East Chapel Hill High School has joined the WeatherBug Network, with the installment of a real-time, live weather station on top of the school this summer.
Category: Schools
College fair
Students and parents are invited to a college fair on Tuesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Dean Smith Center on the UNC campus.
Lunch Menus
Friday 9/17 Soft Chicken Tacos; Hamburger on WW Bun; Chicken Salad on Lettuce; Lettuce & Tomato; Baked Beans; Mexcali Corn; Fresh Grapes. MORE.
High school sports reports
FOOTBALL: Carrboro 34 – Eastern Randolph 20, Chapel Hill High 31 – Durham Riverside 28 (OT), Cedar Ridge 38 – East Chapel Hill 35. SOCCER: East Chapel Hill 1 – Broughton 1, Cary Academy 1 – Carrboro 0, Chapel Hill 4 – Riverside 2
Reinhardt named director of school leadership
Smith Middle School Principal Valerie Reinhardt has been named executive director of school leadership for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools.
Ephesus teacher named math finalist
Penny Shockley, gifted-education specialist at Ephesus Elementary School, was named one of three North Carolina finalists for the 2010 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching Program.
District nurses, students travel to Guatemala
Eight Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools school nurses and three district high school students traveled to Guatemala over the summer to visit various health care organizations.
Carrboro 30 – Orange 0
Derek Bryant and the Carrboro Jaguars (2-0) continued their habit of prolific offensive production and solid defense in Friday’s drubbing of 3A Orange (0-2). Bryant’s early 51-yard touchdown pass in conjunction with Orange’s inability to hold onto the ball – fumbling twice in the red zone – erased any traces of momentum from the Panther…
Cedar Ridge 27 – Chapel Hill 6
Chapel Hill (0-2) again failed to gain their first win of the 2010 season last Friday against county rival Cedar Ridge (1-1). The Red Wolves took control of the game following a deceptively promising offensive drive early on by the Tigers that was cut short by a fumble at the 3 yard line. Cedar Ridge…
Student raises money for library in Peru
Chapel Hill High School 2010 graduate Kyla McConnell will hold a silent auction on Sept. 10 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Fleet Street Gallery to raise money to build a library in a remote Peruvian village in the Andes Mountains. This summer, McConnell gave up her senior trip to Paris to visit Huaripampa,…
District to receive Race to the Top funds
The U.S. Department of Education announced last week that North Carolina will receive $400 million in Race to the Top funds, which will be divided equally between the N.C. Department of Public Instruction and the state’s 115 local school districts. Funding will be provided over the next four years. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board…
CHHS to hold open house for parents
Chapel Hill High School will hold an open house today (Thursday) at 6:30 p.m. in the Hanes Auditorium. Parents are invited to meet the principal, CHHS administrators and counselors. Information will be available about Parent-Teacher-Student Association memberships, PALS memberships, Booster Club memberships and ways to become involved in and support CHHS. Parents will follow their…
CHHS boosters to hold tailgate party
The Chapel Hill High School Booster Club will hold a tailgate party at the CHHS football stadium from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The event will be held before the football game against Riverside High School. Fans, athletes and parents are invited for food, fun and games. Participants will be able to meet the…
Scores & reports
Football: East Chapel Hill 20 – Pittsboro Northwood 18; Carrboro 32 – St. Pauls 14; Chapel Hill 20 – South Granville 24
A snapshot of UNC’s incoming class
It’s traditional when the fall semester rolls around for the university to send along a few statistics about the first-year students arriving in town. Here’s a look at some of the facts and figures: