The Whitehall-Coplay Middle School Student Council will be sponsoring a Spring Fling Neon Night dance for sixth- and seventh-grade students April 11. Tickets will be on sale in the cafeteria during lunches the week of April 7-11. Tickets are $5.

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Please make note of the following dates that are scheduled for make up for snow days. There will be school on April 17, May 5, June 12, June 16 and June 17 is the student's last day. The make up days in June are early dismissals. Teachers will have their In-Service until June 20.

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Whitehall High School Theatre proudly presents Rogers & Hammerstein's "South Pacific" this week. The show runs April 3-6 with performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. The cost is $12 per adult and $8 per senior citizen and students. There is also an optional dinner theater Saturday at 6 p.m., for an additional $17 per person.

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End of the third marking period is April 4. Report cards for elementary students will be going home on April 16. If parents have any questions or concerns about your child's progress, contact your child's teacher.

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It's recycling time. Start collecting now for the Whitehall Township Environmental Advisory Council's 20th annual recycling contest. Last year 158 students and teachers participated, collecting 35,381 pounds of magazines and phone books, 2,000 pounds of used clothing, 68 pairs of eyeglasses, 107 cell phones and over 400 printer cartridges. Nineteen students became members of the Quarter Ton Club by collecting at least 500 pounds of magazines and telephone books. These recycling efforts saved approximately 46 trees.

The contest is open to students in kindergarten through eighth grade who attend schools in the Whitehall-Coplay area. It is held each spring in conjunction with Earth Day. It's fun, and you can win great prizes while you help to keep America beautiful. So start saving magazines and telephone books now. Additionally, we will again be accepting clean, used clothing, prescription eyewear, cellphones and used inkjet and laser printer cartridges. A new item this year will be hearing aids.

They do not accept newspapers or batteries.

The local recycling center is located at the corner of Eberhart and Range Road where they accept all curbside recyclables, as well as additional items including tires without rims (limit 4), scrap metal, clothing and corrugated cardboard. This year's contest will be held in May. More information will be sent home in the spring regarding the time and location.

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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 advisers and any other community members are invited to share their upcoming activities. Email me at jamb 87@hotmail.com with " Whitehall-Coplay School News" in the subject line at least a week before an event.