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First-year PEAKS results show peninsula students ahead of state
The first year’s results of the state’s new standardized public school assessments show that students in general aren’t…
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Alaska’s students failing, state tests show
More than half of Alaska’s schoolchildren are not proficient in math, science and English, according to the results…
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Year begins in Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
Along the stretch of South Miller Loop Road to Nikiski North Star Elementary, students, with their families watching,…
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Four seats on the school board ballot in October
Some Kenai Peninsula Borough School District students will be braving the halls of high school for the first…
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New school bus routes finalized, practice run Monday
To avoid any first day of school jitters, the Apple Bus Company will hold a practice run of…
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Step on up, take a seat
With 42 elected offices opening up this fall, Kenai Peninsula residents will have ample opportunity to get involved…
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Young Alaskans shadow Murkowski on Capitol Hill
From the outside, Capitol Hill seems like a hectic place this summer, but a group of ten recent…
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District hires 12 teachers
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is moving forward with hiring 12 of 30 open positions for the…
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Alaska Native students go UP STREAM
From Nanwalek to Kenai, 36 Alaska Native students from across the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District were brought…
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Connections celebrates graduates
The Soldotna High School auditorium was filled with graduates who have never walked a hall together, but who…
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River City grads reminisce
Each of the 10 River City Academy graduates present in the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex for the school’s…
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District’s new buses begin to arrive
The first wave of Apple Bus Company buses have arrived on the Kenai Peninsula. The Kenai Peninsula Borough…
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Mountain View Teachers gather to support status-quo funding
In lieu of a walk out, a group of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District teachers and their supporters…
Education
Fourth-grade going on Freshman
Here is what fourth-graders know about college. “College helps you get a better job,” “there’s a lot of…
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BP honors Kenai Peninsula teachers
Five teachers from Kenai Peninsula Borough School District were honored Thursday at the annual BP Teachers of Excellence…
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ESL students earn memorial scholarship
Two students at Kenai Peninsula College will continue their education while honoring a late English as a Second…
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KPBSD holds back on open positions
On the surface, it looks like the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District isn’t hiring, but uncertainty surrounding next…
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Project GRAD continues student support
Since 2003, Project GRAD has worked to impact a generational change by working with the Kenai Peninsula Borough…
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Bill would end Alaska Performance Scholarship
The Alaska Senate Finance committee heard a trio of bills aimed at bridging the achievement gap and improving…
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Senate transforms Education Transformation Act
The Senate Finance Committee heard Senate Bill 96 on Thursday morning with a changes to a controversial section…