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Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District (KPBSD) serves 29 communities and 9,000 students in the Kenai Peninsula Borough Kenai Peninsula Borough is a borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,799, up from 55,400 in 2010. The borough seat is Soldotna, the largest city is Kenai, and the most populated community is the c .... Headquartered in the Borough seat of Soldotna, The current Superintendent of Schools is Clayton Holland. Schools Charter schools Statistics Students Personnel Statistics * KPBSD serves 44 sites in 21 diverse communities. * KPBSD covers which is larger than the entire state of West Virginia. * The district's total student population is 11% Alaska Native. References External links Kenai Peninsula Borough School District {{Authority control School districts in Alaska Education in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soldotna
Soldotna is a city in the Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2020 census, the population was 4,342, up from 4,163 in 2010. It is the seat of the Kenai Peninsula Borough. Soldotna is located in the Southcentral portion of Alaska on the central-western portion of the Kenai Peninsula. The city limits span 7 square miles along the Kenai River, which empties into the Cook Inlet in the nearby city of Kenai. Soldotna is located on the western edge of the vast Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area spanning nearly 2 million acres and home to bears, moose, caribou, sheep, and many fish and bird species. The city is located at the junction of the Sterling Highway and the Kenai Spur Highway, which has enabled Soldotna to develop as a service and retail hub for the Central Peninsula as well as for travelers between Anchorage and Homer. The Central Peninsula Hospital serves the medical needs of the region's residents and tourists. The Kenai Peninsula Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanwalek, Alaska
Nanwalek (‘place by lagoon’; russian: Нануалек), formerly Alexandrovsk (russian: Александровск) and later English Bay, is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States, that contains a traditional Alutiiq village. The population was 254 at the 2010 census, up from 177 in 2000. There is one school located in the community, attended by 76 students. Subsistence activities are a large part of the culture for indigenous people, and Nanwalek is no exception, especially when it comes to salmon and seal harvesting. The sale of alcohol is banned in the village, although importing and possession are allowed. Geography Nanwalek and Port Graham are located near the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula and are separated by less than . Both villages are accessible only by air or water (they lie southwest of Homer). The Alaska Marine Highway System provides service to nearby Seldovia (located only up the coast line). A state-own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyonek, Alaska
Tyonek or Present / New Tyonek ( Dena'ina: ''Qaggeyshlat'' - ″little place between toes") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census the population was 152, down from 171 in 2010. In 1973, the community formed the Tyonek Native Corporation (TNC) under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and is federally recognized. History A Dena'ina Alaska Native village at Tyonek was noted by the explorer James Cook in 1778. The Lebedev-Lastochkin Company, a Russian fur trade venture, maintained a small trapping station on the site of Tyonek.Solojova, Katerina and Aleksandra Vovnyanko. ''The Rise and Decline of the Lebedev-Lastochkin Company: Russian Colonization of South Central Alaska, 1787-1798.'' The Pacific Northwest Quarterly 90, No. 4 (1999), pp. 191-205. A detachment of the Vancouver Expedition under Joseph Whidbey visited the trading post in May 1794. Whidbey found that the LLC maintained "one large house, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sterling, Alaska
Sterling is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 5,918, up from 5,617 in 2010. Sterling is the tenth-most populated CDP in Alaska. Geography Sterling is located on the western side of the Kenai Peninsula at (60.529635, -150.797887). It is bordered to the west by Ridgeway, to the southwest by Soldotna, and to the south by Funny River. Soldotna Creek forms the western boundary of the community, and the Kenai River forms the southern boundary. Alaska Route 1, the Sterling Highway, runs through the community, leading southwest to the center of Soldotna and east to Cooper Landing at the outlet of Kenai Lake. The city of Kenai is to the west via Soldotna. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Sterling CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 2.36%, are water. Climate Sterling has a continental subarctic climate ( Köppen Dsc). Demographics Sterling first appeared o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soldotna High School
Soldotna High School is a public high school serving grades 9–12 in Soldotna, Alaska. The school's primary objective is to prepare students for college and career opportunities. The school colors are silver and blue, and the mascot is a star. Approximately 720 students are currently enrolled. The school operates under the authority of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. The current principal is Sargeant Truesdell and the vice principal Tabitha Blades. Sports and activities Sports offered include cross country running, swimming, football, cheerleading, cross country skiing, basketball, volleyball, wrestling, track and field, soccer, baseball, and softball. Activities offered include Drama, Swing Choir, Jazz Band, SkillsUSA, Student Council, National Honor Society, and After School Art Studio activities. Football In 2006 the school won its first small school football state championship over Kodiak, Alaska, Kodiak. In 2007, they defended the championship again against Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skyview Middle School
