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5 tips for creating a culture of caring in our high schools

Participants in high school sports and performing arts are under tremendous pressure these days — from parents, teachers,…

Lincoln Kimbell shakes hands with Boyd Lehmberg after winning the final round of a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate match at Nikiski Middle/High School in Nikiski, Alaska, on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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In-person esports match goes down to wire

In a small classroom at Nikiski Middle-High School, the Kenai Peninsula’s second in-person esports match was held Oct.…

Students identify species of juvenile fish at one of the activity stations during Alaska Department of Fish and Game's "Salmon in the Classroom" salmon egg take event on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023 in the Anchor River State Recreation Area in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Students bring salmon to the classroom

Hands-on event is part of ADF&G annual education program

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Fireweed Academy offers community fall festival on Friday

Homer’s Fireweed Academy will host their fall Harvest Festival FUNdraiser on Friday, Oct. 20 at the West Homer…

Dianne MacRae, Debbie Cary, Beverley Romanin and Kelley Cizek participate in a Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education candidate forum at Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board candidates wrap up forum series

The forum was the eighth in a series hosted by the Clarion and KDLL ahead of the 2023…

A sign opposing the participation of trans girls in girls sports is propped against a fire hydrant outside of the George A. Navarre Admin Building on Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. The Alaska Board of Education met in the building to discuss a resolution that would ban trans girls from girls high school sports. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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State board of ed to take up transgender sports issue Thursday

The board will consider whether or not to separate cisgender girls, other student athletes

(Foreground) Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland (left) and KPBSD Finance Director Liz Hayes (right) speak about the district’s fiscal year 2024 budget during a work session with the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School district prepares to launch ‘Budget 101’ informational meetings

The sessions will be targeted toward the public and will each tackle a different element of the borough’s…

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Registration and orientation dates and times for Homer Middle and Homer High School

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Shrubs grow outside of the Kenai Courthouse on Monday, July 3, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai grand jury indicts former SoHi teacher on 61 counts of sexual abuse of a minor, possession of child pornography

A former Soldotna High School teacher and head of the local teachers union is facing 61 counts of…

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CCE participants Sarjus Moonin and Heather Kalmakoff participate in drop camera sampling in Jakolof Bay in June 2023.

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Community Coastal Experience finishes 5-week summer program

Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies was local program partner

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets on Monday, April 10, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board starts conversation about 4-day school week

KPBSD Superintendent Clayton Holland made clear to board members that the purpose of the discussion was not to…

Replacement of the Homer High School roof is being conducted on Saturday, June 24, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. One of many deferred maintenance projects related to Kenai Peninsula Borough schools, the roof repairs were slated to begin this summer. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Homer high school roof repairs underway

Replacement of the Homer High School roof is being conducted on Saturday, June 24. The roof was previously…

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Paul Banks kindergarten and first grade teacher Jennifer Reinhart

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Paul Banks educator receives a runner-up award for Alaska Teacher of the Year

Jennifer Reinhart teachers kindergarten and first grade