KPBSD Migrant Education Program

Mission: In collaboration with parents, the KPBSDs Migrant Education Program’s mission is to ensure all migratory children reach challenging academic standards throughout their unique educational experience. We will empower migrant children to overcome barriers and successfully transition to postsecondary life.

Vision: Migratory children and families will successfully navigate their educational journey.

We're so excited to get this school year going! We've added three new staff members to our wonderful Migrant Ed Team. See below for information about KPBSD's Migrant Ed Staff.

Some of you have already received phone calls from our Migrant Ed Recruiting Team. If not, don't worry! We're working our way through our roster of 623 students to re-enroll with their most current fishing/berry picking dates. Thanks for your patience, and perhaps take a moment to get your dates gathered for when we do call. Please let us know if you have any questions about this process!

KPBSD Migrant Ed Vision Statement:

Migratory children and families will successfully navigate their educational journey.

Migrant Ed Student, Liveeya Reutov, drew a great representation of this statement. All entries were appreciated, and lots of artistic effort was made by many students! Thank you all for your submissions!!

We've partnered with the State of Alaska "Kids'Don't Float" team to provide Elementary Water Safety Sessions to Elementary students in different locations around the Peninsula during the Early Release Days this year.

The first session is Friday, September 9, at Homer High School Pool, from 1:30 - 3:30, for CIty of Homer Area students. There is a limit of 20 students, and pre-registration is required. For this session, please contact Damara Burnett at dburnett@kpbsd.k12.ak.us.

Our other dates for Kids Don't Float are:

10/13/22

11/11/22

12/9/22

1/13/23

2/10/23

3/9/23

4/14/23

We're working on determining the location for these dates, and will let you know as soon as we get these set up with area pools. The locations in which these sessions will take place will be Soldotna, Kenai, McNeil, Head of the Bay, and Seward. Stay tuned!

What is Wilderness Explorers?

It's KPBSD Migrant Education's free, 7-week, after-school outdoor enrichment program for K-6 students. Each quarter, Migrant Ed will bring the program to a different geographical region (Homer, McNeil/Head of the Bay, Kenai, Soldotna/Seward) to focus on teaching the 7 Steps of Survival through hands-on learning challenges which utilize the natural world, local resources, and the season! We aim to build skills that will last a lifetime through scientific inquiry and fun, alongside friends.

If you are a 7th - 12th grade student who is considering participating in your school's Battle of the Books this year, and are interested in receiving copies of some of the books that are on the Battle list, please contact Betsy Vanek - bvanek@kpbsd.k12.ak.us. We have a few copies of some of the titles that happen to be on the Battle of the Books list this year.

If you're interested in taking a look at the list of books that are on the Battle of the Books list this year, please click HERE.

Here's some great information from KPBSD's website regarding Affordable Connectivity:

The Affordable Connectivity Program is a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program that replaces the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBB Program) to help qualifying households pay for internet service and connected devices.

For more information, please click HERE

Damara Burnett - Homer Area Specialist

dburnett@kpbsd.org

Joey Kraszeski - Head of Bay Schools Specialist

jkraszeski@kpbsd.org

Betsy Vanek - Central/Eastern Peninsula Specialist

bvanek@kpbsd.org

Jackie Tomrdle - Kenai/Nikiski Student Support Specialist

jtomrdle@kpbsd.org

Maureen Todd - Soldotna/Sterling Student Support Specialist

mtodd2@kpbsd.org

Website: https://sites.google.com/g.kpbsd.org/kpbsdmigranteducation/home
Location: 148 North Binkley Street, Soldotna, AK, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KPBSDMigrantEd