Fifth-graders at Rashkis Elementary School participated in the school’s annual Career Exploration Day on Feb. 1.
Rashkis students visit School of Science and Math
Members of the Rashkis Math Olympiads team visited the N.C. School of Science and Math in Durham last week.
CHCCS honored with two publication awards
The N.C. School Public Relations Association presented Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools with two Blue Ribbon Publication Awards on Friday.
Phil Blank, February 3, 2011
Illustration by Phil Blank
Rock mason James Blacknell Jr., 1984
Every child who ever romped on the old stone walls on campus should thank this man. When I photographed 80-year-old James Blacknell Jr. in 1984, he’d been laying rock at UNC for 66 years.
Take the time to get it right
There is an effort, now accelerating, to revamp local economic-development strategy and structure – a process most would agree is long overdue.
Obituary: Charles Sheaffer
Charles Sheaffer Charles Isaac Sheaffer, 84, died at his home in Carolina Meadows, in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Jan. 19, 2011. He was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, Mary Ann Brewster Sheaffer, in 2006. Charlie was born in 1926 in Acton, Ind., to the late Earl and Mary Sheaffer. He was…
Obituary: Sue Ellington
Sue Fowler Ellington, 75, of Carrboro, N.C., died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Sue was the daughter of the late James and Clara Hobby Fowler of Chapel Hill, N.C. Sue is survived by her husband, Boyd McKinley Ellington; son, Rory Boyd Ellington, and wife, Gwyn, of Beech Mountain,…
Culbreth featured in magazine
Culbreth Middle School Principal Susan Wells, Assistant Principal Lynne Goodhand and UNC graduate student Helen Crompton published an article about the middle school’s iPod Touch project in the February 2011 issue of Learning and Leading with Technology.
CHCCS featured
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Superintendent Neil Pedersen are featured in an article in the winter edition of Education Executive Magazine.
Smith Middle School to hold Performance Night
The 10th annual Global Connections Performance Night celebration will be today (Thursday) from 6 to 8 p.m. in Chapel Hill High School’s Hanes Auditorium.
FPG holds read-a-thon
Frank Porter Graham Elementary School students pledged to read 650,000 minutes in the two-week period from Jan. 21 through Friday.
CHCCS students named to band
Twenty-five Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools students have been named to the Central North Carolina Middle School All-District Band.
BRMA coordinator joins National Mentoring Summit
Graig Meyer, Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate coordinator, joined First Lady Michelle Obama as a participant at the first National Mentoring Summit in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 25.
African-American Discovery Night
McDougle Middle School will host an African-American Discovery Night on Feb. 10 from 5:30 to 7:30.