School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

School District Risk Levels

The central region of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District remains in the high-risk zone in terms of community spread of COVID-19, while the eastern and southern peninsula are in the medium-risk category.

Regions of the peninsula are put into low, medium or high-risk categories based on the number of new cases of COVID-19 identified over a 14-day period. This model is based on rates of cases per 100,000 of population.

All students are currently able to attend onsite education five days a week in district schools, including when their school region is in the high-risk category. Five of the major regions are under high-risk operating procedures.

As of Wednesday, the southern peninsula (from Ninilchik south) is in the medium-risk category with 15 new cases in the last 14 days. The southern peninsula is in low risk if it has had zero to nine new cases in the last 14 days, is in medium risk if there have been 10 to 19 new cases in the last 14 days, and is in high risk if there were 20 or more new cases in the last 14 days.

The central peninsula, including Kenai, Nikiski, Soldotna, Sterling and Kasilof, is at high risk with 58 new cases over the last 14 days.

The eastern peninsula is at medium risk with four new cases identified over the last two weeks.

Four of the rural communities within the school district remain at low risk. The schools in those communities are Nanwalek School, Port Graham School and Susan B. English School in Seldovia across Kachemak Bay, and Tebughna School in Tyonek.

Hope School and Cooper Landing School are both in the medium-risk category.

The district is still offering free Get-It and Go meals for remote learning students, which can be picked up daily between noon and 1 p.m. Families need to place meal orders by noon on Fridays.

Homer Flex School

May 18: Graduation

May 19: Last day of school for students

Fireweed Academy

May 14 — 2nd grade promotion at the Boat House

May 17 — 6th grade promotion at the Boat House

May 19 – Last day of school

West Homer Elementary

2:30-4:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday weekly — Cross-country Running through May 14.

2:30-3:45 p.m. Tuesday and Friday weekly — Coding Club through May 14.

2:30-3:45 p.m. Tuesday and Friday weekly — Minecraft Club through May 14.

2:30-3:45 p.m. Tuesday and Friday weekly — Cheer Club – through May 14.

Cross county running, every Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Coding club, every Tuesday, Friday

Chess club, every Monday, Wednesday

Minecraft club, every Tuesday, Friday

Cheer Club, every Tuesday, Friday

Orca fun run – May 13

McNeil Canyon Elementary

May 18 – 6th grade graduation

May 19 – Last day of school/Play Day