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KINGSTON: Wyoming Seminary, with campuses in Kingston and Forty Fort, will begin its 172nd year of classes at the end of August.The Upper School, Kingston, will register boarding and day students Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 29-30 for grades nine through 12 and postgraduate. New students will participate in orientation activities on Saturday and Sunday and will attend a special new student retreat on Sunday. A special opening-of-school convocation service will be held on Monday, Aug. 31, at the Upper School.The Lower School, Forty Fort, will open for its first day of classes for toddler to eighth-grade students on Wednesday, Sept. 2. A convocation will take place on Friday, Sept. 4.All parents of preschool, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students should attend a Parents&#8217; Back to School Night at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 31. A similar Back to School Night for parents of children in first and second grades will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3; for third and fourth grades at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8; and for fifth, sixth and seventh grades at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9. Eighth-grade students and their parents will get together for a picnic at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 30.For more information call the Upper School at 570-270-2160 or the Lower School at 570-718-6610, or visit online at www.wyomingseminary.org.NANTICOKE: The Luzerne County Community College Public Safety Training Institute is hosting a Fire Safety Day 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, at the college&#8217;s kiosk at the Wyoming Valley Mall. Education information on fire safety will be distributed.

LCCC hosting Fire Safety Day at mall