The Whitehall High School Film Club will present its second annual film festival 6 p.m. Thursday, May 9, in the high school auditorium.

Students and community are invited to attend and view numerous short films created by the members of the high school film club in several genres including romance, horror and comedy.

Refreshments will be for sale at the door. Admission is free but donations are appreciated.

No school: Parents are reminded no classes will be held Friday, May 10.

Teachers and staff will be taking part in a professional development day.

Jonathan Sprout: Students and staff at both Zephyr and Steckel will be entertained by an all-time favorite musician-storyteller, Jonathan Sprout.

He is scheduled to bring on the fun and music to Zephyr Thursday, May 2, and then to Steckel Friday, May 3.

His All American Tales and tunes entertain and teach the students some of the history of our country and world.

Steckel open house: It's almost time for Steckel Elementary's open house scheduled for 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9.

Mark your calendars. Many activities will be going on throughout the building. The PTO will have spirit items and hot dogs for sale. The book fair will also be part of the event.

Steckel book fair: Students at Steckel will have the opportunity to purchase some great books at the upcoming PTO book fair scheduled for Monday-Thursday, May 6-9.

Evening hours will be included May 9 during the open house.

Students will be bringing home a flyer with more details.

Steckel box tops: BoxTops for Education will be collected at Steckel until May 18.

The final tally of how many were collected will be announced in June. Continue collecting and cutting. Baggies of 50 are greatly appreciated.

Box tops, found on General Mills products, can continue to be sent any time before May 18.

MS footprints for sale: The middle school. along with Zephyr and Gockley elementary schools, are collecting for the upcoming Multiple Schlerosis Walk-a-thon at Coca-Cola Park.

MS footprints are on sale to support Team Holmes (a Whitehall-Coplay Middle School teacher) in the MS walk.

All the footprints will be displayed.

Do you have any school news? This column is a compilation of upcoming school events in the Whitehall-Coplay School District.

Teachers, administrators, parents, students, coaches, PTOs, club advisors, and any other community members are invited to share their upcoming activities.

Email me at jamb87@hotmail.com with "Whitehall-Coplay School News" in the subject line at least a week before an event.