Apathy is one vocabulary word Olivia Ruby hasn’t learned this year. Ruby, a student in Michael Thorton’s third grade class at Whitehall Elementary school, was instrumental in starting a fundraising effort that rose $2400 for victims of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan. Students at the school spent the week before spring break collecting [...]
Local news briefs
Pre-kindergarten registration Whitehall Elementary School is accepting registrations for its pre-kindergarten classes for the 2011-2012 school year. Registration packets are available at the elementary school from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The following documentation is needed for registration: birth certificate, immunization record, dental screening and physical. The parent information meeting will be held at 6 [...]
Two Basket Parties Coming Up
The Whitehall Elks Lodge No. 1491 will hold a benefit dinner and basket party from 4 to 7 p.m. to benefit the family of a local sixth-grader who has chronic Lyme Disease. Cullen Flynn, who is 12, has been unable to attend Whitehall Elementary School because of his illness. His parents are Heather & Mike [...]
Basket Party for Cullen Flynn
The Whitehall Elks Lodge No. 1491 will hold a benefit dinner and basket party from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 2 to benefit the family of a local sixth-grader who has chronic Lyme Disease. Cullen Flynn, who is 12, has been unable to attend Whitehall Elementary School because of his illness. His parents are [...]
Kindergarten registration information
Whitehall Elementary School will hold a meeting for parents of incoming kindergarten students from 6:30 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 2 in the school cafetorium. School staff members will discuss kindergarten expectations with the parents. Children who will turn five by Dec. 1, 2011 are eligible for kindergarten. Child care will not be available for [...]
Whitehall “Shadowing” program set
By Bill Toscano It’s an easy downhill walk from Whitehall Elementary School to Whitehall Central School, but for sixth-graders leaving sixth grade for seventh in the other building, it can seem like scaling a cliff. That’s why, after the winter break, each of the 58 sixth-graders will get a chance to spend a full [...]
Fun and Fitness
It’s a day to promote fitness and healthy living in Whitehall. It’s also still a day to get your name in for a free bike, as well.
Elementry hold flag ceremony
On the Friday before Memorial Day, some schools started their long weekend early. At Whitehall Elementary School, students, faculty and staff paused for the 36th year to remember those who died for their country.





