Hopewell School Board votes to Continue Athletics after Governor’s Ordered Pause

Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano

(Hopewell Twp., Pa.) Hopewell School Board Monday night voted 8-1 to continue its athletic programs  If the county is in moderate level of transmission for COVID-19, and Governor Tom Wolf  lifts the ban on athletic practice and competition.

The 5th-8th grade  band members  submitted recordings for their  2020 Virtual Christmas concert, according to the monthly junior high school’s Good news report  submitted by the principal’s office. A YouTube  video featuring the  7th and 8th graders will be released  the week of December 21. In addition to the band concert, a 5th to 8th grade  chorus student collection of Christmas carols and holiday songs will also be released.