One school district: 43 diverse schools: Kenai Peninsula graduate inspirations The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District encompasses 25,600 miles, with 43 diverse schools including neighborhood schools, a K-12 school house, Russian Old Believer schools, a performance based school, four charter schools, Connections Homeschool, and four schools only accessible by boat or plane. Meet #ClassOf2016 graduate inspirations […]
Alexey Ivanov Voznesenka School While some twelfth graders across the country were suffering the burnout and underachievement symptomatic of the spring-time ailment commonly known as senioritis, Alexey Ivanov from Voznesenka School has made the year of his graduation his best one yet. Not only has his GPA improved dramatically while taking a rigorous program that […]
Aidan Philpot Susan B. English School Class of 2016 salutatorian, Aidan attended school at SBE from K-12th grade and exemplified what all students should strive to be. He worked hard in school, out of school and on the basketball court. Aidan will be attending Clarke University, Dubuque, Iowa, where he received an academic and basketball […]
Soldotna High School Kayla Haeg Soldotna High School’s valedictorian Kayla Haeg holds deep pride in her choice to take full advantage of the many opportunities and courses offered at Soldotna High School. She often found that the knowledge she gained in diverse courses extended across multiple academic disciplines and well beyond the classroom. “After spending […]
River City Academy Haley Trefon Haley is an outstanding, exceptional student in the Class of 2016. She began her high school career at Skyview High School, then Soldotna High School, and transferred to RCA her senior year, where Haley fit in beautifully and worked very hard to complete her standards. She earned the Alaska Performance […]
Krista Sinclair, Ninilchik School Class of 2016 valedictorian, Krista has been active in both volleyball and basketball all four years as well as being recognized on the all-academic teams each year. She graduates with a 4.0 GPA and 21 college credits through Kenai Peninsula College utilizing the KPB Jump Start program. Krista earned the UA Scholar […]
Nikolaevsk School Nikolaevsk graduated nine seniors in the Class of 2016. While the staff and community are excited to see what the future holds for our nine seniors, we are inexplicably proud to see them graduate and enter into this next phase of their lives—especially because we have known most of them for their entire […]
Lavrentie Ukatish, Nanwalek School Lavrentie Ukatish, or Larry, as most know him, will be going on to the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) to pursue his professional piloting credentials. Flying and taking a boat are the only two ways into his village of Nanwalek so Larry understands first-hand the important role bush pilots play for […]
Allison Steinbeck [Kenai Central High School] A Kenai Central High School graduate, who attended Kenai Middle School and Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science, Allison will leave quite an imprint on KCHS when she pursues her goals this coming fall. As a Kenai Central Kardinal, Alli has been a leader both in the classroom and […]
Kenai Alternative School Melissa Bower Melissa Bower, graduating from Kenai Alternative High School has enlisted into our nation’s military. Melissa will be joining the United States Army on July 18, when she heads to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Following basic training, PFC Bower will then go to San Antonio, Texas, where she will begin her formal […]