Welcome Back! I hope everyone caught all the sun, fish and waves they had planned on this summer. I had a great summer and am excited about a new year. Our students excelled last year. We had 3 State Champion sports teams, our AP scores were up, our seniors earned over $1,000,000 in scholarships and we excelled in all of our High School indicators of success.

We do have some changes for this year that you need to be aware of. First, our new start time is 9:00 am. This means zero hour will now start at 8:00 am and breakfast will be served starting at 8:30.

Second, our block schedule has changed. Our block days will now be on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and our 6 period days will be on Monday and Friday. I have included a new schedule below.

Lastly, periods have been swapped to match with the local college schedule. With Jumpstart paying for half the cost of tuition for Juniors and Seniors we want to make it easier to fit college classes into their schedule. You can see these changes in the schedule below.

We are also welcoming in 5 new teachers this year. Winter Allen is our new Intensive Needs Special Education Teacher, Lisa McCutcheon is teaching Resource Special Education Teacher, Saundra Hudson is our new half time PE teacher, Daniel Newsted is a Math & Science Teacher and Erin Brege is our New Language Arts and Spanish Teacher (Supporting Mr. Pitzman to offer more Spanish classes).

All of these changes are positive, though there may be some growing pains as we get used to them. If you are having issues with any changes, please let me know. We may be able to make adjustments or find solutions.

I am excited about this year and can't wait to see our students continue to excel. As always, I would love to hear from you. If you have ideas or suggestions, please drop by. If you can't make it in you can call me at 907-235-4600 or e-mail me at dwaclawski@kpbsd.k12.ak.us.

Sincerely,

Douglas Waclawski

Principal

We want our freshmen to get a great start on the year so we are holding a Freshman Orientation on Thursday, August 17th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Students who are new to HHS and returning students who would like to connect with their teachers are welcome also.

All students who attend will get:

• Class Schedule
• Map of classrooms
• Basic presentation HHS culture and procedures
• Introduction to all of their teachers
• Locker and locker combination
• Much more...

Here is our tentative schedule:

• 6-6:45pm – 9th graders and new students get their schedules, lockers, etc.
  
• 6:45-7pm – Mr. Waclawski presents in Mariner Theater
  
• 7:05-7:10 – 1st period (returning HHS students welcome)
  
• 7:15-7:20 – 2nd period
  
• 7:25-7:30 – 3rd period
  
• 7:35-7:40 – 4th period
  
• 7:45-7:50 – 5th period
  
• 7:55-8:00 – 6th period
  

We hope to see you there!

Congratulations to the Homer Mariners Girls Track and Field team for winning the 1/2/3A State Championship! We are proud of you!

Here are all of the results from the State Meet.

Girls Results

• 1st Place – Kaylee Veldstra – 100 Meters
  
• 1st Place – Anna Brock – Shot Put
  
• 1st Place – Anna Brock – Discus
  
• 1st Place – Cheyenne Gillette, Lauren Evarts, Alia Bales & Kaylee Veldstra – 4 X 100 Relay
  
• 1st Place – Megan Pitzman, Cheyenne Gillette, Lauren Evarts & Autumn Daigle – 4 X 400 Relay
  
• 1st Place – Megan Pitzman, Audrey Rosencrans, Lauren Kuhns & Autumn Daigle – 4 X 800 Relay
  
• 2nd place – Lauren Evarts – 300 M Hurdles
  
• 2nd Place – Cheyenne Gillette, Kaylee Veldstra, Marina Carroll & Alia Bales – 4 X 200 Relay
  
• 3rd Place – Kaylee Veldstra – 200 Meters
  
• 3rd Place – Audrey Rosencrans – 800 Meters
  
• 3rd Place – Audrey Rosencrans – 1600 Meters
  
• 3rd Place – Audrey Rosencrans – 3200 Meters
  
• 3rd Place – Lauren Evarts – 100 M Hurdles
  
• 5th Place – Lauren Kuhns – 3200 Meters
  
• 5th Place – Marina Carroll – 400 Meters
  
• 6th Place – Autumn Daigle – 1600 Meters
  
• 6th Place – Marina Carroll – Triple Jump
  

Boys Results

• 1st Place – Joel Carroll – High Jump
  
• 1st Place – Jared Brant, Bill Rich, Jacob Davis & Luciano Fasulo – 4 X 800 Relay
  
• 2nd Place – Teddy Croft – 400 Meters
  
• 3rd Place – Luciano Fasulo – 1600 Meters
  
• 4th Place – Teddy Croft – 200 Meters
  
• 4th Place – Luciano Fasulo – 800 Meters
  
• 5th Place – Noah Fisk – 200 Meters
  
• 5th Place – Jared Brant – 1600 Meters
  
• 6th Place – Jared Brant – 800 Meters
  
• 6th Place – Teddy Croft – 100 Meters
  

You can follow the link below to see all of the results yourself.
https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=289244#/blog

• Please drive slowly through the parking lot. You never know when a student will walk in front of you.
• All students must cross at the crosswalk in front of buses.
• Pull all the way up to the signs by the student crosswalk when dropping students.
• There are three lanes for traffic. The two closest to the school are for dropping off students. The lane farthest away from the school is for traffic going through.
• Always be on the lookout for students crossing the parking lot.

"Why should I have to pull up? I have dropped my child off in front for years. "

This is a good question. Parking lot safety is based on training bus drivers, parents and students about what to expect. For instance, bus drivers are trained to look out for cross walks. While bus drivers do a good job of looking for students in other areas they are not as likely to see a student who is cutting between buses. Cutting between buses is very dangerous.

Pulling all the way to the front also helps the flow of traffic during high volume times. If you stop to drop off or pick up your child closer to the football field this can back up traffic quickly. This also delays our buses from getting to our students and can delay the whole process.

We would like this process to be safe yet efficient. Thank you for your help!

Drama - Debate - Forensics

Sponsor - Amy Johnson

• 235-4600
• First Practice is in September

Football

Head Coach - Walter Love

• 918-899-1160

Football Cheer

Head Coaches - Lyn Patton & Jennifer Cabana

• 907-299-0569

Cross-Country Running

Head Coach - Annie Ridgely

• 907-756-1110

Volleyball

Erin Brege

• Paula Cook is interim coach until school starts
• Contact the school at 235-4600

Swim/Dive

Head Coach - Thaddaeus Gunther

• 907-299-2888

Girls Basketball Open Gym

Head Coach - Chad Felice

• Open Gym (Call coach for details)
  
• 315-246-3256