Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

Peninsula schools to start late due to weather conditions

Peninsula schools to start late due to weather conditions

Weather conditions have prompted schools across the peninsula to delay school times on Monday, Dec. 3. All Kenai Peninsula Borough School District schools will have… Continue reading

Peninsula schools to start late due to weather conditions
Schools briefs for the week of Dec. 3-9, 2018

Schools briefs for the week of Dec. 3-9, 2018

Soldotna Elementary Mark your calendars for these upcoming events: December 4 K-6th Winter Concert at Soldotna High School 6:30pm December 5-6 Holiday Wonderland Shop December… Continue reading

Schools briefs for the week of Dec. 3-9, 2018
Simon Nissen leads a section of his choir class in vocal warm-ups in preparation for the holiday concert on December 15, 2017 at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

December brings student concerts, productions

Looking for a way to get in the holiday spirit? Schools across the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District are gearing up for their annual winter… Continue reading

Simon Nissen leads a section of his choir class in vocal warm-ups in preparation for the holiday concert on December 15, 2017 at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
Schools briefs for the week of Nov. 26, 2018

Schools briefs for the week of Nov. 26, 2018

Soldotna High School Soldotna High School’s National Honor Society inducted the following students: Elliana Bruce,Cloe Milbauer, Ashlyn Asp,Spencer Kapp, Oliva Davis, Colton Sorhus, Thomas Hudson,… Continue reading

Schools briefs for the week of Nov. 26, 2018
School Briefs 11/19-11/25

School Briefs 11/19-11/25

River City Academy This past week River City Academy students went to Redoubt Elementary’s first grade classes to help with some writing. The students at… Continue reading

School Briefs 11/19-11/25
Teachers, support staff and community members, many of them wearing red, prepare to listen to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education’s Monday, Sept. 10, 2018 meeting at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. The board holds one meeting each year in Homer, and another in Seward. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

Peninsula teachers looking for extra income, second jobs

Arin Bowen starts her morning at Soldotna Montessori where she works as an interventionist. In the afternoon, she works as the Quest teacher at Redoubt… Continue reading

Teachers, support staff and community members, many of them wearing red, prepare to listen to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education’s Monday, Sept. 10, 2018 meeting at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. The board holds one meeting each year in Homer, and another in Seward. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
Parents, teachers, staff and concerned public gather at the Kenai Central High School library to listen to Superintendent Sean Dusek and Assistant Superintendent Dave Jones discuss the future Kenai Peninsula Borough School District budget on Tuesday in Kenai. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

District begins future budget development with public input

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is already breaking ground on their upcoming budget development — and is getting the community involved. Superintendent Sean Dusek… Continue reading

Parents, teachers, staff and concerned public gather at the Kenai Central High School library to listen to Superintendent Sean Dusek and Assistant Superintendent Dave Jones discuss the future Kenai Peninsula Borough School District budget on Tuesday in Kenai. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
Suzanne Goodwill received the National Education Association of Alaska Education Support Professional of the Year award in a surprise assembly at Skyview Middle School in Soldotna, AK, on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

Skyview tutor receives state’s highest honor for education support professionals

In a surprise assembly Tuesday morning, the National Education Association of Alaska awarded Soldotna’s Suzanne Goodwill the title of Alaska Education Support Professional of the… Continue reading

Suzanne Goodwill received the National Education Association of Alaska Education Support Professional of the Year award in a surprise assembly at Skyview Middle School in Soldotna, AK, on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
School Briefs week of Oct. 29 - Nov. 4

School Briefs week of Oct. 29 – Nov. 4

Soldotna High School Parent Teacher Conferences are 11/1/18 from 12-3 pm and 4-7 pm The Soldotna Girls Basketball team will be hosting their annual What… Continue reading

School Briefs week of Oct. 29 - Nov. 4
Kenai Central High School is photographed on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

State releases annual school progress report, new system

New student progress reports were released from the state Department of Education and Early Development Tuesday. Superintendent Sean Dusek said in a press release Tuesday… Continue reading

