The last day of school for students is June 13.

There will be early dismissals June 9-13 - Whitehall High School, 11:30 a.m.; Whitehall-Coplay Middle School, 11 a.m.; and Gockley, Steckel and Zephyr elementary schools, noon.

No lunches will be served.

Have a happy and safe summer break!

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Just because it’s the summer doesn’t mean the learning has to stop. Below are a few sources to utilize until the start of the new school year.

Educational websites to explore with your child include PBS KIDS Lab - educational games, activities and mobile apps for kids prekindergarten to grade 3; National Geographic Kids - nature videos, activities, games, stories, and more; Discovery Kids - videos, games and activities to explore dinosaurs, sharks, space, pets, history and more; NASA Kids Club - a place to play games and learn about NASA through interactive explorations; My Wonderful World - a multimedia tour of our seven continents; International Children’s Digital Library - an amazing and growing collection of international children’s books available to read online in their original languages; and Big Universe - online library of fiction and nonfiction books for kids up to age 12 and offers adults and kids the chance to create and publish their own stories.

Enjoy having fun and learning!

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Parents/guardians will receive a letter in the mail this summer that will remind them to go online and update their child’s information. This will include all phone numbers, emergency contacts and numbers, email addresses, text numbers and permission for field trips and photos for the 2022-23 school year. Please read the information carefully and update your child’s information.

Parents are able to utilize the PowerSchool Parent Portal to access student information, such as grades and attendance. Single sign-on access allows parents to have one PowerSchool parent portal account for all of their children in one place using their individual Access ID and password.

If you move within the Whitehall-Coplay School District, you must provide a new proof of residency to the registrar at the transportation building. Contact Michelle Khouri at 610-437-4780, ext. 1014.

If you are changing bus stops for the 2022-23 school year, notify the bus transportation office at 610-437-4780 by July 8.

The administration and teachers are currently making plans for placement of all students into classes for next year. Much time and effort is used to arrive at “teachable” combinations of students according to levels of students, personalities, number of students, needs of students, etc. The placement is a heterogeneous group of children in each classroom.

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WHS and WCMS students (ages 13 to 18) who are interested in emergency careers have an opportunity through Lehigh Valley Hospital’s Medicine Institute for Teen EMS Camp, geared toward career professionalism, health and wellness and skills for public safety careers. Various public safety professionals (health care, EMS, fire, police, etc.) will come and discuss their careers and interact with the teenagers. The students will have the opportunity to tour the Cedar Crest hospital and MedEvac helicopter and will be certified in CPR and first aid. Camp will be hosted 8 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Aug. 17-19 in Allentown.

Visit the district’s counseling website under Summer Opportunities for the link to more information and to register for the camp.

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The first day of school for the 2022-23 academic year is Aug. 29.