The Chapel Hill High School Orchestra and the Culbreth Middle School Orchestra both earned superior ratings at the 2009 North Carolina Orchestra Performance Assessment at Methodist University in Fayetteville on March 31. The orchestras were judged based on rhythm, intonation, tone quality, musicianship, dynamics, technique, balance, interpretation and stage presence. More than 65 schools participated…
Urinetown at CHHS
Chapel Hill High School will present the award-winning satirical comedy musical Urinetown in the Hanes Theatre at Chapel Hill High, April 23-25 at 7:30 each night. The production is the first in the district to be entered in the North Carolina Theater Capital Awards, the high school equivalent of the Tony Awards. Tickets are $8…
Hall of Fame Dinner
The Chapel Hill High School-Lincoln High School Hall of Fame Dinner will be held April 25 at 6:30 p.m. in the Chapel Hill High cafeteria. This year’s inductees are Woody Burns, 1982, wrestling; Donald Clark, 1962, football; Edric Cotton, 1970, football; Danny Dunaway, 1988, football; Anne Frautschi, 1977, tennis; Ron Hodgkin, 1988, football; and Joe…
College sports seminar
The East Chapel Hill High School Athletic Booster Club will present “So You Want to Play a Sport in College?,†a seminar for high school students who are considering playing a sport in college and their parents, on May 4 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the East Chapel Hill High School Media Center. The…
Evita at Cedar Ridge
The Cedar Ridge High School Cultural Arts Department will present the musical Evita in the Cedar Ridge auditorium, April 30 to May 2 at 7 each night. The musical recounts the story of Eva Peron, who rocketed to world fame in 1946 as the ambitious wife of Argentina’s president Juan Peron. Tickets are $7 for…
Tiger Open
The Chapel Hill High School Tiger Open will be held May 9 at the Challenge Golf Club in Graham. Registration will begin at 11 a.m., with a four-man shotgun start at 1:30 p.m. For more information or to be a sponsor, contact Patrick Marlatt at wvufootball95@gmail.com or 357-0236.
Technology honors
Forty middle and high school students represented Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools at the 30th Annual North Carolina Technology Students of America (NCTSA) State Conference. More than 700 students from across the state took part in the event. Winners from Chapel Hill High School were: John Cook, third place, dragster design; Chris Chiesa and Galen Burns-Fulkerson,…
High honors for Phillips
The Phillips Middle School Seventh and Eighth Grade Orchestra earned superior ratings at the Eastern Regional Orchestra Festival on April 2. The orchestra received straight superior ratings from the three judges. In addition, students received a superior rating on sight rating.
Phillips math teams compete at regional contest
Phillips Middle School’s Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II teams competed in the Regional State Mathematics Contest on March 31 at Wake Technical Community College. Phillips’ Algebra I team finished in 10th place. Team members are Martin Cho, Richard Fu, George Hito, Alan Liu and Fengyang Zhao. In individual competition, Alan Liu finished in 15th…
School Lunch Menus 4/16-4/23
Elementary Friday — Spaghetti & Meat Sauce w/Garlic Bread; Corn Dog; California Mixed Vegetables; Sweet Yellow Corn; Banana Pudding Monday —Hamburger on a Bun; Fish Nuggets w/Wheat Roll; Tater Tots; Lettuce & Tomato Salad; Peas & Carrots; Fresh Apple Halves Tuesday — Three-Cheese Baked Rotini w/Garlic Bread; Chicken Fajitas w/Salsa & Sour Cream; “Fun on…
Way to go Tar Heels
Love, loyalty, hard work and determination. Even if you are not a big fan of the University of North Carolina men’s varsity basketball program or a fan of the game itself, you have to appreciate the way in which the team won the biggest of dances and brought home a national championship trophy. If you…
Fuller’s message
Howard Fuller returned to Chapel Hill last week to speak as part of the university’s Poverty Awareness Week. Fuller was a key player in civil rights struggles in this area beginning as a student volunteer for the North Carolina Fund, which was set up to address poverty and its effects in the state. He later…
Foreclosure doesn’t have to be inevitable
By Margot C. Lester Staff Writer As local unemployment ticks up (6.5 percent in Orange County and 8.5 percent in Chatham), home values remain low and stock portfolios hemorrhage, local foreclosures continue. According to Foreclosure.com, 34 Orange County homes are currently in foreclosure; in Chatham County, the number is 22. But homeowners facing financial difficulties…
A meaningful journey
By Frank Heath Sports Columnist “North Carolina is going to win … the national championship!†Those words – uttered approximately four times now from the lips of the inimitable Voice of the Tar Heels, Woody Durham – are the signal for millions of fans of the UNC Tar Heels that the stars are once again…
Tar Heels triumph
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Around 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, a member of the attending crew at the Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center placed a wooden table in the center of a stage set up on the floor of the basketball court. That act, studied intently by the several thousand assembled there, was followed…