Teens: do you want to learn construction, plumbing, or culinary arts skills? How about employability skills, Dental Assistant, Emergency Trauma Technician, or Personal Care Attendant skills? Local business owners: are you aware students receive this type of skill training? Would you consider hiring a student for part-time or summer work who has completed one of these […]
West Homer Elementary heads to Anchorage in January to compete In a three-component robotics, research, and teamwork competition sponsored by First Lego League, a West Homer fifth and sixth grade team won their first tournament this year against seven other teams in Kenai on November 19 to advance to the Anchorage competition in January! Competing […]
Kids and adults raced Redoubt Elementary halls today…for a good cause! Principal John Pothast competed against Superintendent Steve Atwater to see who could race the hallways, pushing grocery carts, fill them with cans of food donated by students, and get back to starting position, first. Dr. Atwater won the blue ribbon for time, wearing his speedy […]
November 15, 2011 A feast was held today! Kenai Alternative High School served their 21st annual Thanksgiving Day Meal to 166 parents, students, and invited guests–many who were community members active with the high school throughout the year. Greeters at the door welcomed everyone with hellos and smiles. What a contrast to the frigid, wind-to-the-bone noon […]
I am a foster adoptive mother. My heart stretches to people on our margins–especially teens and children. I believe that change begins with awareness. So I pose the question to you: Are you aware that 121 students are homeless in our school district? In our local towns? At the end of the 2010-2011 school year, […]
Do you know what to do when a bus is stopping or stopped on a road? Alaska State Law lists eight “Stops Required” for motorists. Number seven is: School bus — “Stop when red flashing lights are in operation, and stop arm is extended. Drivers meeting and following bus must stop.” Please drive with caution during our […]
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District appreciates the dedicated professionals who serve as principals and assistant principals at our forty-four schools. Thirty-nine principals and nine assistant principals serve in the KPBSD. Governor Parnell proclaims School Principal Recognition Day November 18, 2011 “The principal is the principal teacher, the first among many—part of a team of professionals. His or her […]
October 27, 2011 I’ve been thinking about Red Ribbon Week and how young people learn to make healthy choices in their lives, and in their peer relationships. (Red Ribbon Week is the last week in the month of October.) While visiting a mini-art show at Soldotna Middle School, this digital image project grabbed my attention. Kudos to eight grade […]
FOR RELEASE OCTOBER 28, 2011 What is your vision for student learning? Public Comment Invited: KPBSD revises “Goals For Student Learning” BP 0210 The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is revising “Goals for Student Learning” BP 0210. The KPBSD school board invites your comments and thoughts about the proposed revised policy. The current Board Policy […]
Cycles Theme Leads Charter School Into Forest Help —By Briea Gregory, 6th grade student Center for Alaska Coastal Studies staff member Patrick Chandler came to Fireweed Academy, a local charter school, to talk about how a forest is a cycle. (The school has quarterly themes, and this quarter’s theme is cycles.) Chandler showed the kids […]