Good luck to Whitehall High School’s Science Olympiad team, which will compete March 17 at the Central Eastern Regional Science Olympiad at Kutztown University.

Approximately 400 students from 18 high schools from Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Northumberland and Schuylkill counties will be competing in 23-plus events in a variety of science disciplines, such as biology, earth science, chemistry, physics, computers and technology.

In its 38th year nationally and 13th anniversary of the Olympiad at Kutztown, the Science Olympiad is an international nonprofit organization devoted to improving the quality of kindergarten through grade 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.

The Olympiad is organized by schools at the junior high and senior high levels. Each school sends one team to compete in a variety of events. High school teachers serve as the coaches, judges and coordinators. 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 take place April 30 at Penn State Altoona.

The website of the International Science Olympiad is soinc.org.

For more information, visit kutztown.edu/events/science-olympiad.htm.

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WHS Interact and SADD clubs are having a toiletry donation drive for Whitehall-Coplay Hunger Initiative. Toothbrushes, toothpaste, tissues, toilet paper, soap, shampoo and conditioner can be dropped off in Mr. Adams’ room, A109, or Ms. Capuano’s room, G104.

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A basket bingo to support Miracle League of the Lehigh Valley will be 1-3 p.m. March 26 in the cafeteria at WHS. Doors open noon.

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WHS Theater’s spring musical will be “Godspell,” set for 7 p.m. March 31, April 1 and 2 and 2 p.m. April 3.

Purchase tickets at showtix4u.com/events/whitehalltheater.

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WHS SERVE Club, founded by WHS students seven years ago, is a student volunteer club. Members volunteer at food banks, shelters and senior care centers and organize charity runs and much more throughout the Lehigh Valley.

The club’s next event - Feed the Children - is April 21. It’s a “box brigade,” where they will be assembling boxes of food for families in need.

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Whitehall-Coplay PTO PLUS is in need of volunteers.

For more information, contact Natasha at volunteerswcpto@gmail.com.

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Teachers, administrators, parents, students, coaches, PTOs, 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.