The Chapel Hill High School Marching Tiger Band will debut its 2011 field show on Friday during halftime of CHHS’ first home football game against Orange County rival Cedar Ridge.
Category: Schools
Google director visits CHCCS
Tom Mills, director of Google’s enterprise education division, visited Smith Middle School last week to learn how Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools students are interacting with technology.
ECHHS named school of excellence
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction confirmed East Chapel Hill High School as an Honor School of Excellence last week.
Schools host college fair
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools will host a joint college fair on Tuesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Dean Smith Center on the UNC campus.
CHHS teacher named to SAVE board
James Wise has been named to the board of directors for the National Association of Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE).
Free college admission seminar
Kristin Hiemstra will host a free seminar on Wednesday at the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce in suite 102 from 7 to 8:15 p.m. to explain what happens during the college admissions process.
New superintendent reception
A reception to welcome new Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Superintendent Thomas Forcella will be held in the Carrboro High School media center this Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m.
Vickers decision remembered
In the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, where the importance of diversity is taught in classrooms and celebrated across campuses, it’s difficult to imagine a time when all students weren’t treated equally.
Culbreth student takes cupcake prize
Paulina Garcia Hernandez, a sixth-grader at Culbreth Middle School, took the top prize of $100 in the Third Annual Horace Williams Memorial Cupcake Festival
Remember New York at CHHS
The Chapel Hill High School Drama Department will present Remember New York on Sept. 9.
A welcome from Superintendent Forcella
The following is a letter to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools community from new Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Superintendent Tom Forcella.
Schools open a bit more crowded than anticipated
Across Carrboro and Chapel Hill, nearly 12,000 students will strap on their backpacks and kiss summer goodbye, heading back today for the start of the 2011-12 school year.
Bus route information
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools bus routes and stops for the 2011-12 school year are available on the district’s website, chccs.k12.nc.us
Chapel Hill-Carrboro students exceed ACT average
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools students exceeded the state average on the American College Test.
CHS JagWire honored
Carrboro High School’s student newspaper, the JagWire, was named a publication of distinction for 2011 by the North Carolina Scholastic Media Association.