The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation has awarded four grants to fund projects at Phillips and Smith middle schools.
With a matching grant from the Orange County Arts Commission, the foundation funded the revival of the literary magazine Skywriting at Phillips Middle School. The publication features poetry, short stories and artwork from Phillips students and will be published this spring.
In addition, the foundation awarded three grants from the Marianna Goodwin Fund to projects at Smith Middle School. Two teams received grants that will enable a student from each team to participate in an extensive field trip experience.
The fund also provided a grant for three band percussion kits for students who are unable to rent or buy one. The kits would be loaned to students for one to three years.
The Marianna Goodwin Fund was established in the memory of a former student at Smith who died unexpectedly in the summer of 2006.