Skyview Middle School is a public middle school serving grades 7–8 in Soldotna, Alaska, under the jurisdiction of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. The school's mascot is the panther, and the colors are purple and white. The school serves the student population of the central Kenai Peninsula from miles 75.5–110 of the Sterling Highway, and the communities of Soldotna, Kasilof, Sterling, and Cooper Landing. The school receives students from Soldotna, Sterling, Redoubt, Tustumena, and Kalifornsky Beach Elementary schools, as well as Soldotna Montessori School. History Skyview Middle School was created in 2014, after the merger of Skyview High School and Soldotna High School Soldotna High School is a public high school serving grades 9–12 in Soldotna, Alaska. The school's primary objective is to prepare students for college and career opportunities. The school colors are silver and blue, and the mascot is a star. Appr ... onto Soldotna High School's campus. Sky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring Creek Correctional Center
Spring Creek Correctional Center is an Alaska Department of Corrections maximum security prison for men located in Seward, Alaska, United States.Spring Creek Correctional Center ." . Retrieved on August 15, 2010. The prison is located approximately south of . The prison is located on about of land surrounded by national parks. The prison capacity consists of over 500 inmat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seward, Alaska
Seward (Alutiiq: ; Dena'ina: ''Tl'ubugh'') is an incorporated home rule city in Alaska, United States. Located on Resurrection Bay, a fjord of the Gulf of Alaska on the Kenai Peninsula, Seward is situated on Alaska's southern coast, approximately by road from Alaska's largest city, Anchorage. With a population of 2,717 people as of the 2020 census, Seward is the fourth-largest city in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, behind Kenai, Homer, and the borough seat of Soldotna. The city is named for former U.S.A Secretary of State William H. Seward, who orchestrated the United States' purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1867 while serving in this position as part of President Andrew Johnson's administration. Seward is the southern terminus of the Alaska Railroad and the historic starting point of the original Iditarod Trail to Interior Alaska, with Mile 0 of the trail marked on the shoreline at the southern end of town. History In 1793, Alexander Baranov of the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seldovia, Alaska
Seldovia (Alutiiq: ; Dena'ina: ''Angidahtnu''; russian: Селдовия) is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. Its population was 255 at the 2010 census, down from 286 in 2000. It is located along Kachemak Bay southwest of Homer. There is no road system connecting the town to other communities, so all travel to Seldovia is by airplane or boat. The Alaska Native people of Seldovia make up approximately one quarter of the population and have ancestors of Aleut and Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) descent, as well as some Dena'ina. History The native residents are mixed Dena'ina Athabaskan Indian and Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) Eskimo. In 1787 or 1788 a Russian fur trade post named Aleksandrovskaia was established at today's Seldovia by hunting parties under Evstratii Ivanovich Delarov, of the Shelikhov-Golikov company, precursor of the Russian-American Company. Although there has been little definitive archeological evidence of human habitation at Seldovia prior to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Graham, Alaska
Port Graham, also known as Paluwik (pah-LU-wig) in the Alutiiq language, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 162. Geography Port Graham and Nanwalek are located near the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula and are separated by less than . Although they have local roads, there is no road access into this area. All vehicles must be brought in by barge or ferry. Both villages are accessible by air or water. They lie southwest of Homer and about by air from Seldovia. The Alaska Marine Highway System provides ferry service to all of Kachemak Bay, the water body separating Port Graham, Nanwalek and Seldovia from Homer. Port Graham is located at (59.347736, -151.833420). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all of it recorded as land. Demographics Port Graham first appeared on the 1920 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. It did not appear on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninilchik, Alaska
Ninilchik (russian: Нинильчик) ( Dena'ina: ''Niqnalchint'') is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 883, up from 772 in 2000. It is considered an Alaska Native village under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. In the 1970s, villagers formed the Ninilchik Native Association Incorporated. Later the Ninilchik Traditional Council (NTC) was established as the government of Alaska Natives in this area. The Alaska Native people of Ninilchik have ancestors of Aleut and Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) descent, as well as some Dena'ina. Many also include Russian ancestors, from a couple of men who settled here with their Alutiiq wives and children in 1847, and later migrants. Russian was widely spoken in the village for years. Due to the community's isolation, this Russian dialect continued much in its mid-19th century form. With some surviving speakers, it has been studied in the 21st century. Geograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikiski High School
Nikiski High School is a public high school in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District located in Nikiski, Alaska. The school population is approximately 400 students in grades 6-12 and it is classified as a 3A school by the Alaska School Activities Association. Nikiski High School offers football, volleyball, cross-country, wrestling, basketball, soccer, baseball, cross-country skiing, track and field, dance troupe, and DDF (drama, debate, and forensics). The football team were state champions in 2011. Former faculty * Jesse Bjorkman, Alaska state senator See also * List of high schools in Alaska This is a list of high schools in the state of Alaska, United States with their athletic/extracurricular designations in parentheses as determined by the Alaska School Activities Association. Aleutians East Borough Aleutians East Borough Schoo ... References External links Official Site Public high schools in Alaska Schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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