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Drama, Debate and Forensics Club members pose at Homer High School on Jan. 9, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. ( Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Drama, debate and forensics tourney returns to Homer

On Jan. 13 and 14, the Homer High School Drama, Debate and Forensics team will host an invitational…

Homer High School senior Damon Weisser (Provided by Homer High School 2022-2023 Yearbook students.)

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Senior Portrait: Damon Weisser

Homer News is spotlighting local high school students

Kyle Darbonne, principal of Fireweed Academy, and Eric Waltenbaugh, principal of West Homer Elementary, stand in the shared Kenai Peninsula Borough school building on Tuesday Jan. 3, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Emilie Springer)

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The new semester offers more opportunities for students

Two Homer schools housed in the same building are looking for new ways to collaborate.

Staff move tables ahead of lunchtime at Soldotna Elementary School on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Critical needs’: Aging school on the brink

Renovations are cost prohibitive at Soldotna Elementary

Elementary school students line up to touch a salmon during the annual egg take demonstration at the Anchor River on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, in Anchor Point, Alaska. Students leave the egg take event with fertilized salmon eggs to raise into fry throughout the year through the Salmon in the Classroom project hosted by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Sport Fish Division. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News file)

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Kids to learn about fish life cycle

Alaska Department of Fish and Game representatives will conduct presentations at coho salmon egg takes on Oct. 11

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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School district risk level update and upcoming events

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

Members of Homer Flex School's Marine Biology class on April 21, 2022, prepare to deploy a CTD, or conductivity, temperature, and depth, device in Kachemak Bay, Alaska. (Photo provided, Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies)

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Homer Flex students do research in Kachemak Bay

In April, Homer Flex High School’s Marine Biology class was given the exciting opportunity to partner with the…

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School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

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School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

May Homer Flex School Phoenix Award winner Bea Strobel.

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Phoenix Award

Bea Strobel is the May Homer Flex School Phoenix Award winner.

Sixth-grade Fireweed Academy students on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 spend the day working and playing with Little Fireweed students at Little Fireweed Academy in Homer, Alaska. As part of their day, they created a new sign for Big Fireweed with the help of artists Margie Scholl and Sharlyn Young. Posing with the sign are, back row, from left to right, Paul Person, Asher Faucher, Ayda Henry, Mayzie Kee, Ilsa Golden, Olin Braund, and Pearl Sethi. In the front row, from left to right, are Ames Kincaid, Cecily Shavelson, For Strobel, Stella Condon, Izzy Clarke and Ani Cook. (Photo courtesy of Fireweed Academy) Top Row:

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School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

The Homer High School Mariner Logbook staff pose with the 2022 edition at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. In the back row from left to right are Courtney Rider, Kamdyn Doughty, Bethany Engebretsen, Tyson Walker, Ally High and Charlotte Fraley. In the front row from left to right are Kapitolina Reutov, Mariah McGuire (editor), Suzanne Bishop (advisor) and Damon Weisser. (Photo provided)

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Mariner Logbook wins award

Yearbook publisher Jostens awards gold level Program of Excellence to Homer High yearbook.