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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

Kenai Peninsula College continually reminds students to stay on track to graduate in the shortest time possible, saving both time and money, by tackling 15… Continue reading

Kenai Peninsula College: Around Campus

Advice and a Slice offers venue to explore options KPC’s Kenai River Campus will be holding the third annual Advice and a Slice open house… Continue reading

School News for March 30

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

This June 2014 photo courtesy of Michael & Melissa Kaufman shows the cluttered desk belonging to their ninth-grade daughter, Rebekah.  Although the Kaufmans bought Rebekah the desk so she would have a place to study, she instead uses it as "a repository for the four outfits she tried on earlier that day and rejected," Melissa says. Rebekah prefers doing homework on her bed. (AP Photo/Michael Kaufman)

Bedroom desk? It’s somewhere under all that junk

Alyssa Kimble, a fourth-grader in White Plains, New York, says she uses the desk in her bedroom for “everything” — creating lesson plans for her… Continue reading

This June 2014 photo courtesy of Michael & Melissa Kaufman shows the cluttered desk belonging to their ninth-grade daughter, Rebekah.  Although the Kaufmans bought Rebekah the desk so she would have a place to study, she instead uses it as "a repository for the four outfits she tried on earlier that day and rejected," Melissa says. Rebekah prefers doing homework on her bed. (AP Photo/Michael Kaufman)

Kenai Peninsula College: Around Campus

There will be a nursing information and advising session for current and prospective students at 9 a.m. on March 27 in room 107 at 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

District receiving four new principals

Next fall students in four Kenai Peninsula Borough School District institutions will be greeted with new leadership. Principals for Homer Flex, Connections Home School Program,… Continue reading

Scholarship packet speeds application process

KPC’s Fall Scholarship Packet is now available for students on the KPC website or from the Student Services or Financial Aid offices. Every effort is… Continue reading

Kenai Peninsula College: Around Campus

KPC’s summer enrollment numbers have steadily climbed during the last two decades. The number of student credit hours generated during summer of 1990 compared to… Continue reading

Photo courtesy Derek Schramm David and Marina Schramm created the card game 'Show Dog!' during their 2014 summer break. The game has sold nearly four dozen copies online and within the local community.

Students dedicate summer to educational fun

Like most students in kindergarten through twelfth grade, Marina and David Schramm had some free time last summer. And just like many of their peers,… Continue reading

Photo courtesy Derek Schramm David and Marina Schramm created the card game 'Show Dog!' during their 2014 summer break. The game has sold nearly four dozen copies online and within the local community.

Verbatim: Why are teens so crazy? It’s all in our brains

Have you ever wondered why teenagers are so crazy? We now have the answer. In recent years, scientists have discovered many new things about how… Continue reading

Kenai Peninsula College: Around Campus

The public is invited to take advantage of the wide variety of services that will be available from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday,… Continue reading

Kenai Peninsula Borough Schools use positive behavior intervention strategies

Editor's Note: this story has been edited to correct a typo and two names: Teri Diamond, whose name was orginally given as "Terri," and Christine… 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

Kenai Peninsula College: Around Campus

Never before have scholarships played such an important role in students’ lives, specifically because the funds awarded are gifted and do not have to be… Continue reading

Kenai Peninsula College: Around Campus

The Kuspuk School District’s EXCEL Alaska program recently facilitated “mini-bridging” camps that brought 20 students to Kenai Peninsula College’s Kenai River Campus for five days… 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

Verbatim: We all have a talent worth sharing

Over the past year I have painted six murals around Soldotna. I began the exciting project through Soldotna High School’s art club and then continued… Continue reading

Around Campus: High school students get Taste of College

Last week, five high school juniors from Voznesenka, a Russian Old Believer community located about 25 miles east of Homer, visited the Kenai River Campus… Continue reading