The Northampton Area School District faculty will take on Harlem Wizards 7 p.m. March 11 for some basketball fun.

The fundraising event will take place at Northampton Area High School. Proceeds benefit the Dakota Galusha Fund.

Tickets are available in schools and online at harlemwizards.com.

They also will be sold at the door.

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Good luck to members of Northampton Area Middle School and Northampton Area High School Science Olympiad teams, who will compete March 17 in the Central Eastern Regional Science Olympiad at Kutztown University.

In its 33rd year, the Science Olympiad is an international nonprofit organization devoted to improving the quality of K-12 science education, creating a passion for learning science and providing recognition for outstanding achievement in science education by both students and teachers. These goals are accomplished through classroom activities, research, professional development workshops and the encouragement of intramural, district, regional, state, national and international tournaments.

Nearly 700 students representing 29 high schools and 12 middle schools from Northampton, Lehigh, Berks, Northumberland and Schuylkill counties will compete in 50 different events.

Olympiad competitions are conducted at four levels - local, regional, state and national. The local competition is designed to prepare students for regional competition. No teams are eliminated in the local competition.

At the regional level, the top ranked teams move on to the state competition. The Pennsylvania Science Olympiad State Tournament will be held April 29 at Juniata College.

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Spring picture days have been set throughout the district. All students will be photographed, but purchase is optional.

Moore, March 3

Borough, Franklin students, March 8

Borough, Siegfried students, March 9

Lehigh, March 10

George Wolf, March 16

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PTA groups will meet in March. All are invited to join the group to help make a difference for many school activities.

Lehigh, 6:30 p.m. March 6

Moore, 6 p.m. March 7

Borough, 6:30 p.m. March 7

George Wolf, 6:30 p.m. March 7

Middle school, 6 p.m. March 14

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Visit Northampton Area School District’s website, nasdschools.org, to stay in touch with your child’s school. The website has informative and helpful links for both parents and students.

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Do you have any school news? This column is a compilation of upcoming school events in the Northampton Area School District. Teachers, administrators, parents, students, coaches, PTAs, club advisers and any other community members are invited to share their upcoming activities. Email me at jamb87@hotmail.com with “Northampton School News” in the subject line at least a week or two before an event.