The Middle College High School at Durham Technical Community College will hold open houses June 18 and 25 from 3 to 5 p.m. The Middle College program allows 11th- and 12th-grade students to earn honors-level high school credit while taking college courses. Students considering enrollment and their parents are encouraged to attend an open-house event.
Category: Schools
School Brief: Teen council
The Town of Chapel Hill Parks & Recreation invites youth in grades nine through 12 to join the Chapel Hill Youth Council. The Youth Council provides an opportunity for young people to participate in local government and to learn skills in leadership and responsibility. Members will work with other groups to carry out programs that…
School Brief: Tech expert
Tracy Weeks, director of instructional technology and media for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, served on a panel of experts during the PointSmart.ClickSafe.Summit on Children’s Online Safety and Literacy in Washington D.C. this week.
School Brief: Pickup soccer
Supervised soccer free play will be held every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. starting June 17 at Chapel Hill High School. All area middle and high school boys and girls are welcome to play in the organized pickup games. Free play will be supervised by a certified high school coach.
School Brief: Video award
The Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate and the Youth Leadership Institute has won an award from a multi-media art gallery in San Francisco for their video from last summer’s trip to Ghana. For the contest, sponsored by SF Camerawork, nine artists and curators from around the world were asked to choose a favorite video in the youth…
School Brief: Gang workshop
The Town of Chapel Hill will hold a workshop entitled “Gangs? Not My Child†for parents and other concerned citizens on Monday at 6:30 p.m. The workshop will be led by Chapel Hill Police Officer Charles Pardo, who will provide information on gang awareness and tools to keep children out of gangs. The workshop will…
School board to pick new school site
Staff recommends Northside locale by Susan Dickson Staff Writer For the first time since the 1960s, elementary school students could return to class at the site of the segregated Northside Elementary School in downtown Chapel Hill. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education will consider two sites — one in the Northside neighborhood and…
Carrboro Elementary’s Corke named teacher of the year
Carrboro Elementary School teacher Briana Corke was named Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Teacher of the Year last week at the district’s annual recognition banquet. Corke teaches the fourth-grade Spanish dual-language class at Carrboro Elementary, where she began her teaching career in 2003. She holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a bachelor’s degree in…
School Brief: Project grad
The 15th annual Chapel Hill-Carrboro Project Graduation needs volunteers and donations. Project Graduation, an all-night, alcohol- and drug-free party for graduates, will be held graduation night, June 14, at the UNC Student Union. The event is free of charge to participants to reward seniors for a job well done and to encourage maximum participation. All…
School Brief: Kid council
The Town of Chapel Hill Parks & Recreation invites youth in grades 9 through 12 to join the Chapel Hill Youth Council. The Youth Council provides an opportunity for young people to participate in local government and to learn skills in leadership and responsibility. Members will work with other groups to carry out programs that…
School Brief: Middle college
The Middle College High School at Durham Technical Community College will hold open houses June 18 and 25 from 3 to 5 p.m. The Middle College program allows 11th- and 12th-grade students to earn honors-level high school credit while taking college courses. Students considering enrollment and their parents are encouraged to attend an open-house event.
School Brief: LAX class
Carrboro High School will hold a Men’s Lacrosse Academy July 12-18. The camp is aimed at giving skills instruction during an intensive two hours of play every evening for seven days. The camp will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. each day at the Carrboro High School Practice Field.
School Brief: Clown camp
The ArtsCenter Stage and the Youth Performing Arts Conservatory will hold a summer camp for students aged 13 to 18. The camp, called Comedy, Combat and Clowning, will feature classes in stage combat, improvisation, ensemble work, masks, text work, clowning/comedy and more.
School Brief: Coaching award
East Chapel Hill High School forensic coach William Warren recently earned a first diamond from the National Forensic League. Coaches in the league receive one-tenth of the points earned by their students, and coaches who receive 1,500 points earn first diamonds.
School Brief: Museum opening
Julie Dermody’s fourth-grade class of English Language Learners open their museum, “Our Life,†today (Thursday) at Scroggs Elementary School. For the year-long project, students made multiple trips to the Ackland Art Museum and used resources from UNC’s Wilson Library, riding free Chapel Hill buses for the field trips. A local artist assisted students in creating…