To make your front page a static page rather than a blog you need to create a static page that you would like as your front page. Then go into the Settings tab and then click on the Reading subtab. Once you do this you will see the following:

Instead of having the front page display your latest posts, select the radio button that says “static page” and select the page you created for the front page. Additionally, you can create another page where you would like your blog posts to appear. This is extremely useful when you would like to create a resource more akin to a traditional page rather than a blog, while maintaining the functionality of both.