Carrboro Elementary School Principal Emily Bivins has received the Southern Conference on Language Training’s Friend of World Language Award.
Students qualify for Duke TIP
Twenty-one Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools seventh-graders qualified for Grand Recognition in the Duke Talent Identification Program (TIP) this year.
ECHHS students recognized
Five students from East Chapel Hill High School received recognition at the North Carolina Family, Career and Community Leaders of America conference in Greensboro.
Phil Blank, April 7, 2011
Illustration by Phil Blank
Old Doll, 1978
As a Seasoned Citizen, I’ve been thinking a lot these days about de-cluttering.
Japan relief program
Seawell Elementary School’s Family Outreach Team and PTA have teamed up to conduct “Change and Cranes for Japan†through April 19.
Teacher receives literacy award
Mary Andrews, a reading teacher at Estes Hills Elementary School, was honored at the N.C. Reading Association’s 2011 conference for her project “READ2ME: Tailgate Stories.â€
Annual Parent Forum
The Annual Parent Forum will be held April 26 in East Chapel Hill High School’s auditorium from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Scholarship Program for Refugees
Donations are needed for the Scholarship Program for Refugees, which is in its second year of working to send children to summer camp free-of-cost.
Smith math team achievement
The Smith Middle School math team won several awards throughout February and March.
Obituary: Holly Wallace
From the editor
For all their talk about the importance of limited government and local communities having more control over their own destinies, the new boss in Raleigh is acting much like the old boss.
How many bottom lines do we really need?
Did you know that Carrboro’s Town Code incorporates a principle devised by Shell Oil?
Letter: Downtown right
The debate as to whether Carrboro needs a library or not has been going on for over 24 years.
Investing in early-childhood education benefits all of us
“Early childhood education has a tremendous impact on the national economic security and the viability of the American dream.†– U.S. Chamber of Commerce