Hoping this finds everyone staying warm as winter is definitely making its existence known this January.

School is back from the winter break, despite having some delays due to the extreme bitter cold.

There is a school board meeting 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14. in the administration building.

Just a friendly reminder: Salisbury Township District schools will be closed Jan. 19 for a professional development day. Schools will open Jan. 20 on normal schedules.

SAT testing will be held Jan. 24 at Salisbury High School.

It is hard to believe Salisbury Youth Association baseball and softball sign-ups are here. Register at Harry S Truman Elementary School 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 14 and 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 20 and 21 at Salisbury Middle School. All prospective players must bring a copy of their birth certificate to register. For information and registration forms, visit the website syasports.net.

The next SYA meeting is scheduled 8:30 p.m. Jan 15 at the Salisbury Fire Company social hall.

The Salisbury Wrestling Booster Club will host a comedy night featuring Joe Devito Jan. 31. The event will be held at the Wisecrackers Comedy Club inside the Ramada Inn, 1500 MacArthur Road. Doors open 8 p.m. and the show runs 9 to 11 p.m.

For tickets or more information, contact Buck at 610-762-0104.

Tickets also are available online at jcentertainment.com.

Juniors at Salisbury High School are presenting their graduation project this week. A graduation project is required by the Pennsylvania Department of Education for graduation. With the arrival of the Keystone exams, the requirement for a graduation project has been eliminated effective for the class of 2017 and future classes.

The end of the second marking period for the high school is Jan. 16.

A curriculum meeting will be held 7 p.m. Jan. 26 at Western Salisbury Elementary School.

Looking ahead to the end of the month, Salisbury Middle School and SHS students will have an early dismissal 12:15 p.m. Jan. 30.

The school nurses have placed an important message about the flu on the district website. Incidence of the flu is spiking in the Lehigh Valley.

The flu, also known as influenza, is characterized by high fever, aches, headache, fatigue, cough and sometimes runny nose. Adults are usually contagious for up to five days while children can be contagious for up to a week. Keep sick children at home. Sending sick children to school puts others at risk. Children need to be fever free and off of fever reducing medication for 24 hours prior to returning to school.

To help prevent getting the flu, everyday preventative actions are: cover mouth and nose when coughing, wash hands often with soap and water, avoid close contact with sick people, avoid touching eyes nose and mouth. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention also urges most people to get the flu shot.