Nikiski students, staff appreciate support

Thank you to all the local businesses and organizations that have so generously given scholarships and awards to students of Nikiski High School. We appreciate all the representatives who were able to come out to personally bestow these honors on the students at our Awards Night.

ConocoPhillips Alaska, Eagles – Ladies Auxiliary #3525, Hilcorp, BP, Kenai Chamber of Commerce, Kenai Elk’s Lodge #2425, Kenai Peninsula Administrators Assoc., Kenai Rotary Club, Kenai River Brown Bears, Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education, KPESA, KSRM, Kenai Masonic Lodge #11, Moose Lodge #1942, National Honor Society, U.S. Marine Corps, Prudential Financial, Nikiski Fire Fighters Association, Nikiski Community Council, Senator Micciche, North Kenai Community Club, Peninsula Oilers Baseball Club, Redoubt Homemakers FCE, the Prichard family, the Luke Spruill Scholarship Committee, the Nick Begich Scholarship Intern Fund, Tesoro Alaska Petroleum Co., Nikiski Senior Center, Central Peninsula Health Foundation, Triumvirate Theatre, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, UA Scholars program, VFW Voice of Democracy, and XTO Energy Company.

Thank you for investing in Alaska’s students and helping them to pursue and achieve their goals.

Sincerely,

Nikiski High School Counseling Staff

 

 

 

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