The Chatham County Office of Human Relations has joined with the Human Relations Commission and Chatham’s Community Civil Rights Educators to launch the Margie E. Ellison Civil Rights Book Club. Ellison, who passed away in 2009, chaired the Human Relations Commission and played a key role in its founding. The first featured books include A…
Shelter Appreciation Week
Orange County Animal Services will host “Sheltering and Surplus Pets: Challenges and Opportunities,†on Nov. 10 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. in conjunction with Animal Shelter Appreciation Week, which is Nov. 7-13. The panel discussion is free and open to the public and will cover the challenges and opportunities of animal sheltering and address the…
Workshop on Alzheimer’s
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church is sponsoring a free workshop on Alzheimer’s disease on Nov. 13 from 10 a.m. to noon at the church, at 581 New Hope Church Road in Chatham County. Dr. Ruth Phillips of the African-American Alzheimer’s Disease Research Study at North Carolina A&T State University is the keynote speaker. The community…
Holmes named principal of Smith
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education recently named Ephesus Elementary School Principal Phil Holmes as the new principal of Smith Middle School. Holmes has served as principal of Ephesus since 2007. He previously served as principal of Burton IB Magnet Elementary School in Durham County and assistant principal of Ephesus. He holds a…
Two schools up for Title I recognition
Two Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools are competing for national awards as part of the Title I Distinguished Schools Recognition Program. Seawell Elementary School was nominated in the Sustained Student Achievement category, while Ephesus Elementary was nominated for Exceptional Student Performance. Ephesus has also been asked to submit an application to the state Department of Public Instruction…
CHS to partner with Mexican school
Carrboro High School will enter into a partnership with Guanajuato, Mexico, through a program created by the Center for International Understanding at UNC. CHS joins seven other area schools in partnering with eight Guanajuato schools. The program is aimed at giving students an opportunity to learn how to communicate and collaborate across cultures. For the…
Pedersen named administrator of the year
Superintendent Neil Pedersen has been named Administrator of the Year by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Association of Educational Office Professionals (CHCAEOP). CHCAEOP presents the award annually to an administrator who has shown strong support of educational-office professionals. The letter of nomination for Pedersen cited his commitment to educational-office professionals during difficult budget years and his willingness…
District honored for technology efforts
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools was honored recently at the Technology and Learning Conference as one of the Top 100 U.S. School Districts in Digital Technology. The Center for Digital Education and the National School Boards Association, presenters of the award, annually conduct an online survey of district technology practices, particularly the use of technology in…
Wells named Principal of the Year
Culbreth Middle School Principal Susan Wells has been named the 2010 Principal of the Year for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Wells was selected by her fellow principals in the district. Her leadership in technology education has brought national attention to Culbreth. Every student at Culbreth now uses an iPod Touch, which they use to be…
Students to hold hunger banquet
Carrboro High School students will hold a Hunger Banquet at CHS on Nov. 16. Students hope to raise awareness about the inequality of food distribution in today’s world and encourage efforts aimed at stopping world hunger. Students are collecting donations of non-perishable food items and money for TABLE, which provides food for local children. The…
Culbreth named Honor School
Culbreth Middle School has been named an Honor School of Excellence in North Carolina’s ABCs of Public Instruction. More than 90 percent of Culbreth students attained proficiency on the End-of-Grade Tests and made Adequate Yearly Progress under No Child Left Behind. The state board of education recently amended the school’s status. Culbreth was originally designated…
CHCCS nurse honored for child health efforts
Jill Kerr, a family nurse practitioner in the Pre-K/Head Start Program, received the GlaxoSmithKline Child Health Recognition Award on Oct. 27 at the N.C. Public Health Association’s annual meeting in Wilmington. Kerr was honored for her efforts at reducing absenteeism in Pre-K through third grade. She speaks Spanish, French and Arabic and uses these skills…
Schwartz honored
Culbreth Middle School teacher Peter Schwartz was named the 2010 recipient of the N.C. Science Teachers Association Ann Watkins Distinguished Service Award for Middle School Science . The award recognizes excellence of contributions to science education at the school, district, regional and state levels. Recipients must have spent at least five years in science education…
Positive behavior recognized
Eight Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools were recognized by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction for their efforts at adopting Positive Behavior Intervention and Support. Smith Middle School, Carrboro Elementary School and Scroggs Elementary School were designated Exemplar Schools, while Ephesus Elementary School, Estes Hills Elementary School, Glenwood Elementary School and McDougle Elementary School were named Model…
A survey of Halloween
Maybe someday the grownups will squeeze all the fun out of Halloween; but until then, all you freaks (preferably of local origin) are hereby invited to cram into downtown Chapel Hill on Sunday evening Oct. 31 to gawk at each other and make some noise.
If you’re looking for some Halloween fun but aren’t into making the trek down to Franklin Street, there is plenty to do closer to home. Following are some of the highlights: