kenai Peninsula Borough School District
All KPBSD schools will release students early on Wednesday, Nov. 25, for Thanksgiving break. There will be no school on Nov. 26 and 27.
Last spring, third- through tenth-graders took a new assessment, Alaska Measures Progress, for the first time. AMP replaces the Standards Based Assessments and tests language arts and math skills. Individual student results are expected to be mailed to parents and students in December.
Chapman School
Nov. 19-20: Basketball Small Schools Tournament at CIA.
Nov. 25: Early release, 1:40 p.m.
Nov. 26-27: Thanksgiving break – no school.
Fireweed Academy (all grades)
Nov. 25: Early release day.
Nov. 26-27: Thanksgiving break – no school.
Dec. 18-Jan. 3: Holiday break – no school.
Big Fireweed Academy
Nov. 20: Guest speaker: Matt Steffy will present on invasive species in Homer and wider Alaskan habitats.
Nov. 20: Fifth- and sixth-grade field trip to HCOA for “A Comedy of Errors.”
Nov. 24: Swimming.
Dec. 4: Guest speaker: Carmen Fields will present on salmon habitat and ecology.
Dec. 11: Guest speaker: Joel Cooper from the Kachemak Heritage Land Trust.
Dec. 16: Skating party at Kevin Bell Ice Arena.
Little Fireweed Academy
Dec. 11: Habitat field trip to Islands and Oceans.
Dec. 17: Habitats showcase and celebration.
Homer Flex School
Nov. 19: Improv performance at West Homer Elementary, 10:30 a.m.
Nov. 19: Cooking on a Budget, 3 p.m.
Nov. 25: Flex Feast.
Nov. 25: Early release.
Nov. 26-27: Thanksgiving break.
Homer High School
Nov. 19-21: All State Band and Choir competition at Chugiak/West.
Nov. 19-21: End of the Road Shoot-Out for Hockey.
Nov. 20-21: Varsity wrestling vs. Palmer at Palmer., 9 a.m. JV at Colony, 2 p.m.
Nov. 20-21: Pitching clinic at Homer High, 3:30-8 p.m.
Nov. 20: Colors of Homer performance at KBay Caffe.
Nov. 21: Neon Dance, 8-11 p.m. in the commons.
Nov. 26-27: Thanksgiving break.
Homer Middle School
Nov. 20: Girls and boys basketball vs. Skyview at Skyview, 3 p.m.
Nov. 21: Girls and boys basketball vs. Seward at Seward, 12 p.m.
Nov. 26-27: Thanksgiving break.
Kachemak Selo School
Nov. 21: Holy day.
Nov. 25: Minimum day – collaboration.
Nov. 26-27: Thanksgiving break.
Dec. 4: Vacation day.
McNeil Canyon Elementary School
Nov. 25: Wear a Tie Day.
Nov. 25: Early release.
Nov. 26-27: Thanksgiving break.
Nov. 6-25: Pennies for Patients fundraiser. Donations will benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Collection boxes are in every classroom.
Ninilchik School
Nov. 19: Site-based council meeting in the library, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 20: Canned food drive ends.
Nov. 25: Early release, 1:45 p.m.
Nov. 26-27: Thanksgiving break.
Nikolaevsk School
Nov. 25: Early release at 1:10 p.m.
Nov. 26-27: Thanksgiving break.
Razdolna School
Nov. 25: Early release.
Nov. 26-27: Thanksgiving break. Dec. 4: Vacation day.
Mondays: Reading Club meets.
Mondays and Fridays: Battle of the Books after-school program.
Tuesdays and Thursdays: Drama Club meets.
Susan B. English School
Nov. 20-21: Mixed-6 Regional Volleyball Tournament at Susan B. English.
Voznesenka School
Nov. 25: Early release.
Nov. 26-27: Thanksgiving break.
Dec. 4: Vacation day.
West Homer Elementary School
Mondays: Youth Court.
Nov. 25: Early release.
Nov. 26-27: Thanksgiving break.
