{"id":4546,"date":"2018-07-03T17:31:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T01:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/?p=4546"},"modified":"2018-07-03T17:31:57","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T01:31:57","slug":"heleana-backus-seward-high-school-classof2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2018\/07\/03\/heleana-backus-seward-high-school-classof2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Heleana Backus, Seward High School #ClassOf2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Seward<\/a><\/h2>\n

Heleana Backus
\n<\/strong>Seward High School, Class of 2018<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Heleana Backus was a member of the Seward High School Debate, Drama, and Forensics Team, Student Council, and the National Honor Society. However, she wrote that, \u201cThe most pivotal points in my development as a thinker and human being have happened in the English classroom.\u201d It was this passion for literature that prompted her to apply for and be elected as the Student Representative on the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District\u2019s English\/Language Arts Curriculum Review Committee. Her work on this committee prompted teachers and leaders, from across the District to nominate her for the District\u2019s Golden Apple award.
\nThey wrote, \u201cHeleana\u2019s willingness to participate in creating a strong foundation for future students make her an excellent candidate for the Golden Apple award. Her work will leave a lasting impression in our district and help guide our district\u2019s growth and improvement for many years to come.\u201d Of her own experience with the process, she wrote, \u201cI push myself towards [my] goals with this constantly in mind: conformity can no longer be taught under the guise of public education. I am actively helping to integrate this idea into the classroom with the ELA curriculum committee, but I want to take that further. I strive to bring the vision that the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District has for personalizing education to every school.\u201d The Golden Apple was awarded at the May 7, 2018 School Board Meeting in Seward.
\nWhen she is not reading, she is most likely working the pottery wheel in the Art Room. The quality of her work prompted Ms. Waggoner, her art teacher, to select Heleana for the Master Potter Award. She has also found commercial success participating in her own First Friday Art Show in Seward on June 1, 2018.
\nHeleana graduated with a 4.126 Grade Point Average and as Seward High\u2019s Class of 2018 Valedictorian. She is planning to attend Whitman College in Washington, where she will pursue a Secondary Teaching Degree in English and Language Arts.
\nSeward High School<\/a>\u00a0website
\nKenai Peninsula Borough School District\u00a0www.KPBSD.org<\/a>
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