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Category: Schools
CHHS holds annual plant sale
The Chapel Hill High School Parent-Teacher-Student Association is accepting orders for its annual holiday plant sale until Nov. 23.
CHS students give talk at teacher conference
Carrboro High School seniors Madeline Gilmore, Molly Scanga and Melina Smith presented at the N.C. English Teacher Association Annual Conference at Wake Forest University last month.
Smith math teacher honored
Smith Middle School teacher Nicholas Von Hoene was named a 2009-10 Outstanding Secondary Math Teacher at the last N.C. Council of Teachers of Mathematics annual conference last month.
CHCCS raises $41K for United Way
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools employees raised more than $41,000 for Triangle United Way during the 2010 campaign.
Students to hold hunger banquet
Carrboro High School students will hold a Hunger Banquet at CHS on Nov. 16.
Book club honors Margie Ellison
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…
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…