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Caring For the Kenai

Published on April 21, 2017 By Pegge Erkeneff

2017 Caring for the Kenai Competition “What can I do, invent or create to better care for the environment of the Kenai Peninsula or improve the area’s preparedness for a natural disaster?” Watch Live Competition Video http://bit.ly/2017CaringForTheKenai When Caring for the Kenai stepped into its twenty seventh year, a new super hero was created by […]

From Great to Amazing : 12 students compete for $28K

Published on March 24, 2017 By Pegge Erkeneff

Caring for the Kenai Twelve student finalists will take their innovative projects from great to outstanding in a live competition, Thursday, April 20, 2017. Four hundred entries culled to 120 semi-finalists when eight judges set the final 12 pick on March 8, 2017, in the 27th annual Caring for the Kenai competition. The final 12 […]

Teens present innovative ideas in live competition for 25K in prizes

Published on April 18, 2016 By Pegge Erkeneff

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 […]

Sixth grade student shares cycles and sapling story

Published on October 24, 2011 By Pegge Erkeneff

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 […]