Teacher of the year
Nicole Deinert, an autism teacher at Phillips Middle School, has been named Teacher of the Year by the Arc of North Carolina.
The Arc is a community based organization supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Local donations
Chapel Hill Taxi and TCBY have entered into partnerships with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation. Chapel Hill Taxi contributes a dollar from each fare to the foundation’s Achievers’ Fund and Carolina Covenant. The Achievers’ Fund supports students who need additional academic assistance or enrichment after school hours or in the summer, and the Carolina Covenant provides scholarships to UNC students.
In addition, TCBY will provide 10 percent of all purchases on the second Tuesday of each month to the foundation, starting Sept. 9.
Teachers shop free
Nearly 270 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools teachers shopped at the East Chapel Hill Rotary Teacher Supply Store from Aug. 18 to 20, using $100 vouchers to purchase items for their classrooms at no cost to them.
Bryan Properties provided the space for the store at Dawson Hall on the VilCom campus. More than $28,000 worth of school supplies was available for the teachers.
Items in the store were purchased using a $10,000 grant from Staples on Franklin Street, funds from the East Chapel Hill Rotary Club and gifts from other businesses and individuals. Staples on Franklin Street and A Sea of Learning provided discounts for the items purchased from their stores.
About 95 percent of eligible teachers shopped at the supply store. The store was open to all elementary classroom teachers, family specialists, pre-K teachers and self-contained exceptional-education teachers.
Education walk
The 12th annual Walk for Education will be held Oct. 18 at 3 p.m. at McCorkle Place on the UNC campus.
For the walk, school groups, clubs, sports teams and individual students can collect donations or contributions for their schools. All students and their families are invited to participate in the walk, which will start at McCorkle Place and follow Franklin Street to the Lincoln Center on Merritt Mill Road, where a variety of booths with activities, food and entertainment will be set up.
Shuttles to and from the walk will be available from Phillips and Culbreth middle schools.
The Race for Education will begin the same day at 9 a.m. in front of McCorkle Place. The race, a 5K, will wind through the UNC campus and nearby residential areas. Participants can pick up race packets starting Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on the day of the race from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at McCorkle Place.
All ages are welcome, but children under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult.
Carrboro High tailgate
Carrboro High School will hold a football tailgate party on Sept. 13 at 6 p.m.
The Carrboro High Parent-Teacher-Student-Association will serve Jim’s Famous Barbecue in the grassy area between the school and the football field for $7 a plate. The football team will be introduced, and the band and cheerleaders will perform.
Participants should bring a chair for the tailgate and the game.
College fair
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools will hold their annual college fair on Sept. 23 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Dean Smith Center on the UNC campus.
A number of college representatives will be available to answer questions about their schools. The event is targeted toward juniors and seniors, but all are welcome.
CHS Trunk sale
The Carrboro High School football team will hold a trunk sale and silent auction extravaganza on Sept. 27 from 7 a.m. to noon in the school parking lot to raise money for the team.
Participants can rent a space to sell their stuff for $15 or two spaces for $25. The team will offer free advertising and help in setting up at the event. The team will also accept donations of items to sell and will pick up donated items.
The event will also feature concessions, music, games and a raffle.
For more information or to reserve a space, contact Amy Pinney at pinneytuna@aol.com.