Earlier this month, the Kenai Peninsula Orchestra performed their annual fall family concert. This year, we partnered with Carnegie Hall's Link Up program, which provides an opportunity for students to perform on stage with an orchestra.

Connections Connections Homeschool Program has open enrollment for all students at this time. All students not enrolled in public school are encouraged to contact the Connections office at 714-8880 to learn about all of the educational benefits that Connections Homeschool Program can provide for children.

KPC Fair and Financial Aid Night More than 60 educational institutions, including KPC, will have representatives at the annual College Fair that will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 at the Sports Center in Soldotna, Alaska.

Tustumena News On Tuesday, Sept. 11, we sent home a paper copy of a survey we would like 100% of you to fill out and return. The results of the survey are intended to reflect your wishes in regard to the issues surrounding grade spans at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in Soldotna and the surrounding areas. There will also be a community meeting here at Tustumena on Sept. 18th at 6 p.m. about this topic.

More than 60 educational institutions, including KPC, will have representatives at the annual College Fair that will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 at the Sports Center in Soldotna, Alaska. That evening from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

JUNEAU - We typically think of encouraging kids to draw as a way to stimulate their inner artists. Kathy Hocker also sees it as a great way to stimulate their inner scientists. Younger students at Gastineau Community School recently learned through working with Hocker, a scientific illustrator, that there is a rich area of overlap between art and science, two disciplines that are often viewed as unrelated. One point where they converge is in the importance of careful observation.

...Council on the Arts Sept. 16-18. It is a collaboration between HCOA, Bunnell Street Arts Center and the Alaska State Council on the Arts, and kicks off with a keynote address by 2011 Alaska Teacher of the Year Lorrie Heagy at HCOA, 7 p.m...

...School program, Bunnell provides opportunities in all the arts for local students. With support from the Alaska State Council on the Arts, Artists in the Schools links artists, writers, musicians, dancers and filmmakers with students from kindergarten...

...Nomination forms for the arts awards are available at www.eed.state.ak.us/aksca or by calling the Alaska State Council on the Arts at (888) 278-7424. Nomination forms for the humanities awards are at www.akhf.org or by calling...

...297-2700 or (877) 366-2700. Artists in Schools seeks applicants Grant applications are available for the Alaska State Council on the Arts' Artists in Schools Program (AIS). The Artists in Schools Program makes opportunities possible for students...