As the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools prepare to switch to the new Common Core Curriculum for fall 2012, many are concerned with how the curriculum’s math standards will impact both struggling and excelling students.
Author: Staff
Jags trounce Franklin
Kylie Tawney rockets the ball past a Franklin Academy defender in the Jaguars’ win over Franklin Academy on Tuesday.
BIG CITY: Redrawn districts complicate the primary
By Kirk Ross
If you’re not registered to vote and you should be, go get registered and then come back and read this column.
Singing Seuss
First-grader Gracie Kolat belts out a tune with the Seuss Singers as she helps celebrate a successful Read-a-thon at Frank Porter Graham Elementary School last Friday, the birthday of Seuss creator Theodor Geisel and Read Across America Day.
FLORA: What’s wrong with the red cedars?
This is the time in our changing seasons when we might become alarmed that some of our red cedar trees are diseased or otherwise sickly.
East presents Universal Robots
East Chapel Hill High School presents Mac Roger’s science fiction thriller Universal Robots Thursday through Saturday at 7 p.m.
CHHS dance/auction
The 16th annual Chapel Hill High School Swing Dance and Silent Auction will be held Saturday from 7:30 to 11 p.m. in the CHHS main gym.
Reflections winners
Five CHCCS students have been named District 5 winners in the PTA Reflections contest.
CHS student wins Shakespeare competition
Carrboro High School student Carina Guerra won first runner-up in the English Speaking Union’s Triangle Branch Shakespeare Competition.
Bassett resigns from econ. post
Dwight Bassett, the economic development officer for the Town of Chapel Hill, announced his resignation on Monday.
Rising ninth-graders info meeting
CHCCS staff will hold a rising ninth-grade information night for Spanish-speaking families today (Thursday) from 7 to 8 p.m. at St. Thomas More in the Friends and Family Hall.
Dance party against Amendment One
Orange County Social Club will host a dance party Saturday to raise both awareness of and money against the Amendment One marriage act.
Art teacher honored
Annie Cramer, Seawell Elementary School’s National Board Certified art teacher, was selected again this year for the N.C. Museum of Art’s Art of the Auction.
Greenbridge foreclosed
With $29 million left remaining on a Bank of America loan, Greenbridge was foreclosed on March 1.
Girl Scouts celebrate history
Girl Scouts from Orange and Durham Counties will gather on Saturday at University Mall to celebrate 100 years of Girl Scout history.



