Northampton Press

Northampton Area School District has hired a Philadelphia area law firm to represent it in a federal lawsuit that the district and Colonial Intermediate Unit 20 face concerning an alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old female student with special needs on a school bus.

Northampton Area High School Drama Club members will present their fall play — “The Diary of Anne Frank” — Oct. 12 and 13. The play will be performed in the high school auditorium and begins 7 p.m.

Tickets will be available at the door.

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The 2018-19 winter sports sign-ups will begin Oct. 15 and continue through Nov. 9. Tryouts begin Nov. 16.

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NAHS field hockey’s booster club is holding a gift card bingo Oct. 21 at Klecknersville Volunteers Rangers Fire Company, 2718 Mountain View Drive, Bath. Doors open 11:30 a.m., and bingo begins noon.

The Homecoming football game is tomorrow, Oct. 5, at Northampton Area High School’s home field. Game time starts 7 p.m.

The Konkrete Kids will face Stroudsburg High School Mountaineers.

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NAHS students, please note: There is an SAT exam you may attend Oct. 6. It will be conducted at the high school and starts promptly 8 a.m.

If you have any questions, contact your school guidance counselor.

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There are no classes Oct. 8. This will be a teacher in-service day, but students will have off.

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A detailed preview of the $35.7 million Lehigh Elementary School project will be presented at an Act 34 public hearing 5:30 p.m. Oct. 8 in the cafeteria of Northampton Area High School, 1619 Laubach Ave., Northampton.

Copies of the Act 34 booklet are available for review on the school district website, nasdschools.org (click on the second Spotlight story); the administration building, 2014 Laubach Ave.; and Northampton Area Public Library, 1615 Laubach Ave.

Northampton Area Konkrete Kids Educational Foundation is currently accepting nominations for the 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award.

A Distinguished Alumni Award nominee must have graduated from Northampton Area High School at least 15 years ago and should reflect NAHS’ proud tradition of producing outstanding graduates and role models who have demonstrated leadership and excellence in their professional and personal lives.

A nominee should reflect some of the following:

• achieved outstanding success in his/her chosen field or profession

Northampton Area High School graduate Rachel Iola Spagnola was named Educator of the Year at Schuylkill Conservation District’s annual awards program, held Aug. 21 at Sweet Arrow Lake County Park in Pine Grove.

Spagnola works as a senior educator at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary. She joined the sanctuary in March 2008.