Mark your calendars: Schools will be closed March 13 for students due to a professional development day for teachers.

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Whitehall-Coplay School District is continuing registration for kindergarten for the 2020-21 school year. Your child must be 5 years old before Sept. 1.

Parents/guardians must complete the online registration by visiting whitehallcoplay.org.

Select a date and time to meet with Michelle Khouri, district registrar, to present all the required documentation. The list of required documents is available to view on the website.

Parents/guardians will be given an appointment to bring their child to meet with the guidance counselor, principal, school nurse, ESOL teacher and reading specialist for a brief assessment held April 20-22 at Gockley Elementary School.

The deadline to register kindergarten students online is March 27.

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The Gockley nurse’s office would like to remind parents many family physical and dental reports are past due.

If you chose to provide a family physical and/or dental report for your child this year and have not yet returned the form, do so as soon as possible.

If you have any questions, contact the nurse’s office.

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Parents and guardians are reminded to check the Parent Portals for the latest information, including monthly newsletters and access to your child’s report card at the end of the school year.

There is an online student update site for the 2019-20 school year.

Visit the school district website to access this information.

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According to WCSD’s policy, educational trips are limited to seven school days per year.

Any days missed for travel beyond the seven days of absence will be illegal days if the student’s age is 16 or younger.

The district prefers all trips be scheduled during the holiday breaks.

The family educational trip request form (available in the school office) must be submitted to the office before departure.

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Stay in touch with Whitehall-Coplay Middle School on social media.

In an effort to keep parents and students more informed about WCMS, the school has established social media sites for the public to follow.

The addresses are as follows. Facebook: facebook.com/wcmszephyrs; Twitter: twitter.com/WCMSZephyrs; and Instagram: instagram.com/wcmszephyrs.

If you like to search hashtags, check out two they will be using to help people find them: #zephyrtough and #webelongatwhitehall.

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Box Tops continue to be collected at the elementary school buildings.

Consider clipping and sending in your Box Tops. The schools will receive some great benefits from the collections.

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WCMS is continuing its ZephyrTough Employee of the Month program.

If your child has a favorite teacher or staff member who has gone above and beyond, parents have the opportunity to recognize them. Colleagues may recognize their co-workers as well.

Visits whitehallcoplay.org and continue to the WCMS page; follow the link to vote for the Employee of the Month. Be sure to fill in all the fields of this form.

There are a lot of amazing staff members out there - time to give some recognition!

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

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 “WCSD NEWS” in the subject line at least a week before an event.