This school year Gockley Elementary School students will learn about simple techniques to help protect the environment through Crayola's Color Cycle.

This free program involves using old, dried up and used markers for clean energy.

Instead of throwing used markers into the trash and adding growth to landfills, students will be collecting old markers to send to Crayola.

Teacher Chad Brader is coordinating the program. A collection box is located in the art room. Crayola will accept all plastic bodied markers of any brand, including permanent markers, dry erase and highlighters.

More information is available at www.crayola. com/colorcycle.

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The Zephyr Elementary School Key Club Canned Food Drive ends tomorrow, Nov. 15.

Students and staff at Gockley and Steckel have been collecting food for Thanksgiving baskets and the Whitehall Food Bank.

Students and staff are asked to bring in nonperishable items. Items may be dropped off at the schools. The Key Club will sort, organize and distribute the items.

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Gockley Elementary celebrates American Education Week Nov. 18-22.

Parents have been invited to visit their child's classroom. They are asked to park in the football stadium lot, use the front school entrance, sign in and take a visitor badge. A photo ID is required.

Parents are also asked not to bring preschool children with them and to enter and leave the classroom quietly.

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The PTO will meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the high school.

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Elementary school parent-teacher conferences will take place Nov. 25-27.

Schedule times will be sent home with your child.

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Early dismissals are set for Nov. 25-28 for the middle school and Steckel, Zephyr and Gockley elementary schools.

There will be no kindergarten at Gockley and lunch will not be served.

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Thanksgiving break will run Nov. 27-Dec. 2.

Schools reopen Tuesday, Dec. 3.

Have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends.

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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.