HHS prepares students for state assessments with pancakes
Published 4:30 am Thursday, April 3, 2025
Homer High School Vice Principal Katie Bynagle organized a pancake breakfast on Tuesday, March 25, to encourage and feed students as they began state testing last week.
Teacher Winter Marshall-Allen said she appreciates the vice principal organizing this opportunity to engage with students. She said the positive reinforcement further activates engagement in the testing.
“We all know that there’s a lot of anxiety that goes along with this time frame, both for the students and for educators,” Marshall-Allen said in a message March 25. “I think that Miss Bynagle organizing this opportunity is a fantastic way to show that testing is more than a number. It is about a relationship with our students and connecting with them in a humanistic way to intentionally support them, not just their academic achievements, but the nourishment of their body and mind.”
Ninth grade students took the AK STAR: Alaska System of Academic Readiness assessment, and students with intellectual disabilities took the Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) Alternate Assessment. Both assessments are computer-based.
