Connections

Connections enrollment ends in mid-October. To make an appointment, call 714-8880.

The Alaska SeaLife Center home-school program, Spineless Siesta, will be offered Saturday and Sunday. Experience marine invertebrates through hands-on activities with sea stars, urchins, anemones and many other boneless creatures.

A Snooze at the SeaLife Center-Nocturne Sleepover will be from 5 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday for students in grades three through eight. For more information, call the Alaska SeaLife Center at www.alaskasealife.org or (800) 224-2525, ext. 6306,

The Soldotna Public Library and River City Books are sponsoring a writing contest titled "Censorship: What it means to me" for seventh- through 12th-grade students in the Kenai-Soldotna area. The deadline is Sept. 29. For more information, call 262-4227.

Students are reminded to pick up the BOOK IT reading Incentive Program Sponsored by Pizza Hut from Natalie

Time for Kids' "With Going Places" social studies publication for grades four through seven are available for $5. Scholastic Science World for grades six through 10 are $10, and Super Science for Kids for students in grades two through six are $6.50 monthly. For more information or to sign up, call Tanya.

Students in 11th and 12th grade may retake portions of the High School Graduation Qualifying Exam next month. The reading test will be Oct. 5; the writing test, Oct. 6; and the math test, Oct. 7. For more information, call Connections.

Pudewa Excellence in Writing Workshop will take place in October and November. For more information or to register, call Tanya.

Connections advisors are available to help parents with Individual Learning Plans, which are due Sept. 30.