Gockley Elementary School students have begun participating in Crayola’s recycling program called “Color Cycle.”

It involves recycling dried-up, used markers for clean energy. Instead of throwing away old markers, collect them and send them in a resealable bag to school with your child.

The program is being coordinated by the building’s art teacher, Mr. Brader.

Parents can visit the website, crayola.com/colorcycle, for more information.

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Gockley and Zephyr elementary schools’ canned food drive is underway until Nov. 16. Students and staff are asked to donate canned food items for Thanksgiving baskets for local families. The Key Club advisers and students will sort and organize the cans, along with distributing the baskets.

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Students throughout the district are encouraged to show their patriotic pride Nov. 11 by wearing red, white and blue in honor of veterans.

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American Education Week will be celebrated at Gockley Nov. 16-20 by inviting parents to visit their child’s classroom and experience a part of their child’s daily routine.

Please be sure to follow your child’s teacher’s times. Parents are asked to use the front entrance to come into the building, sign the visitor sheet and take a visitor badge. A photo ID is required to enter the building.

If there are any younger siblings, please be sure to make arrangements, so they do not have to attend. Also, be sure to enter and leave the classroom quietly during the visit so that classroom procedures are not disrupted.

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The Whitehall High School swim team is hosting a designer purse bingo featuring Michael Kors, Coach and Vera Bradley Dec. 5 at the Egypt Park pavilion.

Doors open 4:30 p.m., and bingo starts 6 p.m.

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Do you have any school news? This column is a compilation of upcoming school events in the Whitehall-Coplay School District. Teachers, administrators, parents, students, coaches, PTSAs, club advisers and any other community members are invited to share their upcoming activities.

Email me at jamb87@hotmail.com with “Whitehall-Coplay School News” in the subject line at least a week before an event.