Thanks to the efforts from Sheckler Elementary School students, the box top collection for the fall was a huge success.

The school collected 23,100 BoxTops for Education from General Mills products, earning $2,310 that will be used to benefit the students.

Classrooms with the biggest collections are Mrs. Hurd's kindergarten with 1,193, Mrs. Dunn's first-grade class with 1,325, Mr. Evans' second-grade class with 2,035, Mrs. Laubenstein's third-grade class with 997 and Mr. Burker's fourth-grade class with 2,640.

A big thank you goes to Mr. Burker's class for tallying and graphing the totals during the contest. The winning classes earned a party provided by Home and School.

The next collection contest begins next week and concludes in March.

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Sheckler students will take part in their annual Halloween parade Friday, Oct. 25, at 1:30 p.m.

The parade begins at the bus parking lot and goes north on 14th Street to Bridge Court, Circle Bridge Court and then left onto Bridge Street, south on 14th Street, and back to school for classroom parties. Please do not park in the school's driveway 1-3 p.m. this day.

Students will not be permitted to wear costumes showing injury, blood or pain and weapons may not be part of the costumes.

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The first marking period is coming to an end on Oct. 31. How quickly time goes by!

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Trick-or-treat night in Catasauqua is Saturday, Oct. 26, 6 to 8 p.m., with a rain date of Oct. 27. Stay safe and have fun.