Small Schools Hang on

By Heidi Zemach
Moose Pass School teacher Jeffrey Clay sits cross-legged and relaxed in his unlit classroom Monday afternoon, reading aloud from the C. S. Lewis classic The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. The students in grades K-6, self-dubbed the “Rock Stars,” the “Bobble Heads,” and the “Olympians,” sit quietly listening and pencil-drawing at three [...]

Seward Schools Update

Open House
Open House for all Seward Schools is Thursday, September 2nd!
Elementary           5:30-6:30 with chili feed sponsored by the PTSA
Middle School        6:30-7:00
High School          7:00-7:30
Volunteer requirements at all KPBSD schools
After initiating a pilot program at four schools during the 2008-2009 school year, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District launched a districtwide yearly volunteer screening program last fall [...]

School Lunches

Statistics show that one out of every three children is overweight or obese in this country. The Kenai Peninsula Borough is not exempt from this trend, and we, as a family, community, district, state, and nation need to do all we can to halt this trend and raise our children to be [...]

You’re Invited to a COMMUNITY PICNIC!

Qutekcak Native Tribe invites you to attend its annual Celebration of Healthy Lifestyles. This year’s event will take place on Seward’s waterfront in the Branson Pavilion on Sunday, August 29th from 12noon to 4pm. This is an old fashioned COMMUNITY PICNIC and QNT is providing the main course (burgers, hot dogs & halibut), dessert and [...]

Seward Middle School Update

Hello everyone. There was a post earlier this week about schedules for students. Schedules will be passed out to students when they arrive on the first day of school. Students will have the following teachers based on grade level and previous math courses taken. Also, please look at the list below for the specific class [...]

Grant Writing Class

On Sept. 13-17 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., AVTEC will host a five day Grant Writing class in partnership with the Alaska Funding Exchange. This class is for beginning and intermediate professionals with nonprofit, tribal or government agencies. It will be held at AVTEC Connected Education building, 703 2nd Avenue in classroom 1. The [...]

Public Lecture Thursday

Please plan to join us in Bear Mountain Conference Room on Thursday, August 12, for a free public lecture from our own Dr. Ian Dutton! Ian will be covering the topic of Coastal and Marine Spacial Planning. You can learn more by checking out the attached flyer.
This is a free seminar and is open to [...]

Rescued Sea Otter Heads to NY

By Heidi Zemach for Seward City News
A cute, but very demanding little 2 ½ month old Northern Sea Otter named Tazo will be taken on a long drive and plane ride from the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward to his new home at the New York Aquarium on Coney Island today. Tazo spent his last [...]

Thank you Letter for Scholarship

As time seems to be going very fast since my May graduation from Seward High School and beginning my classes at UAA in August, I want to thank the Seward Businesses Scholarship Committee and the business community members for the generous scholarship. The funds will be used to pay for some of [...]

Bits of History – 1928 Marathon Race

The July 4th Mount Marathon race is approaching fast! In honor of this race, Lee takes us back to 1928, when the Marathon record was shattered by a 14-year-old youth.

Race for new library/museum like a Mt. Marathon climb

Important part of the trail coming up at Tuesday’s meeting…
By Mary Tougas, Co-Vice Chair of the Seward Community Library Museum (SCLM) Building Committee
Next weekend thousands of people will pour into Seward looking for a July 4 experience that they cannot find anywhere else in Alaska. In the 83 years people have been running and [...]

Local Event Encourages Early Childhood Literacy: Imagination Library’s Summer Book Bash

On June 19th preschool children from the Seward and Moose Pass communities will converge on the Bear Creek Fire Department for a morning of reading and fun at The Imagination Library’s Summer Book Bash. Bear Creek Fire Department is located at Mile 5.5 of the Seward Highway. From 10:30 A.M. until noon, firefighters will don [...]

Sporadic Bird Report for May, whew!

Seward, Alaska Sporadic Bird Report
May 31, 2010
Sunrise 4:46 am, sunset 11:05 pm, length of day 18 hours, 18 minutes; tomorrow will be 3 minutes and 16 seconds longer. Plenty of light and more to come as Summer Solstice on June 21st is still three weeks away.
Weather: The first half of May continued the [...]

Jr Achievement Highlighted in Seward Schools

Junior Achievement (JA) programs are coordinated within local schools and among teachers who care to host a community volunteer in their classroom. The curriculum spans over 5-8 sessions and instructs students about how money and businesses work in our cities, country and across International borders. JA has been conducted in various Seward classrooms from 3rd [...]

Spring Creek Graduation Instills Hope and Purpose

By Heidi Zemach for Seward City News
They wore their black caps and gowns with pride over their loose grey or orange prison coveralls. Spring Creek School held a graduation ceremony Friday May 21 for those receiving their high school diplomas, GEDs, and for those graduating from the program. Despite the presence of the navy [...]

Class of 2010 Graduates

By Heidi Zemach for Seward City News

The Seward High School Graduating Class of 2010, forty-one students, received their diplomas Thursday evening in the high school gymnasium as their parents applauded wildly, wept, and wondered how time had passed so fast. A slide show presentation of contrasting photos of each student as a baby, and then [...]

Departures at Connections and Seward Middle

By Heidi Zemach for Seward City News

Mary Hicks advises Laura Beck on her new job.

Plan and Hersrud are village bound

Seward Middle School teachers threw a surprise retirement party after school Wednesday for Mary Hicks. She is leaving Alaska for her log-cabin home in Michigan, and a life of travel with her husband between New [...]

Little League 2010 Season Kickoff Saturday May 15th 4 PM

It’s almost time to PLAY BALL!
Seward Little League will be starting our 2010 season this Saturday, May 15th with a kickoff celebration.
The event will start at 4 PM at the Little League Field on 4th Avenue
This year, we are sponsoring several divisions in both baseball and softball.
Divisions for this year are….
Boys/Girls T-Ball (Ages 5-7)
[...]

FREE Concerts Wednesday and Thursday Nights!!

Just to remind everyone, we have a couple of FREE concerts this week in our community, and after this weekend’s arts collaboration event, it would be amazing to see our community come together once again to support our young musicians!
Wednesday @ 7PM: Seward Elementary 3rd-6th Grade Spring Concert in the Seward El Gym
Thursday @ 7PM: [...]

Terry’s Tires Bike Rodeo!

The Terry’s Tires Bike Rodeo is Sat, May 8th. Get your tires checked, drive an obstacle course, get a new helmet, enjoy a free hot dog, police open house and more! See you there Partner! Call 224-4054
Where: City Hall
When: 10:00 AM
How Much: Free!

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