Welcome back! Classes for the 2025-26 academic year will begin Aug. 25.

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Whitehall-Coplay School District will be closed for Labor Day Aug. 29-Sept. 1. Have a great and safe holiday!

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Get ready to cheer on the Zephyrs during an amazing 2025 athletic season with the all-sports pass, which is the best way to support WCSD and save money. It gets you into all regular-season home football, basketball and wrestling events.

Choose the pass that’s right for you and your family — student all-sports pass: $18; adult all-sports pass: $63; and family all-sports pass: $157 (two adults and two students from the same household). Anyone ages 5 and younger or 65 and older get in free.

Don’t miss a minute of the maroon and gold in action! Purchase your passes at bit.ly/45nTKZy.

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Senior class dues have been posted to MySchoolBucks for the senior year to cover all the general senior class activities throughout the entire 2025-26 school year.

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Parents/guardians, log into your PowerSchool portal accounts to complete the forms for the 2025-26 school year. The forms are communication preference, information to review and student contacts. It is very important this information is kept up to date.

If you need any help accessing PowerSchool, contact the main office of your child’s school.

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Any attendance-related parent/guardian communication should go through PowerSchool, a phone call to the office or to the attendance email. Visit the website for any other attendance questions.

When attending scheduled meetings or picking up students from school for any reason, parents/guardians must present a driver’s license or photo ID. This process is in place to ensure student safety.

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WCSD uses SchoolMessenger to deliver important text messages straight to your mobile phones with important information about events, school closings, safety alerts and more. Parents/guardians are encouraged to participate in this free service by sending a text message of “Y” or “Yes” to the school’s short code number, 67587. You can opt out of these messages at any time by simply replying “Stop.”

It is recommended you save this code and caller ID to your contacts. This prevents any third-party call-blocking systems from interfering with important messages sent by the school or district.

SchoolMessenger is compliant with the student privacy pledge, so be assured your information is safe and will never be given or sold to anyone.

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Please be sure to stay connected to your child’s school. There are many options for parents, guardians and students to stay on top of important announcements and school events and news. Stay in touch!

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If you are an administrator, teacher, coach, club adviser, student, PTO member, etc., who would like to share school district news, events or photos, email me at JMBNews@hotmail.com with WCSD News in the subject line. Allow two weeks prior to an event to be included in this column.