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School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the borough building at 148 N. Binkley… Continue reading

Kenai Peninsula College: Around Campus

Once again, the most recent semester at KPC was a great success. During the spring 2015 semester, KPC saw an overall increase of four percent… Continue reading

Verbatim: Parting is such sweet sorrow

As the school year is ending, yearbooks start getting signed. Some have long, meaningful paragraphs. Others simply say, “Have a great summer!” which quickly gets… Continue reading

KPC announces end-of-year award recipients

The Kenai River Campus Student Union announced their end-of-year award recipients at their recent annual BBQ, held Friday, May 1. Those chosen to receive the… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Whitney Owens sells a copy of Winston's Friendship Journey at her book signing Saturday, May 9. 2015, at King's Treasures in Kenai, Alaska.

Self-publishing as a student

At 11-years-old, Whitney Owens has self-published her first book. The home school student authored and illustrated ‘Winston’s Friendship Journey’, which is available on Kindle, Amazon.com… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Whitney Owens sells a copy of Winston's Friendship Journey at her book signing Saturday, May 9. 2015, at King's Treasures in Kenai, Alaska.

Around the District

School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the borough building at 148 N. Binkley… Continue reading

KPC commencement exercises

The Kenai River Campus graduation ceremony will take place at 7 p.m. on May 7 at Kenai Central High School’s Renée C. Henderson Auditorium. The… Continue reading

Around the District

School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the borough building at 148 N. Binkley… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Matthew Widaman gives a speech at the Kenai Peninsula 2015 BP Teachers of Excellence award ceremony after winning Teacher of the Year Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at the Alaska Christian College in Soldotna, Alaska.

Honoring excellent educators

Teachers from across the Kenai Peninsula were honored for their work in local schools at the twentieth annual 2015 BP Teachers of Excellence award banquet… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Matthew Widaman gives a speech at the Kenai Peninsula 2015 BP Teachers of Excellence award ceremony after winning Teacher of the Year Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at the Alaska Christian College in Soldotna, Alaska.

Heavy topics need not carrying so much weight

When making light conversation, there are several go-to topics. Just small talk, like how are you doing, have you noticed this weather, I like your… Continue reading

Around the District

School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the borough building at 148 N. Binkley… Continue reading

Full Spring ahead at KPC

Surplus auction scheduled The public is invited to attend a surplus auction of equipment, furniture, office-related equipment, tools and other miscellaneous items. The complete list… Continue reading

Verbatim: Even at the table, one can be an example

Several months ago I participated in an activity that powerfully taught me the importance of being an example. My youth group put on an “Etiquette… Continue reading

Around the District

School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the borough building at 148 N. Binkley… Continue reading

Crash course: Students take a lesson in Junior Achievement

Sitting with their regular table group, Gloria Sweeney’s first graders Kyla Karella, Jace Applehans and Cobe Hodge were doing some out-of-the-ordinary activities Friday morning. Along… Continue reading

Public registration open for fall semester

The door opened this morning at 12:01 a.m. for the general public to register for the fall semester that begins August 24. To peruse the… Continue reading

Kenai Peninsula College: Around Campus

Jeff Schultz, the official photographer of the Iditarod, will be giving a presentation about some of the experiences detailed in his book, “Chasing Dogs -… Continue reading

School news

School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the borough building at 148 N. Binkley… Continue reading

Rock Stars: SoHi students to perform guitar concert

One Soldotna teacher is striking a chord with his students. This Tuesday, students from Kent Peterson’s Soldotna High School guitar classes will hold a “History… Continue reading

School news

School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the borough building at 148 N. Binkley… Continue reading