The 16th annual Lights On afterschool celebration will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday at Jim Thorpe Area High School.

Celebrate with the students of the Carbon and Schuylkill County SHINE afterschool programs, who are working very hard to prepare a presentation just to show how much they SHINE.This year's theme is "Step Up and SHINE."Following the program, light refreshments will be available.For more information, contact the SHINE office at 570-325-2771 or email Marie Becker at

mbecker@lccc.edu.