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    A friendly, pumpkin-headed scarecrow stands outside the Pioneer Avenue entrance of Kachemak Bay Campus on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    KBC to host open house on early college...
    By Emilie Springer • April 10, 2024 1:30 am

    On Monday, April 15, from 4 to 6 p.m. Kenai Peninsula College’s Kachemak Bay Campus will hold an open house…

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    Homer High School Yearbook students at the 2024 Great Gatsby prom. Left to right back: Ally High, Caitlyn Rogers, Minadora Reutov, Nathan Overson, William Bradshaw, Annabelle Franciscone, Sofia Loboy. Left to right front: Alaiyah Brost, Katelyn Marroquin, Suzanne Bishop, Julie Guess, Juliann Techie, Natalie Kientz, Amanda Toce
    Homer High celebrates prom with ‘The Great Gatsby’...
    By Sofia Loboy and Caitlyn Rogers For Homer News • April 10, 2024 1:30 am

    F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel was set on Long Island, New York, and prom attendees dressed to the theme

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    Photo provided by Paul Story
Homer High School Mariner Way Award winners for the 2023-2024 school year on the library balcony of the school during their award ceremony. The list of winners in the story are standing left to right in the image.
    Homer High School announces recipients of the annual...
    By Emilie Springer • April 3, 2024 1:30 am

    Each Homer High School teacher selects one outstanding student per year based on exhibition of one or more of the…

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    Homer Flex High School principal Christopher Brown. Photo courtesy of Homer Flex High School
    Homer Flex School principal Chris Brown named Region...
    By Emilie Springer • April 3, 2024 1:30 am

    The Alaska Council of School Administrators named Homer Flex High School principal Chris Brown as Alaska Association of Secondary School…

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WHE Shakespeare Club toured to the Homer Senior Citizen’s Center with their coach Sarah Brewer on March 27 to perform a variety of scenes and monologues from Shakespeare.
    West Homer Elementary Shakespeare Club goes on tour
    By Emilie Springer • April 3, 2024 1:30 am

    Thirteen West Homer Elementary fifth and sixth grade students in the Shakespeare Club went on tour last Wednesday, March 27,…

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    Photo by Emilie Springer
Seniors Blaise Banks, Lucas Story and Spencer Co receive recognition in annual National Merit Scholarship program and stand next to the display of past Homer High awardees at Homer High School on Tuesday March 19.
    3 Homer High seniors recognized as National Merit...
    By Emilie Springer • March 27, 2024 1:30 am

    Three Homer High School seniors, Spencer Co, Blaise Banks and Lucas Story, recently received recognition as finalists in the 69th…

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    Photo by Emilie Springer
Fireweed Academy 4th grade students Kai Gregoire and Eli Busche-Vold show their ASTE award in the school hallway last week.
    Fireweed Academy students recognized for podcast in statewide...
    By Emilie Springer • February 28, 2024 1:30 am

    Two Fireweed Academy students this month won a statewide audio technology award for their work creating a podcast.

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Jylann Green, Aaliyah Bookey and Isabel Thomas watch Dr. Curt Wisnewski as he shows off some x-rays at Kenai Veterinary Hospital in Kenai on Tuesday.
    Kenai businesses host students for Job Shadow Day
    By Michelle Duffield and Aleaha Searl For the Peninsula Clarion • February 21, 2024 1:30 am

    Students are connected to local businesses to spend a day shadowing jobs paired to their career interests

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    Members of Homer High Schools DDF team thank the audience after their performance on February 9, 2024 at the Mariner Theater in Homer, Alaska.  Photo provided by Marjorie Dunn.
    Homer High DDF students head to state meet...
    By Emilie Springer • February 21, 2024 1:30 am

    The event takes place this weekend

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    KPBSD’s Balancing Act budget simulator homepage. (Screenshot)
    ‘You are in deficit’: New school district software...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 7, 2024 2:30 am

    The software allows users to toggle between eliminating or preserving various items in the budget

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    Photo provided by Andy Haas
Elijah Williams, 7th grade first place chess champion, at the chess tournament at West Homer Elementary on Monday.
    West Homer Elementary hosts chess tournament
    By Emilie Springer • January 31, 2024 1:30 am

    Eighty-five students from Homer area schools in grades three through eight competed in a chess tournament at West Homer Elementary…

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    Photo provided by Homer High School Yearbook staff
Homer High School Poetry Out Loud competition winners Bea McDonough, Clark Milstead and Bryce Glidden on the Mariner High School Stage on Jan. 24.
    Poetry Out Loud: Homer High students advance to...
    By Homer High School Yearbook Staff • January 31, 2024 1:30 am

    Homer High School hosted the annual Poetry Out Loud recitation contest last Wednesday, Jan. 24. Students school-wide were tasked with…

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    Callie Giordano’s first grade Mountain View Elementary School students practice literacy skills on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Alaska’s adjusted school spending trails national average, UAA...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 13, 2023 2:30 am

    Funding for K-12 education is expected to be a top issue in the upcoming legislative session

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