The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools received two Blue Ribbon Awards from the North Carolina School Public Relations Association (NCSPRA). The awards were presented Jan. 22 at a brunch held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Durham. The district’s parent calendar, which is published in both English and Spanish, was honored for the fourth consecutive year….
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Crumbs from the Table performance this weekend
The East Chapel Hill High School Theatre Department presents Crumbs from the Table of Joy at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 29 and Saturday, Jan. 30. It’s 1950 in the South and Godfrey Crump has just lost his wife. Finding solace in Father Divine and the Peace Mission Movement, he pulls up stakes and moves his…
Mentorship program hosts retreat
Twenty-five adolescent girls participated in a retreat to explore inner beauty, self-esteem, friendships, nutrition, healthy behavior and dream charts. “My Girls and I: An Overnight Self-Empowerment Workshop for Middle and High School Girls†was developed by the Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate program. Students in the program receive comprehensive support for academic, social, emotional and physical development…
A little school with a big heart
By Kate Griesmann Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL — For the last two years, Nakeizha Robinson, 11, has missed more days of school than she attended. Instead of sitting in math class or going to lunch, three days a week Nakeizha, a sixth-grader from Greenville with end-stage kidney disease, could be found hooked up to a…
Phoenix Academy has first graduating class
Phoenix Academy High School celebrated its first graduates on Jan. 15, as Principal LaVerne Mattocks awarded diplomas to Marcus J’uan Long and Tremayne Keith Hairston. Prior to this school year, Phoenix Academy operated as a program rather than an independent school. The change to the school was accomplished over the summer. Previously, graduates received diplomas…
Board of education meeting Thursday
The CHCCS Board of Education will meet Thursday, Jan. 21, at 7 p.m. at Chapel Hill Town Hall. Options for high school honors courses and AP course offerings will be discussed. In December, the board of education considered options for offering additional honors-level courses in the high schools. It became clear during the board meetings…
Cultural diversity at Smith Middle
Smith Middle School’s ninth annual Cultural Performance Night will be Thursday, Jan. 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Chapel Hill High’s Hanes Auditorium. A $1 donation (children under 5 get in free) will guarantee a seat and a chance to see children celebrate cultural diversity and compassion through dance, poetry, skits and more from…
BRMA volunteers rewarded with Disney incentive
Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate is joining the HandsOn Network to encourage volunteerism through the “Give a Day. Get a Disney Day.†program. New BRMA mentors and tutors are eligible to receive a free one-day, one-theme park ticket to Disneyland or Walt Disney World. Volunteers must make a full commitment to their BRMA role and meet all…
Healthy boundaries
A presentation called “Navigating the Challenging Issues of Parenting†will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 10 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Chapel Hill High School Auditorium. It will include identification of age-appropriate expectations of children; guidelines for understanding developmental shifts in kids’ attitudes, interests and behaviors; and an overview of what constitutes healthy boundaries…
ECHHS offers tours
East Chapel Hill High School is offering information sessions and tours of the school for eighth-grade students currently in private or charter schools who are thinking about attending ECHHS in the fall. The event is on Wednesday, Feb. 3 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the school auditorium. The school will present information about its…
Darlene Ryan earns statewide award
The North Carolina Science Leadership Association presented the 2009 Herman Gatling Award for Outstanding Science Education Leadership in North Carolina to Darlene Ryan of Glenwood Elementary. The Gatling Award is presented to a person who has exemplified the high standards of the late Herman Gatling of Durham County. The recipient is someone who has gone…
Volunteers needed
School volunteers are needed this spring at all age levels. Volunteering would include helping students an hour or two each week for 10 weeks during a semester, any time during the school day, at all grade levels, in a wide variety of curricula. Programs Include: School reading partners: Help beginning readers practice reading skills. Training…
School board meeting
There will be a Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meeting Thursday, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. at Town Hall. A new and revised high school course proposal will be discussed and decided on as well as a revision to the board calendar. There also will be time allotted to work on the…
French teacher recognized nationally
Robin McMahon, French teacher at Smith Middle School, had a lesson plan published in the November edition of the National Bulletin of the American Association of Teachers of French. McMahon’s lesson is entitled “Power of the Dream: Martin Luther King Day and Europe Day†and affords students the opportunity to study King’s “I Have a…
New board sworn in
The recently elected members of the Chapel Hill-Carr-boro City Schools Board of Education, Greg McElveen, Michelle Brownstein and Joe Green, were sworn in last Thursday. Mike Kelly was appointed chair of the board and Jamezetta Bedford was named vice chair.