Sixth-, seventh-and eighth-graders and their families are invited to meet staff and teachers during an open house from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Sunday at the school, 2700 Morange Road in the Oakwood section of Pittsburgh.

Visitors can take a guided tour of the school and see the newly renovated chemistry lab, library and media research center and locker rooms.

Administrators will discuss academic curricula, financial assistance programs and scholarships. Guests also can meet with coaches, moderators, administrators, faculty, parents and students.

For information, visit www.bishopcanevin.org.

• The annual high school Powder Puff Football Tournament featuring the junior and senior girls playing tag football will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday at Honus Wagner Field in Carnegie.

Admission is $4 for adults and $3 for students. Proceeds will benefit the junior-senior prom.

• High school mathematics teacher Jacob Trombetta has been named Teacher of the Year by the Wal-Mart in Raceway Plaza. The school received a $1,000 check as a result of the award, and Trombetta received a $100 gift card.

• The High School Positive Planning Committee of teachers will host a Teen Night for students from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday in the junior-senior high school. Tickets are $4 per and can be purchased at the door.

The annual Haunted Hallway Halloween program featuring a pumpkin patch, crafts and refreshments will be open from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today in Burkett Elementary School, Steubenville Pike (Route 60), Robinson. Admission is $2. The event is sponsored by Burkett School PTA.

The district has been awarded a $500 grant from ExxonMobil Educational Alliance program for new technology in the middle school special education department. Lisa Tolliver, special education teacher, secured the grant.

Third graders from Sto-Rox will bring words and characters from the page to the stage in a new Readers Theater Program through the Father Ryan Arts Center in McKees Rocks.

The program is sponsored by a $76,000 grant by the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation to develop an integrated reading and theater arts program for schools in western Allegheny County.

The focus of the grant is to create a kindergarten through fifth-grade theater and reading curriculum for Sto-Rox and St. John of God Catholic School and establish a roster of participating schools for next year.

Starting Wednesday, 130 children from both schools will spend their reading period at the Father Ryan Arts Center once a week for readings and for programs that will build reading fluency, boost listening and speaking skills and improve confidence.

The pilot program will begin in the second semester with all of the third-grade students from both schools. The goal is to expand the number of schools and children served each year.

For information on the Readers Theater Program or to learn how your school can participate, call 412-771-3052 or visit www.FatherRyanArtsCenter.org.

Physical exams for middle and high school students playing winter interscholastic sports will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and Nov. 12 in the high school nurse's suite. Athletes who have not had a fall sport physical must have one completed prior to the start of the winter sports season.

Reservations for a physical can be made by calling the athletic department, 724-695-5247. Forms are available at the West Allegheny High School Main Office, on line at www.westalleghenyathletics.com.