Chapman School

Feb. 9-20: Eddie Wood, artist in residence.

Connections Program

Through Feb. 6: Terra Nova testing for grades 5 and 7, 9-11:30 a.m.

Through Feb. 13: The first session of swimming lessons for Connections students K-4th grade, 12:30-3 p.m. Pre-registration is required. Call Homer Connections office to sign up. The second session is scheduled for Feb. 16-27 for K-fourth grade.

Fireweed Academy

Enrollment applications are being accepted for the 2009-2010 school year. Call Janet Bowen, 235-9728.

Feb. 5-6: Parent-teacher student conferences. No school.

Feb. 10-12: Terra Nova testing for fifth grade.

Homer Flex School

Registration at Homer Flex School is now experiencing a waiting list.

Through Feb. 6: Student-led parent-teacher conferences.

Homer High School

Feb. 5: Parent-teacher conferences.

Feb. 5: Literary Society, noon.

Feb. 6: Inservice; no school.

Homer Middle School

After school sports: Volleyball, wrestling and skiing.

Feb. 5-6: Parent-teacher conferences; no school.

Feb. 7: Volleyball, Kenai, 10 a.m.

Kachemak Selo School

Feb. 12: Holiday.

McNeil Canyon Elementary School

Feb. 5-6: Parent-teacher conferences.

Feb. 9-20: Artist in the schools with Lynn Marie Naden.

Nikolaevsk School

Feb. 5-7: Basketball at Nenana.

Feb. 6: Parent-teacher conferences, no school.

Feb. 9: Battle of the Books, grades 7-8, 9-11:30 a.m.

Feb. 10: Battle of the Books, grades 5-6, 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Feb. 10: Spelling bee, 1 p.m.

Ninilchik School

Feb. 6: Boys' basketball at Whittier.

Feb. 6: Girls basketball at Seward Tournament.

Feb. 10: Registration deadline for March SAT test.

Feb. 12: Ninilchik Invitational Basketball Tournament begins.

Paul Banks Elementary School

Feb. 5-6: Parent-teacher conferences. No school.

Feb. 10: PTA meting, 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 11: Site council, 3:30 p.m.

Razdolna School

Feb. 12: Vacation day.

Voznesenka School

Through Feb. 13: Terra Nova tests, grades 5-7.

Feb. 11: NAPE testing, grade 4.

Feb. 12: Vacation day.

Feb. 13-14: Parent-teacher conferences.

West Homer Elementary

Feb. 5-6: Parent-teacher conferences. No school.

Feb. 5: Jump Rope For Heart with Paul Banks students; 10 a.m.

Feb. 10-12: Terra Nova testing, grade 5.

Community Schools

Explore Flamenco dance in a workshop setting to the teaching DVD's of Teodoro Morca, Mondays, 7-8:30 p.m., Jan. 5-Feb. 23 at the Homer High School. Fee is $15 payable to Community Schools. Facilitated and organized by Mary Langham.

Latin Dance (the workout) with Jeannette Argones, 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays in the Green Room at the Homer High School; $65 for six classes; walk-ins are welcome. Call 299-1127 or 235-6090 to register.

Call 235-6090 or check the Web site at www.homercommunityschools.org.

Kachemak Bay Campus

Registration is going on for these classes: History of Alaska starting Feb. 3, MS Word and Excel, Digital Camera Use, Beginning Birding, Stream Ecology, Seaweeds of Kachemak Bay, Biology of Bears, Global Climate Change, Teachers-K-12 Writing, U.S. Coast Guard Boat License Preparation, Watercolor Painting workshop, Fiction Writing Workshop and more. Call 235-7743 or stop by.

Register for the 2009 Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference: writersconference.homer.alaska.edu.

Feb. 8: College Goal Sunday, 2 p.m. This national program helps people clear financial hurdles to higher education. Visit the Web at www.alaskacollegegoalsunday.com or call 235-7743 or (800) 441-2962.

Scholarships

n AFS Intercultural Programs

n CIRI Foundation

n International Student Exchange Programs

n University of Alaska Foundation

n USCGC Hickory

Visit HomerNews.com for a complete listing of school briefs and scholarship information.