Soldotna High School

Student skiers get back on tracks

By • Dec 11, 2020
Sabine Poux/KDLL

Nordic skiing is the first winter sport in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District to get the all-clear.

The district has approved a mitigation plan and skiers will rejoin their practice pods Monday. The first race is planned for Jan. 16, three days before most students will resume in-person classes.

High school senior helps distribute Alaska CARES

By • Oct 21, 2020
Sabine Poux/KDLL

Imagine applying to college, taking college courses and working a full-time job, all while finishing high school. Here’s how Abby Dial does it:

“A lot of coffee," she said, laughing. "I think to-do lists are really important, and having a planner. My schedule, my school schedule, doesn't get mixed up with my work schedule. So I have a planner for school and a planner for work.”


Meet Soldotna City Council’s new student rep

By • Oct 13, 2020
Sabine Poux/KDLL

The most recent Soldotna City Council meeting was hardly Quinn Cox’s first glimpse into local government. His dad, Tyson Cox, is the District 4, Soldotna representative on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly and a previous city councilmember.

So Quinn, a junior at Soldotna High School, knew what he was getting into when he was elected to be the council’s student representative.


School district reports first COVID-19 case at SoHi

By • Sep 23, 2020
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District has seen its first case of COVID-19. Director of Communications Pegge Erkeneff said the case is at Soldotna High School and the school became aware of it midday Tuesday. She didn’t specify whether the case was a student or staff member. The school will remain open, in accordance with its mitigation plans.

The district is not releasing more information about the case’s identity, in compliance with privacy regulations, but close contacts of the case have been notified. This could include players on an athletic team, a colleague or a bus driver, for example. All close contacts must quarantine at home for 14 days.

School Principal Tony Graham sent a letter to staff and families notifying them of the case.

District looks into consolidating Soldotna Prep, SoHi

By Shaylon Cochran • Apr 12, 2019
Shaylon Cochran/KDLL

 

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is holding meetings across the Peninsula to gauge public opinion on different options to consolidate or close schools in the face of expected budget cuts. At a public meeting this week, district officials discussed the possible consolidation of Soldotna Prep into Soldotna High School, putting freshmen through seniors back in the same building for the first time since 2014.

 

 


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