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School Brief: Read In Day

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Staff

McDougle Elementary School will host an African-American Read In Day on Friday. The event, sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English, focuses on literacy and black literary culture. Lincoln Center administrators and other community members are expected to read to children at the school from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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School Brief: Teen drinking forum

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Staff

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…

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School Brief: ECHHS teacher receives national math award

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Staff

East Chapel Hill High School math teacher John Wilson III has been selected as a winner of the Edyth May Sliffe Award for Distinguished High School Mathematics Teaching by the Mathematical Association of America. Wilson is one of 23 teachers selected from high schools across the United States and Canada. He was nominated by East…

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Volunteer for Project Grad

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Staff

Volunteers are needed for the annual Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Project Graduation on June 13. Some volunteers will be needed beginning in the next few months, while others won’t be needed until the night of the event. Past volunteers have been parents, teachers and other community members. To volunteer, visit projectgraduationchccs.org/volunteer.htm

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School Brief: CHHS yearbook needs sponsors

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Staff

Chapel Hill High School is looking for sponsorship advertisements for its yearbook. Sponsorships help keep the yearbook affordable for all students. If businesses are unable to purchase an ad, they can make a donation of any amount and still be listed on the sponsors page. For more information, contact Tom Stanfa at 933-5357.

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School Brief: Asst. principal graduates from leadership program

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Staff

Crystal Vaught, assistant principal at Chapel Hill High School, graduated from the Leadership Program for Aspiring Principals (LPAP) on Dec. 5. LPAP is a 12-day course of study offered by the Principals’ Executive Program. Major areas of study include the new North Carolina standards for school executives, school law, teacher improvement and retention, resource management…

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School Brief: Memorial fund

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Staff

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation has established a fund in honor of Jeanette Blackwell, a Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools teacher who passed away in September, to provide an annual award to a mentor teacher. Blackwell served Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools for more than 30 years as a fifth-grade teacher at Glenwood and McDougle elementary schools….

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Year in Review: A hard year for school

Posted on December 31, 2008 by Staff

By Susan Dickson Staff Writer It has certainly been a year of transition in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, with the opening of new schools and facilities and the appointment of new administrators. But while many would like to look back on 2008 and remember the new successes of the sports teams and the first…

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Middle school day unlikely to lengthen

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Staff

Susan Dickson Staff Writer While middle school students should be able to get credit for high school level courses taken in middle school, extending the school day is not the best way to allow that, school board members said in a work session last week. Members of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education…

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Carrboro High School coming into its own

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Staff

By Mary Lide Parker Staff Writer Only a year and a half after opening its doors, Carrboro High School is well on its way to forming its own identity. In conversation, teachers at Carrboro High often reference the “growing pains” associated with a new school. Alphonso Donaldson, co-chair of the English department, said that while…

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School brief: Learning Europe

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Staff

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools has been awarded a grant from the European Union (EU) for 2009. The award, about $86,000, will fund “Getting to Know Europe” activities, such as Smith Middle School’s Belgian exchange program, Chapel Hill High School’s exchange program to Normandy, district middle school geography courses for Europe Day in May and professional…

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School brief: Special needs talk

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Staff

Susan Paul from the ARC of Orange County will speak about the many programs available for special-needs children and their families on Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Carolina Center for Educational Excellence on the Smith Middle School campus.

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School brief: Winter concert

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Staff

The East Chapel Hill High School Choral Department will present its annual Winter Concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday at East Chapel Hill High.

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School brief: Honor students

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Staff

Several UNC students from Chapel Hill and Carrboro were recently inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and best-known academic honor society.

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School brief: Read In Day

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Staff

McDougle Elementary School will host an African-American Read In Day on Jan. 16. The event, sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English, focuses on literacy and black literary culture. A number of school administrators and other community members are expected to read to students from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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