Catasauqua High School STARS members should remember to bring their under-$5 anti-drug donation for under the Christmas tree at the healthy living expo.

The donation you choose to make should represent your healthy choices. Some suggestions are coloring books, crayons, markers, fluffy socks, etc.

All of the donations will go directly to Valley Youth House.

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Attention, CHS students and staff: If you travel to the high school campus during the week of Dec. 11, you may want to find an alternate route of travel and add a few minutes into your daily commute due to Willowbrook Road being closed for construction.

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All Catasauqua Area School District students will have an early dismissal Dec. 21. High school students will dismiss 11:15 a.m.

CASD and Lehigh Career and Technical Institute will be closed from Dec. 22 to Jan. 1, 2024.

Classes will resume Jan. 2, 2024.

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LCTI’s animal sciences and emerging health professionals programs are a perfect fit for rising high school seniors who plan to pursue careers centered around the care and treatment of animals or health care careers. These intensive, dual-enrollment programs are designed to give students a head start on college and expose them to a variety of professions in animal sciences, veterinary medicine or health care through job shadows, hands-on training and clinical study at facilities across the region.

These programs are accepting applications for the 2024-25 school year. Applicants are encouraged to thoroughly review the materials in the first and second parts before beginning the online application in part three.

The application deadline is Jan. 5, 2024.