School events

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

March 27: Early release day.

April 6: School board meeting, Soldotna. 

May 1: Early release day.

May 4: School board meeting, Seward.

 

Homer High School

March 19-21: Basketball state championships, Anchorage, Girls vs. Hutchison, 8:30 p.m. Game streamed in Commons. Free popcorn. Sponsored by Mariner Athletics.

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 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 27: Minimum day.

April 7: Vacation day.

April 13-17: Vacation days.

 

McNeil Canyon Elementary School

March 19-20: Swim lessons, grades K-1.

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

 

Razdolna School

March 27: Minimum day.

April 7: Vacation day.

April 13-17: Vacation days.

 

Voznesenka School

March 27: Minimum day.

April 7: Vacation day.

April 13-17: Vacation days.

 

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.