Northampton Area School District will be closed for Thanksgiving break Nov. 23-27. Have a wonderful holiday with family and friends.

***

Winter concerts are coming up! Start off your holidays with these festive performances.

• Students at Northampton Area Middle School and Northampton Area High School will perform the winter orchestra concert 7-8:30 p.m. Dec. 1 in the auditorium at NAHS.

• Northampton Borough Elementary School students will perform the winter orchestra, band and chorus concert 7-8:30 p.m. Dec. 5 in the NAHS auditorium.

• Lehigh Elementary School will hold its winter chorus, orchestra and band concerts 7-8:30 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7 in the gymnasium at the school.

• NAMS and NAHS band students will have their winter concert 7-8:30 p.m. Dec. 8 in the auditorium at NAHS.

• Moore Elementary School students will perform their winter chorus concert 7-8:30 p.m. Dec. 11 in the gymnasium at the school.

• Seventh- and eighth-grade students in chorus and show choir perform 7-8:30 p.m. Dec. 12 in the NAHS auditorium.

• Students at Moore Elementary in band and orchestra will perform 7-8:30 p.m. Dec. 13 in the gymnasium at the school.

• George Wolf Elementary School will hold its winter chorus and orchestra concert 6:15-8 p.m. Dec. 14 in the cafeteria and gymnasium at the school.

• The NAHS chorus will hold its winter concert 7-8 p.m. Dec. 15 in the NAHS auditorium.

***

Northampton Borough Elementary’s PTA group will hold its general meeting 4-5 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Siegfried building.

***

NASD is in need of substitute teachers, instructional assistants, custodians, health room assistants, nurses, hall monitors and security guards.

For teachers, if you have a teaching degree or a bachelor’s degree in any area, you can be of service.

Visit “substitute information” under the employment page of the NASD website, nasdschools.org, for more information.

***

This column is a compilation of upcoming school events in NASD. Teachers, administrators, parents, students, coaches, PTAs, club advisers and any other community members are invited to their upcoming activities.

Email me at jamb87@hotmail.com with “Northampton school news” in the subject line at least two weeks before an event.