General announcements
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District has mitigation plans in place for what will happen with in-person education under low, medium and high risk levels in communities across the peninsula. Those plans can be found here: kpbsd.k12.ak.us/content.aspx?id=41923
As of Tuesday, the southern Kenai Peninsula (from Ninilchik south) was at a medium risk level, with 13 new cases within the last 14 days. The southern peninsula is considered to be high risk if there have been 20 or more new cases in the last 14 days.
As of Tuesday, the rural communities category within the school district were at low risk. That category includes Nanwalek School, Port Graham School and Susan B. English School in Seldovia across Kachemak Bay and in lower Cook Inlet.
Homer High School
Today — Sophomores pick up schedules 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Friday — New student registration: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 20 – Freshman Orientation: Times TBA
Friday, Aug. 21 — Connections student registration 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 24 — School starts
Kachemak Bay Campus
Today — There will be a Q&A with the college, and campus directors will be available for a general information session via Zoom to answer questions and provide updates at 2 p.m. Go to https://alaska.zoom.us/j/94681988485.
Monday, Aug. 24 — classes start at Kachemak Bay Campus. High school students can JumpStart college by taking college classes while attending traditional high school or learning from home, and receive a big break in tuition. KBC has decades of experience in online teaching that students can rely on in these uncertain times. More information is available at 235-7743.
Join Michael Hawfield this semester for Ancient History and get answers to burning questions like: How did a teacher and his followers conquer the Roman Empire and the Western World? Was “Noah’s Flood” a real event? Did the Trojan War really happen? Why was a Roman bride carried over a threshold? And why do we have a month named for the two-faced god Janus. Study the underpinnings of democracy, urban life, the gymnasium, the arch, theatre and mime, toga parties, and much, much more. Call 235-7743 to register.
