Homer Alaska - Schools

Chapman School

Sept. 9: Open house and harvest fair, 6-7 p.m.

Sept. 21: Picture day, 8:45 p.m.; siblings 11:30 a.m.

Connections

Sept. 21: School portraits for Connections stu dents at Paul Banks Elementary School, 9-11 a.m.

Note to juniors and seniors: The PSAT will be offered attmoer High Shcool at 8 p.m. Oct. 16. To register, bring $15 to the Homer Connections office by Oct.13.

Ongoing: Connections is currently enrolling new and returning stu dents for the 2010-2011 school year. A birth certificate is required for kindergarten and students new to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District.

Fireweed Academy

Sept. 9-10: Field trip to Anchor River, grades 3-6.

Sept. 9: Visit to Anchor River campout, grades K-2.

Homer Middle School

Sept. 10: Cross country meet, 3 p.m., Skyview.

Sept. 10: Soccer, Kenai, 3 p.m.

Sept. 14: Soccer vs. Nikiski, at Anchor Point, 3:30 p.m.

Sept. 17: Cross country running Kenai invite, 3 p.m.

Sept. 17: Soccer vs. Soldotna, at Anchor Point, 3:30 p.m.

McNeil Canyon Elementary School

Sept. 14: Learning lab starts.

Sept. 15: Coast Walk clean-up.

Sept. 16: Community Concil meets, 1:30 p.m.

Sept. 20-Oct. 1: Artist in the school.

Sept. 20: Volunteer training, 1 p.m..

Sept. 24: Family Game Night, 6:30-8 p.m.

Sept. 28: Spotlight Student Lunch honoring Katerina Kuzmin, Karma Wilcox, Fiona Hatton, Kera Jones, Mariah McGuire, Ella Blanton Yourkowski, Piper Kassouni, Gage Harris, Irina Ivanov, Tristen Gonzales, Scott Lapp, Hunter Warren, Elizabeth Kalugin, Lia Jacobsen, Jordan Beachy, Michael Reutov and Chasey Arndt. Parents are invited to join their hcild and principal for lunch, 11:25 a.m.

Sept. 29: Picture day.

Ninilchik School

Sept. 24: The school celebrates 100 years of educating local students, 6 p.m.

West Homer Elementary School

Sept. 10: Cookie orders are due.

City of homer community schools

Check out the Homer Community Schools Web site for new and updated classes, www.homercommunityschoools.org.

Kachemak Bay Campus

Registration is being held for these classes that start the week of Sept. 13: Introduction to Poetry Writing, Karate, MS Excel.

Biology of Pinnipeds with Deb Tobin begins Sept. 28; History of Antarctic Exploration with Carmen Field begins Sept. 28.

October classes: Biology of Bears, Master Gardener, MS Word, Quickbooks.

See www.homer.alaska.edu for more campus information.