Senior all-state forward Matt Risher scored in the first minute of sudden death overtime to lift Waxhaw Marvin Ridge to a thrilling 2-1 victory over Chapel Hill in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 3-A men’s soccer championship Saturday afternoon at WakeMed Soccer Park. Chapel Hill, which finished 19-8-1, had an unusual trip to…
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Meeting Thursday
There will be a Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meeting tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m. at Chapel Hill Town Hall. The primary focus of the meeting will be a discussion of Phoenix Academy High School’s accountability model and approval for calendars for the next two school years.
Dracula performance
The Chapel Hill High School drama department will present Dracula this Thursday through Saturday. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. Dracula is a Victorian novel that challenges the beliefs and consequences of modernity, female sexual expression and Christian salvation. Through terrifying images of blood, science, superstition and ritual, Bram Stoker creates a haunting tale of…
International Education
Smith Middle School’s theme for its ninth annual celebration of Global Connections, held as part of International Education Week, is “Compassion: Your Compass to guide you … Your Passion to drive you.†There will be a Cultural Exhibit tonight (Thursday) from 7 to 9 p.m. at the school and the International Café that will host…
Fifth annual orchestra concert
The Chapel Hill High School Orchestra will hold its fifth annual Philharmonic Foundation Benefit Tea on Sunday, Dec. 6 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Maple View Agricultural Center at 3501 Dairyland Road. Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for students, available at the door or from orchestra members. There also will be…
Local teacher wins national honor
Dr. Jeffrey Carpenter is one of 40 teachers from around the U.S. who has been selected by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State and International Research and Exchanges Board to participate in a two-way exchange program that provides professional-development opportunities to secondary school teachers from around the world….
Writing contest
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Association of Educators is inviting students in grades K-12 to participate in an essay contest to honor all those who work for CHCCS. The topic is “My Favorite CHCCS School Employee†or “My Most Influential CHCCS School Employee.†Students are encouraged to write about any teacher, counselor, school nurse, administrator, custodian or…
School board approves learning facilitator positions
At last Thursday’s Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meeting, the board approved three high school online learning facilitator positions. The positions (one for each high school) were created to manage online learning scheduling, testing and lab supervision. These positions were created in response to a steep increase in the number of CHCCS students…
East to perform Rent
Jonathan Larson’s rock opera RENT, School Edition, will be performed Nov. 12-14 at 7:30 p.m. at East Chapel Hill’s Mainstage Auditorium. Tickets are reserved seating and $7 in advance and $9 at the door and went on sale Nov. 3 in front of the Black Box Theater at East during weekday lunch hour, 12:30 to…
Raffle event to help fund dance program
Students from Frank Porter Graham Elementary school will demonstrate what they’ve learned through the high-energy, in-school arts program, North Carolina Arts in Action, this Saturday. Free dance performances will take place at the University Mall entrance to A Southern Season at 10:30 a.m. and noon. Raffle prizes include an overnight stay at the Siena Hotel,…
Blue Ribbon Mentors
Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate was able to recruit a record 17 mentors for fall training. And for the first time ever, there are more new men mentors than women. Eleven men stepped up to volunteer, and six women joined them. The newest mentors include: Michael McDowell, Kip Gerard, Simon Rose, Grant Berry, Daran Edmonds, Colin Wahl,…
CHCCS changes medication policy
The Chapel Hill -Carrboro City School District has changed its policies regarding dispensing over-the-counter pain medications to high school students. The change in policy now allows the high school nurse to administer acetaminophen or ibuprofen to students without advance notice to parents, after first checking the student’s health information on file. A copy of the…
Schools employee of the month
Marsha Cosgrove of East Chapel Hill High School was named employee of the month for November. Cosgrove serves as the school’s financial secretary. She has worked for the district for 21 years and has been East’s bookkeeper since the school opened in 1996. Cosgrove was cited for the role she played during the last year, when secretary Betsy…
Footbal playoffs
The state playoffs for football begin Friday, Nov. 13. In 2-A, Carrboro (4-7) will play at East Bladen (11-0). In 3-A, Chapel Hill (5-6) will play at West Brunswick (7-3).
Carrboro women’s cross country wins state championship
Cross Country Results Women’s 2-A Carrboro won the 2-A women’s team title with 45 points, while Newport Croatan was second with 88 and North Lincoln third with 125, followed by Salisbury (140) and Black Mountain Charles D. Owen (162).