Applications for KRC student housing will be accepted beginning April 15, 2013 for the fall 2013 semester, the same day general public registration opens. There is a $40 application fee and a $300 security deposit is required of all housing applicants.

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The BOOK IT! K-6 Program has begun and we are happy to be a part of it. Spend just 20 minutes each day focusing on raising a reader. Set a monthly reading goal and when that goal is met , celebrate achievement by going to Pizza Hut and redeeming the BOOK IT! coupon for a personal pan pizza. Coupons are available at the Soldotna Connections office. Please call Lennie Yoter with any questions. More information may be found at http://bookitprogram.com/Parents/index.asp <http://bookitprogram.com/Parents/index.asp>

BEND, Ore. (AP) — Nine-year-old Ocean Eisenberg wanted to change something about his school.

Ocean is a third-grader at Seven Peaks School in Bend, and he didn’t like how some of the children were treating each other.

“There had been a lot of bullying in the school, a lot of arguments and pushing,” said Ocean. He says a lot of the fights took place at recess — one kid would want the ball first or want to kick the ball or be excluded from a group — and the kids would fight.

“They weren’t being nice to each other,” said Ocean.

General public registration for the upcoming semester opened online at 12:01 a.m. and undoubtedly there were students on their computers trying their best to get a seat in the classes they need.

Registration priority, held over the last two weeks, is given to students enrolled, or having pending status, in certificate or degree programs. The intent is to ensure there are no barriers for students to earn certificates or degrees in the least amount of time possible. Staying on track for degree completion is a current theme being encouraged throughout the University of Alaska system.