The Salisbury Athletic Department will collect items at the football game Sept. 15 to ship to families in need due to the hurricanes in Texas and Florida. Just a few items on the list include clothes of all sizes, pet food, gift cards to restaurants, diapers, bedding and Home Depot gift cards. Any monetary donations will be used to buy Home Depot gift cards. Come out, enjoy the game and be a blessing to those in the path of those terrible storms.

Also at the Sept. 15 football game, the high school Key Club and Salisbury Youth Association are co-sponsoring a fundraiser for a Salisbury family fighting cancer. They are selling “Fight Like a Girl” T-shirts and sweatshirts. This is a great way to show how united the Salisbury community is as we stand together to help a Salisbury family.

Salisbury Middle School will hold a book fair Sept. 25 to 27.

The Western Salisbury Elementary School PTA will host a welcome back event 9 a.m. Sept. 16 at Putt U mini golf.

The open house for parents of students in grades three to five at WSE will be 7 p.m. Sept. 19.

Both Harry S Truman Elementary and WSE are participating in National P.A.C.K. Week Sept. 18 through 22. It is a program designed to encourage children to eat healthy lunches. Each day is designated with a color for a fruit or vegetable to eat that day. Monday is purple, Tuesday is white, Wednesday is red, Thursday is yellow/orange and Friday is green. Parents and students are encouraged to be creative.

All Salisbury Township schools will have an early dismissal Sept. 15. The high school and middle school dismiss 12:15 p.m. while WSE and HST elementary schools dismiss 1 p.m.

SMS will host a dance/activity night 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 15.

A school board meeting will be held 7:30 p.m. Sept. 13 in the administration building.

A curriculum and technology committee meeting will be held 7 p.m. Sept. 25 at the administration building.

The Devonshire drop-off will be open Sept. 16 and 19. Hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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