School Events

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

March 6: Inservice, no school.

March 9-13: Spring break

March 27: Early release day.

April 6: School board meeting, Soldotna. 

May 1: Early release day.

May 4: School board meeting, Seward.

June 1: School board meeting, Soldotna.

June 2: School board planning session, Soldotna.

 

Chapman School

March 18: National Bus Drive Appreciation Day.

 

Fireweed Academy (all grades)

March 6: Teacher in-service, end of quarter.

 

Little Fireweed (grades K-2)

Through today: Swim week at Kate Kuhns Aquatic Center, Homer High.

 

Homer High School

Through March 7: Basketball regions.

March 6: Inservice, no school.

March 12-14: Baseball clinic, Alice Whitte Gym.

March 16: Grade check.

March 19-21: Basketball state championships, Anchorage.

March 19-21: Skills USA state competition.

March 20-21: HHS musical, Mariner Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

March 23-24: Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Honor Band, Mariner Theatre.

 

Homer Middle School

March 5: Japanese, Seaton’s classroom, 11:50 a.m.

March 18: Japanese, Seaton’s classroom, 11:50 a.m.

March 19: Japanese, Seaton’s classroom, 11:50 a.m.

March 20: Engineering challenge, Seaton’s classroom, 11:50 a.m.

March 25: Japanese, Seaton’s classroom, 11:50 a.m.

March 26: Japanese, Seaton’s classroom, 11:50 a.m.

March 27: Engineering challenge, Seaton’s classroom, 11:50 a.m.

 

Kachemak Selo School

March 13: Minimum day, end of quarter.

March 27: Minimum day.

April 7: Vacation day.

April 13-17: Vacation days.

May 1: inimum day.

May 6: Vacation day.

May 21-22: Vacation days.

May 25: Holiday.

May 29: Last day of school.

 

McNeil Canyon Elementary School

March 6: Inservice, no school.

March 16-20: Swim lessons, grades K-1.

March 23-26: Swim lessons, grades 2-3.

 

Nikolaevsk School

Through March 7: Peninsula Basketball Conference Tournament at Lumen Christi.

March 14-18: State 1A Basketball Tournament at Anchorage.

 

Ninilchik School

Through March 7: Basketball region at Lumen Christi.

March 14-17: Basketball state tournament, Anchorage.

 

Razdolna School

March 13: Minimum day, end of quarter.

March 27: Minimum day.

April 7: Vacation day.

April 13-17: Vacation days.

May 1: inimum day.

May 6: Vacation day.

May 21-22: Vacation days.

May 25: Holiday.

May 29: Last day of school.

 

Voznesenka School

March 13: Minimum day, end of quarter.

March 27: Minimum day.

April 7: Vacation day.

April 13-17: Vacation days.

May 1: inimum day.

May 6: Vacation day.

May 21-22: Vacation days.

May 25: Holiday.

May 29: Last day of school.

 

West Homer Elementary School

March 23-27: Scholartic Book Fair.

March 27: Dress super spiffy.

 

Scholarships

• American Legion Auxiliary scholarships are available for any high school seniors: American Legion Richard D. Johnson, $1,000, due March 30; American Legion Auxiliary Unit 16, $500, due April 10.

The following is available for Legion family members only: Merrilyn Stock Scholarship for continuing students, $500-$1,000, due March 30.

Scholarship requirements include grade point averages of 2.0 to 4.0. Pick up applications at high school counselors’ offices; Kachemak Bay Campus, Kenai Peninsula College-University of Alaska Anchorage; Connections; or American Legion Post 16 in Homer. For more information, contact Darlene at 235-6789 or the Legion Post at 235-8864.

• Kenai Borough Employees Association scholarship committee is accepting applications for four scholarships of $500 each. The scholarships are available to all 2015 graduates of the Kenai Peninsula Borough, including public, private and home schools. Applications and instructions are available from any Kenai Peninsula Borough high shcool counselors’ office or the borough’s website, borough.kenai.ak.us. Applications must be delivered or postmarked by March 27. Applications can be mailed or dropped off at the Kenai Peninsula Borough, KBEA Scholarship Committee, 144 N. Binkley St., Soldotna, AK 99669.