The Seward Phoenix Log - News of the Eastern Kenai Peninsula since 1966

The 41 students of Seward High School’s Class of 2013 gathered for commencement on Tuesday to celebrate their graduation. Welcomed by student body president Hayden Beard, they heard the valedictory...

Tessa Kelly Adelmann* Leon Tyrone Anderson Brennan Paul Atherton Hayden Curtis Gates Beard* Jeffery Allen Buchanan* Kacy Jules Burke Theodore James Cantrell-Larson Nathan Thomas Cisar Maranda Diane Clark Laura Marie Dyer* Dmitri Alan Erchinger...

Seward High School teacher Gary Benson is retiring after spending more than two decades helping students work to realize their potential and get through school. He’s affected the lives of more than...

The Seward Code Club was a highlight of the school year for local youth offering Lego Robotics for first through sixth graders and basic programming, minus the Legos, for 12 through 19 years olds....

The schoolyard at Seward Elementary empties as a flood of youthful bicyclers make their way home Friday afternoon. Alex McLain and son, Sam, were some of the last to clear the area. The annual Bike...

Seward’s High School is leading the way in a national trend toward increased flexibility in educating students on their way to graduation. Trevan Walker, SHS Principal, walked Kenai Peninsula...

Fred Esposito, Alaska Vocational Technical Center’s director, says that the annual Alaska Culinary Academy fundraiser held Saturday has helped produce about 40 culinary program graduates over the...

Teams of enterprising young students at Seward Elementary School created original Mars Rovers over the past six weeks, powered by their own devices. On Friday, the entire school watched them speed alo...

Joe Arness expressed reservations regarding fast tracking the move of Seward Elementary’s sixth grade to Seward Middle School at the local site based school council’s monthly meeting April 11. As...

The following students earned honor roll status in the third quarter. Those with an asterick (*) by their name had a 4-point grade point average. Seward Elementary Fourth Grade Anevay Ambrosiani*, Lucy Hankins*, Nicholas Katsma*, Samuel Koster*,...

Captain White brought 40,000 feet of lumber to Seward from the Ballard mill in Washington on his bark Ferris Thompson in 1906. The Captain felt the Alaska Central Railway wanted to charge too much to...

Seward High School math teacher Stephanie Cronin is going to new places and will be taking the high school students with her. Cronin, who won the 2011 Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and...

The Seward Site-based Council and Seward Parent-Teacher-Student Association are advocating that the Kenai Peninsula Board of Education reconsider its school staffing formula to allow smaller schools...

Seward students Isabel Barnwell and Griffin Plush joined a group of 19 teens from around the state to advocate for local food in Juneau last week while attending Alaska Youth for Environmental Action Civics and Conservation Summit. The teenagers...

The Seward Middle School debate team took up opposite sides March 6 tackling the issue of moving the sixth grade to the middle school. The classroom rehearsal was in preparation for a public...

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has named Andra D. Woodard of Seward to the deans’ list for the fall 2012 semester. The lists recognize students’ outstanding academic achievements. Students receiving a 3.9 grade point average or higher are...

Seward Elementary students in kindergarten through third grade joined together at the elementary school gym to perform a music concert titled “Spring is in the Air!” The first portion of the...

There are big plans underway to create an interesting learning environment around all three Seward public schools that would get students and teachers out of the classroom to learn and engage more...

Rising above the hubbub at last Thursday’s book fair in the Seward Elementary library, there was the sound of pleading and strident demands as youngsters made their selections and then began their...

The Seward Middle School forecasts low enrollment in the coming years and seeks to stabilize its programs and staffing. There are six scenarios being discussed. For example, one proposal involves moving the sixth grade from the elementary school to...

Seward High School’s Drama, Debate and Forensics team, now in its second year, hosted its first home tournament Monday, Feb 4 with Nikiski’s DDF team. The SHS team has grown from seven students...

The following students earned honor roll status in the second quarter at Seward Elementary School. Those with asterisks (*) by their name had a 4.0 grade point average. Fourth Grade Reanna Brewi*, Lucy Hankins*, Malia Hewitt*, Kylie Mullaly*, Elsa...

Seward High School students heard an announcement over the school intercom from their principal, Trevan Walker, Jan 16, at around 10:20 a.m. The school was having a lock down drill, he said. That...

The following students earned honor roll status in the second quarter at Seward Middle School. Those with astericks (*) by their name had a 4-point grade point average. Seventh Grade Kaylee Brockman, Case Estes, Simon Estes, Ashley Guernsey, Austin...

Seward Middle and High School students wearily make their way to buses after a taxing day back at the books. School resumed Monday after two weeks and one day of winter vacation. For the next four...