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, Connect, EngageKenai Peninsula Borough School District | Sharing Stories ~ Learn, Connect, Engage KPBSD Communications Field Notes Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | Sharing Stories ~ Learn, Connect, Engage Jul 22 1 School begins August 16, 2022! Visit your school website or social media to learn orientation dates, and more. KPBSD calendar New to the KPBSD? Start your enrollment registration online Tweet This Post Posted in KPBSD District Stories by Pegge Erkeneff . Comments Off on School begins August 16, 2022! Jul 22 1 Apply now for free or reduced meals News Release KPBSD Student Nutrition Services (SNS) Streamlined Application for free or reduced meals is available on the KPBSD website starting July 1, 2022 Meals will no longer be free for all students when school starts in August. The USDA discontinued universal free meals for students, and parents and guardians are encouraged to complete their online meal application so children will have access to meal benefits based on their determination the first day of the school year. On July 1, 2022, the streamlined online application for Free and Reduced Meals to determine benefits and qualify communities for federal funds is live. KPBSD Free and Reduced Meal application: http://mealapp.kpbsd.org Kenai Peninsula Borough School District 2022-2023 Meal Prices: Breakfast: Students approved for Free and Reduced meals: $.00; Grades K-12: $2.50 Lunch: Students approved for reduced meals: $.40; Grades K-6: $3.50; Grades 7-12: $4.00 The Community Eligible Program (CEP) qualifies every student in the school to receive free meals. KPBSD CEP schools are Nanwalek School; Nikolaevsk School; and Tebughna School. Key changes to student meals in the 2022-2023 school year beginning in August: Discontinuation of Universal Free Meals : USDA is ending the universal free meals for the 2022-2023 school year. For the 2022-2023 school year, families can apply for free or reduced-price meals starting July 1. Online Application : Parents or guardians must reapply each year for free or reduced meal benefits This year, all applications will be accepted online through the new state portal at http://mealapp.kpbsd.org. If someone does not have access to the internet, each school will have a few paper applications in the school office. Meal benefits from the 2021-2022 school year will carry over until September 28, 2022, but a new application must be received by KPBSD Student Nutrition Services by then, or the student will revert to a paid meal status. Opt-In form required to charge meals up to two days of meals: Students will not be permitted to charge any meals this year until parents or guardians have signed an Opt-In form for their child. The Opt-In is included in the online packet, and SNS needs a form completed for each student that a parent gives permission to charge. When completed, students will be allowed to charge up to two days of meals, and no further charges will be allowed until the amount is paid back. In 1965, federal funds were established through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) to ensure that all children have a fair and equal opportunity to education. KPBSD has developed programs to support struggling learners all around the district, and various forms are included in school registration packets each year to help identify qualifying students and families. Completion of the Free and Reduced Meal application–even by families who do not want to use free or reduced price meals–is important to the continuation of these federally funded programs. Federal funding is based on qualified applications. Links KPBSD Student Nutrition Services webpage KPBSD Free and Reduced Meal application: http://mealapp.kpbsd.org KPBSD secure webstore to add food service funds for meals, or use the link on the KPBSD mobile app ### Tweet This Post Tags: free meals , SNS Posted in News Release by Pegge Erkeneff . Comments Off on Apply now for free or reduced meals Jun 22 30 Annual volunteer application New and returning volunteers! Every year everyone who volunteers must complete a new application. The portal is now open if you want to volunteer when the new school begins in August 2022. It is the responsibility of the KPBSD to safeguard students while they are in our care. Therefore, every school volunteer must complete the online volunteer application and agree to a background check annually. The process should only take a few minutes for you to complete, and all information gathered will be kept confidential. Thank you for your willingness to become involved in KPBSD schools! Volunteer in KPBSD online application and FAQs Tweet This Post Posted in KPBSD District Stories by Pegge Erkeneff . Comments Off on Annual volunteer application Jun 22 29 Welcome to new KPBSD leadership KPBSD is grateful for all our school leaders who served, and retired or moved onto new adventures at the end of the school year in June. Let us collectively welcome new school principals, assistant principals, and district office coordinators and directors who will begin these new assignments in the 2022-2023 school year! KPBSD Administrators 2022-2023 Chapman School, Eric Hart , Principal Connections Homeschool Program, Douglas Hayman , Principal Fireweed Academy, Kyle Darbonne , Principal Kenai Alternative High School, Kyle McFall , Principal and Teacher Ninilchik School & Nikolaevsk School, Matthew LaHue , Regional Principal Paul Banks Elementary School, Sean Campbell , Principal Port Graham School, Jimmy Hayes , Principal and Teacher River City Academy, Shea Nash , Principal and Teacher Seward Middle School & Moose Pass School, Matthew Potter , Principal and Teacher Skyview Middle School, John Galahan , Assistant Principal and Behavioral Interventionist Teacher Skyview Middle School, Shonia Werner , Principal Soldotna High School, Tracy Smith , Assistant Principal and Behavioral Interventionist Teacher Tustumena Elementary School, Devin Way , Principal District Office Human Resources and Title IX, Jeffrey Ambrosier , Coordinator Secondary Education, College and Career Readiness, Anna Karron , Coordinator Secondary Education, Virtual Learning and Professional Development , Amanda Adams , Coordinator Student Support Services, Josh Brantley , Coordinator Student Support Services, Amy Hagen , Coordinator Director Student Support Services, Theresa Manning KPBSD is hiring! Do you know someone who is seeking a great school district? Check open positions ! Tweet This Post Tags: apply now Posted in KPBSD District Stories by Pegge Erkeneff . Comments Off on Welcome to new KPBSD leadership Jun 22 6 KPBSD Summer Camps full steam ahead Students from Chapman School, Homer Middle School, K-Beach Elementary, Kenai Middle School, Ninilchik, River City Academy, Skyview Middle School, Soldotna Elementary, Sterling Elementary, Tustumena Elementary, and West Homer Elementary participated in E-Game Week One Summer STEAM camp! Learning and creativity with tie dye shirts, acrylic pour art, painted rocks, and clay air plants Tweet This Post Tags: summer camp Posted in KPBSD District Stories by Pegge Erkeneff . Comments Off on KPBSD Summer Camps full steam ahead Jun 22 6 Kids Cleanup 1,318 pounds 450 Kids Cleanup the Kenai River! The Kids Kenai River Spring Cleanup was another huge success! Nearing the end of the school year, on a sunny day, followed by yet another chilly day with snow, approximately 450 students removed 1,318 pounds of trash from the banks of the Kenai River. In 2022, seven locations were cleaned on May 12th and 13 th from Bing’s Landing and Izaak Walton Campground in Sterling, to Soldotna Creek Park, the Soldotna Visitor Center bridge area, Centennial and Swiftwater Park and Campgrounds in Soldotna, and the KPB River Center on Funny River Road. Redoubt Elementary removed the most litter—a whopping 380 pounds! As the litter pick-up winners, they celebrated with a pizza party. All participants received root beer float supplies. Over the past...