STUDENT NEWS

Charles Trowbridge of Homer has qualified for the 2009 dean's list at Eastern Oregon University. To qualify, students must achieve and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale while completing a minimum of 12 hours of graded coursework for the duration of the term.

Dylan H. Anderson, Savanna A. Bradley, Marina L. Critchett, Kirsten L. Halpin and Patrick J. Nestor were named to the University of Alaska Fairbanks deans' list for the fall 2008 semester. Students earning a grade point average of between 3.5 and 3.89 are named to the deans' list.

Fourth annual essay contest for all high school students from Ninilchik to across the bay is being sponsored by the Pregnancy Care Center of Homer. Almost $7,000 has been awarded in the past three years. Write a personal essay on "How I Value Life" of 600 words or less. Complete rules are available at school offices, at the Pregnancy Care Center or can be e-mailed. Call 235-7899 or stop at the center, 3896 Bartlett St. Deadline is April 2.

Writing contest for grades 3-12 is being sponsored by the American Legion Post in Homer. The essay theme is "Soldiers, Past and Present America, Honor Your Veterans." Applications can be picked up at local elementary and high schools. Deadline is April 15. THere are five classes with a winner in each age division awarded $50 at the local level. Further competition also has awards all the way to the national level, where the award is $500 in each class. For more information or an application, call 235-6789 or 235-8864.

The American Legion has announced Girls State will be held June 6-12 and Boys State June 14-21 at Meier Lake Conference Center, Wasilla. The Americain Legion Post and Auxiliary Units pay registration fees. Application packets for Girls State are available at local schools. For information on Boys State, contact Bill Jacobi, (907) 723-8028.

KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Chapman School

March 12: Fundraiser dinner and silent aucton for Cortez family, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

March 13: Fifth- through eighth-grade field trip to Ninilchik.

Connections Program

Ongoing: Registration is open for Homer Connections students in grades 7-12 to participate in the Kasitsna Bay Reseasrch Lab field trip May 15. Students will have the opporutnity to spend the day with naturalists from the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies who will guide them in intertidal explorations, a tour of the research facilities and facilitate observation of current research studies. For information, call 226-1880.

Ongoing: Homer Connections office has Standards Based Assessment, SBA-HSGQE practice tests and scoring guides available for Connections students in grades 3-10.

March 16-20: Homer Connections office will be closed for spring break. Regular office hours will resume March 23.

March 23: Begin Circus Arts residency with Mary Langham in P.E.

March 26-27: Artist in the school field trips to Ahna Iredale's Pottery Studio.

April 7-9: Standards based assessment.

Fireweed Academy

Mar. 16-20: Spring break; no school

April 7-9: Standards Based Assessment. Participation rate is key to meeting Annual Yearly Progress requirements. Do not plan trips or vacations for these dates. All st udents participate in this statewide assessment.

Homer Flex School

Ongoing: Registration. Homer Flex High School helps students earn high shcool diplomas through standards- and performance-based instruction. Flex serves those who are behind in graduation crdits or who need an alternative environment to balance school and work.

Congratulations: Custodian Marilyn Dvorak, aide Lauren Wentz, secretary Laura Norton and teacher Nancy Vait rceived Golden Apple awards at the March 2 school board meeting held in Homer.

Homer High School

March 12: Godspell rehearsal, 5 p.m., Mariner Theatre.

March 14: SATs, Rooms A204, A205, A208.

Homer Middle School

After school sports: Volleyball, wrestling and skiing.

March 12: Motivational media assembly, 2:15 p.m.

March 30: Track begins.

Kachemak Selo School

March 18: Parent meeting, 3 p.m.

March 20: McNeil Canyon Elementary School field trip.

McNeil Canyon Elementary School

March 13: Sixth grade raffle drawing.

March 23-31: Swimming lessons.

March 26: Spotlight lunch recognizing students McKenzy Johnson, Jack Black, Tirzah Hardy, Eryn Gillam, Noah Duncan, Tate Coggins, Sophia Ivanov, Solstice Kraszeski, Kaiden Murphy, Anna Middleton, Zane Wilkinson, Chris Jones, Johanna Allen, Russell Swearingen, Marina Reyes, Riley Jones, Oriana Mahoney, Jennasea Puterbaugh, Mariah Jones and Summer McGuire. Parents are invited to join their child and the principal at 11:25 a.m.

Nikolaevsk School

Ninilchik School

March 13: Fifth- and sixth-grade snowshoe trip.

March 14: SAT test at other locations.

March 16-19: Basketball state tournament in Anchorage.

March 31: Registration deadline for May 2 SAT.

Paul Banks Elementary School

Announcement: Paul Banks Special Needs Preschool is taking appications for the 2009-2010 school year for the peer model program. The program provides opportunities for children with special needs to interact with same aged children. Due to limited openings, children are selected on a lottery basis. Applications are available at the Paul Banks Elementary Shcool office beginning March 23 during school hours. The last day to submit an application is April 3.

March 27: Movie night, 7 p.m.

April 7-9: Kindergarten and new student registration for 2009-2010.

Razdolna School

Voznesenka School

March 13: Report cards sent home with students.

March 17: Kindergarten-fourth grade to McNeil Canyon Elementary School gym.

March 18: Grades 5-6 to McNeil gym.

March 19: Grades 7-11 to McNeil gym.

West Homer Elementary

March 12: Science fair.

March 13: Jubilee artwork due.

Community Schools

Latin Dance (the Workout) with Jeannette Argones is at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays in the Green Room at the Homer High School. Cost is $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.

Homer Popeye Wrestling Club runs until May 6, for all participants ages 5 and up. Fee is $55 payable to Popeye Wrestling. All practices will be held in the Homer High School mat room. For information and practice schedules, call Mike Illg, 235-6090.

Young beginners tumbling and vaulting for ages 5-6 will be held in the Homer High School mat room, 6-6:45 p.m., Tuesdays, March 24-April 28. Fee is $45 for six classes. For information, call Jeanne, 235-6547.

Kachemak Bay Campus

Registration is now going on for these classes:

* Ed Berg's five-week "Global Climate C hange, beginning March 26 with advance registration required by March 17;

* New Stream Ecology class with Sue Mauger, beginning march 24, includes field trip, advance registration required;

* Boating safety and Navigation;

* MS Word and Excel

* Beginning Birding;

* Seaweeds of KBay; and

* More.

Call 235-7743 or stop by the campus.

Foreign Film Fridays continue each Friday at 7 p.m., East Campus. This week's feature is "Stray Dog," a 1949 film from Japan. Donations requested.

Registration for summer classes in May and June has started: Landscape Design, Painting Critique; Geology of Kachemak Bay Field Studies, Marine Vertebrates.

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

Kenai Peninsula College

University of Alaska Anchorage Professor Robert McClung will give a presentation on the radiological technology program at 1 p.m. Feb. 26, Room 107, KPC's River Campus in Soldotna. For information, call Dr. David Wartinbee, (907) 262-0377 or e-mail ifdcw@uaa.alaska.edu.