2010 Calendars on Sale!

There are still a few 2010 Seward community calendars remaining. Get yours while the year is still young. Calendars are for sale for $7 (originally $10, saving $1 for each month gone by)–to purchase contact Fritz Klasner (fklasner@gmail.com, 224-4664).
Featuring photographs submitted by community members, advertisements for local businesses, and listing birthdays, anniversaries, and events in the community; the [...]

The Green Beet: Compost Recycling

Compost happens. Organic materials, green (grass, food scraps, etc.) and brown (dry leaves and woody materials), pile each year throughout the planet and break down into rich organic matter that helps new plants grow. It is nature’s recycling at its finest – and can be recreated a lot easier than one might think.
For those who [...]

Experts Plan to Fight Invasive Marine Species

(By Heidi Zemach, for Seward City News)
Marine invaders such as Chinese mitten crabs, European green crabs and the elusive, little understood tunicates, may not have arrived in Alaska yet in significant numbers yet-but they’re on the move. That was the main message of a vast variety of experts on invasive species who gathered at the [...]

Middle School Principal Hersrud Resigns

(By Heidi Zemach for Seward City News)
John Hersrud recently tendered his resignation as Seward Middle School Principal/Teacher, effective at the end of the 2010 school year. He also has become a full-time principal, and is no longer teaching classes at the school. Hersrud was hired last summer under a one-year contract agreement. He replaced Trevan [...]

Music In Our Schools Month

March has been officially designated by MENC: The National Association for Music Education for the observance of Music In Our Schools Month (MIOSM®), the time of year when music education becomes the focus of schools across the nation. MIOSM began as a single statewide celebration in 1973, and has grown over the decades to encompass [...]

This week at Seward Middle School February 22, 2010

IN GENERAL.
*There will be a site council meeting today at the middle school at 5:30 pm. Pizza will be served. It will last one hour.
*Tomorrow AASB will be here to present a program to the 7th graders from 12:50 to 2:20 in the gym.
*Tomorrow evening AASB will be presenting parent asset training for the parents [...]

Excerpts from The Tale Flipper, SWMS Student paper, Vol 18

Each week the students in Miss Fischer’s journalism class at Seward Middle School publish a paper. Here are some excerpts from volume 18.

This Week in 8th Grade
By Kiesha Lynch
Language Arts
Monday: We listened to hip-hop poems and a ballad called 30,000 Pounds of Bananas. It was very odd.
Tuesday: We finished writing our I Am poems and [...]

Student Art Show & Book Fair @ Seward Elementary

STUDENT ART SHOW & BOOK FAIR @ SEWARD ELEMENTARY
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH
5:30 – 7:00 pm
Featuring artwork created by kindergarten – 6th grade Seward Elementary students with Artist-in-Residence, Justine Pachuzal, in the gym. Through activities such as this, our children learn to appreciate art and discover their own creativity. Be sure to [...]

Seahawk Dessert Auction A Delicious Success

The Seward Seahawk’s Athletic Booster Club thanks everyone who participated in our Silent Dessert Auction held February 5th. The event made just over $500 which will go directly to the school’s athletic teams. There were some fantastic desserts made by some of Seward’s best bakers. Special thanks go to those who donated the desserts: Jaimie [...]

So Yummy – Let’s Do It Again!

Seward Seahawk’s Athletic Booster Club Fundraiser
Dessert Silent Auction
Friday, March 5th 3pm-9pm
at the Region Basketball Tournament
Games start at 3pm – Seward High School
Come watch the games, cheer on the home team and bid on some delicious desserts! Winning bids will be awarded at the conclusion of the day’s games.
Anyone wishing to donate a dessert for [...]

Almost there!

The students at Seward Middle School are continuing to roll pennies. Yesterday I took 600 penny rolls, along with other coins, cash and checks to the bank and we were able to deposit $2127 to our account to go to the Doctors Without Borders work in Haiti. I estimate that we have about 70% of [...]

Alaska Tsunami Bowl a learning experience

By Heidi Zemach for Seward City News
heidizemach@yahoo.com
Seward High’s team of marine science geeks, Perusing Pycnopodia, competed with 21 other teams from across the state at the Alaska Tsunami Bowl February 5-7th in Seward. Team members included Nathan Feemster, Eileen Audette, Maddy Campbell and team captain, Maggie Herbert. They were coached by Adrienne Moretti, an educator [...]

SWMS busy counting money

We have been busy all week counting the buckets (literally) of money we have collected for Haiti. We still have a long way to go, though. Hopefully we will have a final count by the end of next week. So far I estimate we have counted and rolled over 600 rolls of change and have [...]

SeaView’s Active Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program

By Heidi Zemach for SCN
heidizemach@yahoo.com
“Seward is a beautiful community, and there are a lot of great people here, but Seward has a dark side,” said Tammy, head advocate of SeaView Community Services’ Domestic Violence /Sexual Assault Program. The last names of the programs’ full-time and part-time advocate are not mentioned here in order to protect [...]

This Week At Seward Middle School

IN GENERAL.
*We DESPERATELY need someone to help with taking our recycling to the dump once a week. We will have everything sorted and bagged, it is just a matter of transporting & placing in the appropriate bins. Please contact Miss Fischer at nfischer@kpbsd.k12.ak.us or 224-9017 if you would be willing to help. Thank you!
*Middle School [...]

Recycling Help Needed at SWMS

Last year we started a recycling program at Seward Middle School. We rely on student volunteers to take the recycling to the dump for us, which has been successful until now. Our recyclable materials are piling up and we desperately need someone to physically take our recycling to the dump once a week. We will have everything [...]

The SWMS Penny War continues this week.

So far we have had many generous donations to go towards aiding the people of Haiti, for which we are very grateful. If you wish to donate you can bring in your change or write a check to SWMS—100% of which to go to charity. You can drop off donations to the middle school office [...]

Second Installment: KWF’s Seward Connection

The Kenai Watershed Forum (KWF) is a local 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to maintaining the health of the watersheds on the Kenai Peninsula. KWF is recognized as the regional watershed organization of the Kenai Peninsula. KWF is building strong Seward relationships and is working on several projects in the local Seward area. KWF’s mission is working [...]

Got Calendar?

The 2010 Seward community calendars have arrived. Calendars are for sale for $10 at the Library or by contacting Fritz Klasner (fklasner@gmail.com, 224-4664). Featuring photographs submitted by community members, advertisements for local businesses, and listing birthdays, anniversaries, and events in the community; the calendar is the perfect wall companion to the online SCN calendar.
Calendar proceeds are [...]

Kenai Watershed Forum – First Installment: Who We Are & What We Do

The Kenai Watershed Forum (KWF) is a local 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to maintaining the health of the watersheds on the Kenai Peninsula. KWF is recognized as the regional watershed organization of the Kenai Peninsula, successfully identifying and addressing the needs of the region by providing high quality education, restoration, and research programs. KWF’s mission is [...]

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