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Smith: Let’s own our community

As if it were cemented in time, the earliest memory of my entry to Homer, in 1974, is…

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Paul Banks says thanks

Paul Banks staff and students would like to thank the Homer Animal Friends for providing our school with…

Homer High School students Ian Lowe, Sheldon Hutt and Patrick Rainwater officiate a game of football at Paul Banks Elementary School last week.-Photo provided

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High school students join Paul Banks kids at recess

On April 14, six Homer High School students attended Paul Banks Elementary recess. The high school students, Sam…

A plaque at McNeil Canyon Elementary School proclaims the school a 2004 No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon school.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky

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McNeil Canyon: grounded in community

When funding for a new school at McNeil Canyon was needed in 1981, the McNeil School Steering Committee…

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Paul Banks Peanuts say thanks

The staff and students at Paul Banks Elementary would like to thank the Homer Foundation, with support from…

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Students still talking about field trip

The teachers and students of Paul Banks would like to thank the Homer Fire Department and Police Department…

Author Dorothy “Dottie” Cline signs copies of “Paul Banks, Alaskan Music Man” at the Homer Bookstore on Sept. 27.-Photo by  McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Namesake celebrated

At Paul Banks Elementary School’s first “Paul Banks Day,” Sept. 16, the K-2 students, faculty, staff and visitors…

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Cline signs Paul Banks book Saturday at Homer Bookstore

Dorothy “Dotty” Cline signs her new book, “Paul Banks: Alaskan Musical Man” from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday…

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New Paul Banks book honors school’s namesake

Paul Banks Elementary School celebrates “Paul Banks Day” on Sept. 16. During a 1 p.m. assembly, author Dotty…

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Students learn from artist

Paul Banks Elementary was fortunate to have Jimmy Riordan, an Alaska artist and bookmaker in our school this…

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26 southern peninsula school faculty leaving

It isn’t only students, moving from one grade to another, whose lives are changing with the end of…

Barbra Ann Veeck, BP Teacher of the Year-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer news

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Homer teacher honored for work

One of five Kenai Peninsula Borough teachers named as this year’s “BP Teachers of Excellence,” Barbra Ann Veeck…

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Paul Banks challenges Little Peanuts

As a mother of two young children (ages 6 and 4), I know that finding child care and/or…