The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation has established the Chapel Hill Restaurant Group Endowment Fund for International Understanding. The fund will provide an annual grant to a teacher or certified staff member for travel and study in another country to enhance the teaching of the country and/or its language to the students in the district….
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Roots musicians to play Woods Charter benefit
Three popular roots music groups will perform a benefit concert for the Woods Charter School Foundation at Cats Cradle on March 14 at 8 p.m. Eli “Paperboy†Reed and Great Big Gone will be joined by Lynn Blakey and Ecki Heins for the performance. The Woods Charter School in Northern Chatham County is a kindergarden…
School brief: CHHS Jazz Dance
The 13th Annual Chapel Hill High School Jazz Dance, “Speakeasy,†will be held in the main gym on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The event will feature swing dance instruction, a silent auction and music by the Tiger Jazz Ensemble. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults in advance or $7 for students and…
School brief: CHHS presents The House of Blue Leaves
Chapel Hill High School Drama will present the comedy The House of Blue Leaves in the Hanes Theater at Chapel Hill High, Feb. 19-21 at 7:30 p.m. each night. The play stars award-winning actor Zach Meicher-Buzzi as a washed-up piano player desperate for stardom, even at the cost of committing his wife to a mental…
School board agenda
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meets tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Town Hall on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Items on the agenda include policies regarding: • complaint procedures for students and employees; • children of military families; • authority of school personnel; and • student sex offenders….
Ellis resigns
Chapel Hill High School principal Jacqueline Boyd Ellis announced her resignation on Friday. Ellis resigned in order to serve as the assistant superintendent for human resource services in Durham Public Schools. She was principal at Chapel Hill High for the past two years and will continue as principal until March 20. An interim principal will…
Smith students win FBLA awards
Two Smith Middle School students placed in the Future Business Leaders of America Middle Grades Chapter Triad Regional Competition on Jan. 17 at Southern High School in Durham. Eighth-grader Ranjitha Anathan won first place in public speaking, while seventh-grader Rob Byerly won third place in business math. They will both advance to the state competition…
School brief: CHHS Jazz Dance
The 13th Annual Chapel Hill High School Jazz Dance, “Speakeasy,†will be held in the main gym on Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m. The event will feature swing dance instruction, a silent auction and music by the Tiger Jazz Ensemble. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults in advance or $7 for students…
School brief: Blackwell receives state award
Margaret Blackwell, executive director of exceptional children for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, is the 2009 recipient of the North Carolina Council for Exceptional Children’s Felix Barker Award. The award is presented to an individual who has shown outstanding leadership in the field of special education. Dr. Barker, the award’s namesake, was the first president of…
School brief: CHHS presents The House of Blue Leaves
Chapel Hill High School Drama will present the comedy The House of Blue Leaves in the Hanes Theater at Chapel Hill High, Feb. 19-21 at 7:30 p.m. each night. The play stars award-winning actor Zach Meicher-Buzzi as a washed-up piano player desperate for stardom, even at the cost of committing his wife to a mental…
School Brief: Kindergarten registration
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will begin accepting registrations for kindergarten for fall 2009 on Feb. 2. Kindergartners must turn 5 years old on or before Aug. 31. All students entering kindergarten must have a physical exam anytime during the year prior to the first day of school. To register, the following is required: proof of…
School brief: Teen drinking forum
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools PTSAs will host the fifth annual parent forum, “Should We Drink with Our Teens?†on Feb. 4 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the East Chapel Hill High School Auditorium. The event will feature an hour of expert panelist presentations followed by an hour of Q&A. Panelists will discuss the…
An eco-friendly effort to plant seeds of sustainability at Chapel Hill High School
By Jasmina Nogo Staff Writer On the cold morning of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a group of roughly 10 students showed up at Chapel Hill High School for a Fight the Weeds workday to help clean up the school’s greenhouse. The effort is part of the Chapel Hill High School Green Tiger campaign, a…
School Brief: Students travel to Dominica
Nine eighth-grade students from Culbreth Middle School’s Global Connections class accompanied teacher Gretchen Bade to Dominica in the Lesser Antilles over the winter break to perform service projects for the Kalinago people. While in Dominica, the students partnered with a local youth group in the village of Sineku to perform construction work on an elderly…
School Brief: Ephesus teacher receives website award
Ephesus Elementary School teacher Courtney Mills recently received the Best Teacher Website Award from the North Carolina Technology in Education Society. She will be presented with a $250 award at the organization’s state conference in Raleigh in March. Her website includes wikis, podcasts, assignments, photo albums, blogs and student work.