Kenai Central High School is photographed on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
Teachers, support staff and community members, many of them wearing red, prepare to listen to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education’s Monday, Sept. 10, 2018 meeting at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. The board holds one meeting each year in Homer, and another in Seward. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

Negotiations continue between school district and unions

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District met last week with the Kenai Peninsula Education Association and the Kenai Peninsula Educational Support Association to continue negotiations… Continue reading

Teachers, support staff and community members, many of them wearing red, prepare to listen to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education’s Monday, Sept. 10, 2018 meeting at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. The board holds one meeting each year in Homer, and another in Seward. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Sean Dusek gives a district update at Wednesday’s joint chamber luncheon, on Oct. 17, 2018, in Kenai, AK. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

School superintendent talks budget cuts, curriculum at joint chamber luncheon

Superintendent Sean Dusek gave the community a Kenai Peninsula Borough School District update at Wednesday’s joint chamber luncheon. Dec. 1 will mark Dusek’s fifth year… Continue reading

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Sean Dusek gives a district update at Wednesday’s joint chamber luncheon, on Oct. 17, 2018, in Kenai, AK. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
The Kenai Peninsula Borough building, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Soldotna, AK. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

Schools briefs for the week of Oct. 14, 2018

Skyview Events this week: Intramural Basketball continues! Girls information: Girls practice time will be from 2:30 to 4:30 pm. Please pick up girl participants at… Continue reading

The Kenai Peninsula Borough building, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Soldotna, AK. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
Sen. Peter Micciche and his daughter stopped by to talk with Sean Dusek at the Coffee with the Superintendant event on Friday morning, Oct. 5, at Veronica’s Cafe in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

Coffee with the Superintendent

Tucked away in the back room of Veronica’s Cafe in Kenai, superintendent for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, Sean Dusek, met with a handful… Continue reading

Sen. Peter Micciche and his daughter stopped by to talk with Sean Dusek at the Coffee with the Superintendant event on Friday morning, Oct. 5, at Veronica’s Cafe in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
Schools briefs for the week of Oct. 8, 2018

Schools briefs for the week of Oct. 8, 2018

Kenai Central High A big congratulation to the Kenai Girls Cross Country team who recently won the Division II State Championship! Jaycie Calvert led the… Continue reading

Schools briefs for the week of Oct. 8, 2018
The Kachemak Selo Middle-High School building sits against a backdrop of the ridge separating the village from the Kenai Peninsula Borough road system Thursday, Aug. 30 in Kachemak Selo. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

What’s next for K-Selo?

Bonds to build a new school in the Old Believer village of Kachemak Selo, east of Homer, were voted down last week, but the effort… Continue reading

The Kachemak Selo Middle-High School building sits against a backdrop of the ridge separating the village from the Kenai Peninsula Borough road system Thursday, Aug. 30 in Kachemak Selo. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

School News for the week of Sept. 24, 2018

Soldotna High School The afterschool tutoring buses will start running on 8/28. There are 2 buses that leave at 4:15. You must be on the… Continue reading

Kenai Peninsula College Around Campus for the week of Sept. 24, 2018

KPC’s Kachemak Bay Campus Semester by the Bay program participates in federal beluga count According to Debbie Boege-Tobin, KBC Professor of biology and coordinator of… Continue reading

School district sees rise in homeless students

School district sees rise in homeless students

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District has seen a 42-percent increase in their Students in Transition program from this time last year. The 16-year-old program… Continue reading

School district sees rise in homeless students
Teachers, support staff and community members, many of them wearing red, prepare to listen to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education’s Monday, Sept. 10, 2018 meeting at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. The board holds one meeting each year in Homer, and another in Seward. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

School board fields questions, accusations about health care plan

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct information about how the school district’s health care committee sets rates for health insurance plans. The… Continue reading

Teachers, support staff and community members, many of them wearing red, prepare to listen to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education’s Monday, Sept. 10, 2018 meeting at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. The board holds one meeting each year in Homer, and another in Seward. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)