School Events

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

March 2: School board meeting, 7 p.m.

March 3: Interviews with district superintendent candidates.

March 6: Inservice, no school. 

Chapman School

Feb. 26-28: Wrestling at Fairbanks.

Feb. 26-27: Volleyball tournament.

Little Fireweed (grades K-2)

March 2-5: Swim week.

Big Fireweed (grades 2-6)

March 4: Invention Convention.

Homer High School

Feb. 26: Basketball vs. Grace Christian School.

Feb. 27: Basketball vs. Anchorage Christian School.

Feb. 28: Basketball vs. Houston.

March 3: Music in the Schools Concert, Mariner Theatre, 7 p.m.

March 5-7: Basketball regions.

Homer Middle School

Feb. 26, March 4 and 5: Japanese, Seaton’s classroom, 11:50 a.m. 

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

Feb. 28: Boroughs Nordic skiing, Kenai.

Feb. 28: Boroughs volleyball, Seward.

March 3: Music In Our Schools Concert (band only).

McNeil Canyon Elementary School

Feb. 26: Learning lab.

Feb. 27: Snow Fiesta.

Feb. 28: Forensics meet.

March 2: Reading celebration.

March 3: Music In Our Schools Band Concert, Mariner Theatre.

March 5: State spelling bee, Anchorage.

Nikolaevsk School

Feb. 26: Basketball vs. Cook Inlet Academy at CIA.

March 4-7: Basketball regions, Lumen Christi.

Ninilchik School

Feb. 27: Basketball at Birchwood.

Feb. 28: Basketball at Lumen Christi.

March 4-7: Basketball regions, Lumen Christi.

West Homer Elementary School

Feb. 27: Crazy Hair Day.

Feb. 27, March 3: Volleyball, grades 5-6, 3-4 p.m.

Scholarships

• American Legion Auxiliary scholarships are available for any high school seniors:

Auxiliary Presidents Scholarship, $1,500, due Mar. 1; American Legion Richard D. Johnson, $1,000, due Mar. 30; American Legion Auxiliary Unit 16, $500, due Apr. 10. The following are available for Legion family members only: Auxiliary Non-Traditional Scholarship, $500-$1,000, due Mar. 1; Merrilyn Stock Scholarship for continuing students, $500-$1,000, due Mar. 30. 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. Contact Darlene at 235-6789 or the Legion Post at 235-8864.

• Homer Electric Association scholarships are available to high school seniors and adults wishing to continue their education. The deadline is 5 p.m. Feb. 27. Applications are available at homerelectric.com, at HEA offices in Homer and Kenai and at Kenai Peninsula schools.

• Kenai Borough Employees Association is accepting applications for four scholarships of $500 each. For applications and instructions, see any KPB high school counselor or visit borough.kenai.ak.us. The deadline is Mar. 27.