Joe Capron was a young teacher in 1972 when he walked into the principal’s office at Whitehall Elementary School and asked a simple question: Can we have a Memorial Day ceremony at the school? The principal said yes and a 40-year tradition was born. “When I first started [...]
Fun and Fitness Fair this weekend
An active and healthy lifestyle will be the focus of a free community event this weekend. The 10th annual Fun and Fitness Fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, at the Skenesborough Park. The event features field games, a bicycle giveaway, and presentations from a number of civil [...]
School honors students
The following are the latest students to be named Railroader of the Day at Whitehall Elementary School. Students received the honor for behaving in a positive way. The students and the teacher who nominated them are: Andrew Genier, Chris Hoagland; Tristan Foote, Sandy Lavin; Rian Thomas, Donna Larson; Jessica Bruce, Beth Williams; Blake Bird, Karen [...]
Railroaders of the day named
The following are the latest students to be named Railroader of the Day at Whitehall Elementary School. Students received the honor for behaving in a positive way. The students and the teacher who nominated them are: Michael Kalanguin, Ethan Burgess; Kelly Vincent, Sara Lestage; Gregory Delaney, Elizabeth Marineau; Tressa Clemons, Kathy Greenough; Sophia Harris, Maryellen [...]
WES names second quarter honor roll students
The Whitehall Elementary School has announced the list of students named to the honor roll for the second quarter. Sixth grade Highest Honors: Makayla Ashline, Anna Kenyon, Jensen Keough, Dawson Procella, Kaylyn Rehm, James Rozell, Daniel St. Clair. High Honors: Shane Amerio, Hannah Bascue, Jessica Bruce, Andrew Genier, Michael LaRose, Morgan O’Dell, Courtney [...]
Shadow for a day: Sixth-graders get a look at life in grade 7
Jessica Bruce was nervous as she approached the four metal and glass doors that serve as the main entrance to Whitehall high school. Behind those doors were an unfamiliar world, high school, where students were bigger and classes harder. “I thought I would get trampled by the big guys,” Bruce, a sixth-grader at Whitehall elementary [...]
Grade 6 students may move to high school
This year’s fifth-grade class at Whitehall Elementary School may be making the move to high school a year earlier than expected. School officials are considering moving the sixth-grade class to the high school building beginning next year. Superintendent James Watson said the district is considering the idea and will recommend the proposal to parents during [...]
Railroaders of the day named
The following students have been named Railroader of the Day at Whitehall Elementary School. Students receive the state by behaving in a positive manner. The students and the teacher who nominated them are: Morgan Stevens, Stacey Trevellyam; Matthew Gould, Amy Durkee; Morgan Austin, Amy Durkee; Gavin Kramer, Shea Whiting; Nicole Stoodley, Brittany Ferguson; Justin [...]






