Friday: End of the quarter inservice; no school.

March 19-23: Spring Break; no school.

Scholarships: The Homer Chamber of Commerce will award two $500 scholarships to graduating students from the greater Homer area for educational costs at college, university, vocational or trade school. Application deadline is 5 p.m. April 9. Applications are available at high school guidance counselors’ offices, at the Homer Chamber of Commerce at 201 Sterling Highway, and online at www.homeralaska.org. The Homer Emblem Club No. 350 is offering four $1,000 scholarships for graduating seniors in the Homer/Anchor Point/Ninilchik/Seldovia area. To apply, see your high school counselor or call 235-6131. Applications must be received by April 27. The Homer Kachemak Bay Rotary Club offers two $1,000 scholarships for Homer High School graduates this year. Interested students should pick up application forms from the school counselor’s office. The Homer Elks Lodge is accepting applications from graduating seniors and other students desiring to continue their education. Academic and vocational scholarships are available. This year, $5,000 will be made available for this program. Applications must be submitted to Homer Elks Lodge No. 2127, 215 W. Jenny Lane, Homer, AK 99603, Attn: Scholarship Application Committee. Deadline is April 9. For application packets see school career counselors or contact the Homer Elks Lodge at 235-2127. The Homer Foundation has five scholarships available for area students: the Alain and Daniel Rieser Scholarship for foreign language study; the Homer Community Science Scholarship supporting post-secondary education in the life sciences; the Health Care Providers Scholarship supporting students interested in pursuing a health care field; the Drew Scalzi Memorial Maritime Scholarship supporting students of fishing families and/or students wishing to pursue a career in Alaska’s maritime industry; and the Diane Wambach “Shoot for the Stars” Scholarship supporting education and training for young people with a plan to pursue their dream. Applications may be requested via mail, phone or e-mail, picked up at the Homer Foundation or the Homer High School Counselor’s office, or downloaded from the Homer Foundation’s Web site at www.homerfund.org. The deadline for all applications is May 1. Call Joy Steward at 235-0541. The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is sponsoring scholarships for a 2007/2008 full-year tuition waiver from AVTEC, the Alaska Vocational Technical Center, and a 2007/2008 full-year tuition waiver from KPC, Kenai Peninsula College. The scholarships apply to this year’s 2007 graduating seniors. Applications are on the Web at www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/departments.aspx?id=50, or contact your local school counselor for more information. Applications must be postmarked by March 23. The American Legion Auxiliary has the following scholarships available; call 235-6789: American Legion Sept. 11th Memorial Scholarship; American Legion Auxiliary Unit 16 Scholarship, May 1 deadline.

Fireweed Academy

First and third Monday of the month: Academic Policy Committee, 3:30-5 p.m.

Homer Flex High School

Friday: Staff inservice on the Performance Based High School model with guest speaker C.J. Stiegele.

Homer High School

Basketball and “Guys and Dolls” performance schedule: See Calendar, page 21.

Today: PTA meeting in the library, 7 p.m.

Today: “Guys and Dolls” preview performance, Mariner Theater, 7:30 p.m.

Today: End of quarter grade check.

Saturday: SATs in A204, A205, A208.

Homer Middle School

Today: Art Exhibit: jewelry made during Artists in the Schools with Art Koeninger on display in the library, 11:40 a.m.-1 p.m.

March 15: Talent show.

Kachemak Selo

Through Friday: Analytic Writing Assessment.

McNeil Canyon

Today: Site Council meeting, 3 p.m.

Today: Family talent show, bake sale and pie auction, 6:30 p.m. The community is invited.

March 12-16: second and third grade swimming.

Ninilchik

Today-March 10: Regions basketball at Homer High School.

March 13: fifth and sixth grade snowshoe field trip.

Paul Banks

Today: PTA meeting, 6:30 p.m.

Razdolna

Through March 16: Analytic Writing Assessment.

Voznesenka

March 13-15: Analytic Writing Assessment.

West Homer

Mondays/Wednesdays: Fifth and sixth grade girls’ basketball.

Tuesdays/Thursdays: Cross country skiing.

Through March 16: Artist’s Residency with Therese Halscheid, poet and author.

March 12: Site council meeting, 5 p.m.