai Middle School, MathCounts, volunteer
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April 4, 2016
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Golden Apple Award | April 4, 2016 Magpye’s Pizzeria, Business In the Sterling community, there are many businesses that are strong supporters of Sterling Elementary School. For more than a decade Magpye’s Pizzeria has been supporting Sterling Elementary. A multi-generation, family-owned business, “Margaret “Maggie” Lupton and Jeffrey Clonts of Magpye’s Pizzeria […]
Tags: appreciation, award, Golden Apple, Magpye's Pizzeria, Sterling Elementary
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April 4, 2016
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Golden Apple Award | April 4, 2016 Ms. Amy Hankins, Community Member Ms. Amy Hankins consistently demonstrates deep support for the students of Seward schools. She has served on the Seward School Site Based Council and is currently serving as the Arts Chair on the board of the Seward Parent-Teacher-Association (PTA). […]
Tags: Alaska, Amy Rankin, art, award, Golden Apple, Lego Robotics, PTA, Seward, Seward Elementary, volunteer
Posted in Awards