KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

Districtwide

Dec. 18: In-service.

Dec. 21-Jan. 1: Vacation.

Chapman School

Dec. 5: Community Christmas tree lighting, 2 p.m.

Dec. 10: Winter concert, 7 p.m., grades K-8.

Connections

Dec. 9: Homer Connections Holiday Party; 12:30-3 p.m. at Kachemak Community Center. Crafts, caroling, refreshments.

Juniors and seniors: Contact your Connections adviser for information on upcoming college visits and financial aid presentations.

Fireweed Academy

Dec. 4: Tour of USCGC Hickory, all grades.

Flex School

Ongoing: Registration for grades 9-12.

Homer Middle School

Dec. 3: Basketball B teams at Chapman, 3:30 p.m.

Dec. 7: Book fair, all week.

Dec. 8: Site countil, 3:30 p.m., library.

Dec. 8: Basketball, first round of boroughs.

Dec. 12: Basketball boroughs at Seward, 10 a.m.

Dec. 14: Band and choir concert, Mariner Theatre.

McNeil Canyon Elementary School

Dec. 8: Winter program, 6:30 p.m.

Dec. 11: Geography bee, 1 p.m.

Ninilchik School

Through Dec. 12: Fundraiser for Close Up

Dec. 12: Christmas Bazaar.

Dec. 15: Winter concert, 7 p.m.

Paul Banks Elementary School

Dec. 8: Holiday program, Mariner Theatre, 1 p.m.

Dec. 17: Wear your holiday colors.

Voznesenka School

Dec. 4: Vacation day.

West Homer Elementary School

Dec. 8: Site council, 6 p.m.

Dec. 9: Concert rehearsal, afternoon.

Dec. 10: Winter concert, 5:30 p.m. grades 3-4; 7 p.m. grades 5-6.

Community Schools

Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m.: Latin Dance, the workout; Homer High School green room; taught by Jeannette Aragones; $10 per class; six for $48. Call 299-1127.

Kachemak Bay Campus

Registration for spring semester classes is underway. New classes include visual basic programming, sculpture, genetics, physics II, creative writing, FAS-special education, human relations, trigonometry and more. See the course schedule, www.homer.alaska.edu. Register online or at KBC.

Student Association's Foreign Film Fridays will be held Dec. 4, 7 p.m., with the 2007 Global Film Initiative's feature from Algeria-France, "Enough!" Open to st udents and the public. Donations accepted. Next film, Jan. 15, is the award-winning Croation feature, "Fine Dead Girls."

To enroll in literacy, adult basic English as a second language or GED classes, call 235-1602.

KBC is accepting letters of interest from individuals wishing to serve on KBC Advisory Board. Call 235-1656.

Scholarships

The Forrest Jones Memorial Scholarship is awarded the first week of March. The amount of the scholarship for 2010 will be $3,000. Deadline for applications is Jan. 10. For applicants to be eligible, they must be enrolled in or applying to one of the following in an aviation field or a high school senior applying to an accredited college or university, a licensed flight school or a related certification program. Copies can be obtained by visiting www.alaskaaircarriers.org.