Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools select teachers of the year
Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools have selected their teachers of the year for 2007-08. They include:
- Carrboro Elementary – Deborah Lederer-Hughes, visual arts teacher;
- Ephesus Elementary – Debbie Hill, primary FOCAL teacher;
- Estes Hills Elementary – Lisa Creecy, kindergarten teacher;
- Frank Porter Graham Elementary – Kris Fox, art teacher;
- Glenwood Elementary – Kathryn Jordan-Pierce, literacy coordinator;
- McDougle Elementary – Lisa Oglesby, fifth-grade teacher;
- Rashkis Elementary – Christina Royster, fourth-grade teacher;
- Mary Scroggs Elementary – Shirley Pyon, third-grade teacher;
- Seawell Elementary – Kara Dickerson, second-grade teacher;
- Culbreth Middle – Betsy Spaulding, reading teacher;
- McDougle Middle – Jennifer Sparrow, French and study skills teacher;
- Phillips Middle – Audrey Dawson, video production teacher;
- Smith Middle – Joshua Lucas, FOCAL II teacher;
- Chapel Hill High – Bill Melega, AP world history and honors great American conflicts teacher; and
- East Chapel Hill High – Kathleen Laufer, special services and occupational course of study teacher.
Teachers were selected by faculty vote at each school and will be honored May 10 at a reception at the Carolina Inn.
Former athletes, coach to be inducted in hall of fame
Four former athletes and one former coach will be inducted into the sixth class of the Chapel
Hill High School/Lincoln High School Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday.
Inductees are:
- GG Clemmons, who served as Lincoln High’s women’s varsity basketball coach before becoming dean of students and later assistant principal at Chapel Hill High;
- Nate Davis, member of the football, basketball and track teams at Chapel Hill High, who was First Team All-Conference and All-Regional in track from 1967-1969 and most outstanding athlete at Chapel Hill High in 1969;
- Derek Kepner, who played varsity soccer at Chapel Hill High for three years and was named First Team All-State and All-American in 1990, before continuing his soccer career at UNC and later at the semi-professional level with the Raleigh Flyers;
- Clifford Skakle, who lettered in basketball, tennis and football at Chapel Hill High before receiving a full tennis scholarship to UNC in 1974 and later went on to play in the French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open as one of the top 250 tennis players in the world; and
- Percy Watson, co-captain of Lincoln High’s 1961 state champion football team, who set a school scoring record and went on to play at Elizabeth City State University and later for the Golden Knights team in the New York Football Conference, where he was selected as most valuable player in 1971.
The induction ceremony will be held Saturday evening in the Chapel Hill High cafeteria.
For more information or to purchase tickets for $20, contact Chapel Hill High athletic director Ronnie Hayes at 929-2106, ext. 2108.