The Center Area and Monaca school districts invite residents of Center, Monaca and Potter to name the new merged district.

Nominations will be accepted until Nov. 21.

Forms will be distributed to all students in both districts with instructions about submitting a nomination on forms that can be downloaded from either district Web site or obtained from any school office.

On Dec. 9, the Identity Committee will review nominations and narrow the list. On Dec. 19, students in grades 7 to 11 will further reduce the list to four or five finalists.

The joint school board will meet Jan. 8 to select the name from among those nominations.

Nomination forms are available at CASD@k12.pa.us or Monaca@k12.pa.us.

The middle school's physical education program recently received a $9,422 Highmark Healthy High Five grant to finance a new technology facet in the physical education curriculum.

With the funds, the district will purchase four GameBikes, which hook onto video games and force students to pedal rather than simply push a button, two Dance Revolution professional rubberized dance mats, two Sony PlayStation video game consoles, two 42-inch flat-screen televisions and two mobile televisions stands.

Students will use the new items in class in conjunction with other fitness activities being conducted simultaneously so all students will be active and have time for cardiovascular improvement.

The new items complement other items used in the newly drafted curriculum including 28 pairs of inline skates and coordinating protective equipment, a Nintendo Wii video game console, two treadmills, a recumbent bike and a donated elliptical machine.

• Barnes & Noble Booksellers at the Pointe at North Fayette will donate a portion of the sales of books, calendars and stationery Dec. 4 to the high school band and orchestra during a book fair.

Customers must mention "Moon Band & Orchestra" to the cashier. There will be gift wrapping and live music from 7 to 9 p.m.

A 15-minute DVD has been prepared showcasing the programs and career opportunities for high school students at Parkway West Career and Technology Center in North Fayette.

The school for students in grades 10-12 from 12 school districts in western Allegheny County offers auto body repair, automotive technology, construction technology (includes four distinct programs), cosmetology, culinary arts (includes three distinct programs), drafting & design, health assistant, information technology (includes four distinct programs in computer technology), machine tool technology, public safety technology, and welding technology.

• The National Technical Honor Society's annual eye glass drive received a donation of 129 pairs of glasses from 24 students in grades 3 to 5 at Wilson Elementary School in Findlay.

The students, who are part of the West Allegheny School District, conducted the project as part of their October service project.

The 30th anniversary of Robinson Township Christian School will be celebrated with a dinner and auction tomorrow at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Moon.

The Christian school on Phillips Lane in Robinson opened in 1978 with 15 students in kindergarten and first grade. A high school was added in 1999, and the first senior class graduated in 2003.

For dinner reservations, call Joan, 412-787-1826, or e-mail, Joan_m_iacono@hotmail.com.

The high school Future Business Leaders of America is sponsoring its Stuff-A-Bus Toy Drive with a goal of filling a school bus with new and unwrapped toys that will be given to underprivileged children for the holidays.

The after-school toy drive will be from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and Dec. 2, 3, 9 and 10 at the high school, Old Oakdale Road.

For information, call 412-221-4542, ext. 583.

The 24th junior/senior girls' powder puff football game will kick off at 7 p.m. today in the Joe P. DeMichela Stadium at the high school, West Allegheny Road, North Fayette.

Admission is $3 for students and $5 for adults.

The game, sponsored by the National Honor Society, raises money for the Christmas Families Charity program that purchases food baskets and gifts for children in needy families.

Contributions may be sent to Marsha Herring, faculty adviser, West Allegheny High School, 205 West Allegheny Road, Imperial, PA 15126.