Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate is seeking 20-25 volunteers to begin mentoring students in March. BRMA is a nationally recognized program aimed at helping African-American and Latino students reach their full academic, physical, social and emotional potential.
Category: Schools
School Brief: Middle college
Middle College High School at Durham Technical Community College is accepting applications for the 2008-09 school year. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools students who are at least 16 and have achieved junior year status can attend Middle College.
Culbreth Middle School Honors
6th Grade A Honor Roll List: Alican Arcasoy, Jeffrey Balog, Michael Balog, Bryanna Baumann, Catherine Jane Bentulan, Pranshu Bhardwaj, Julieta Biella, Olivia Blanco, Victoria Brancazio, Oscar Brennwald, Abigail, Brown, Murat Calikoglu, Michelle Chang, Eva Church, Andrew Cook, Eleanor Costley, Jason Cox, Kaelen Cox, Sarah Crump, Varun, Dalmia, Emma DeMagistris,
Learning by the book
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer On a Wednesday morning in Day McLaughlin’s fifth-grade classroom, the 10- and 11-year-old students are busy working on their first book, which will be published this summer. For the book, each student is writing a story based on a memory told by a member of the black community. When asked…
School Brief: Energy physics show
The UNC Department of physics and astronomy will hold the 8th Annual Physics Demo Show, “Energy All Around Us!†on March 1 at 2 p.m. The show will address questions such as: Why do we need energy? Where can we find energy? How can we conserve energy? Physics professors and graduate students will perform fun…
School Brief: Battle of the Books
The 2008 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Battle of the Books will be held March 7 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. in the Culbreth Middle School auditorium. The district’s four middle schools will compete for the right to represent the district at the Piedmont Regional competition later this spring. Battle of the Books is an exciting…
School Brief: Future business leaders
Four students from the Chapel Hill High School chapter of Future Business Leaders of America placed in the recent Triad Regional competition held at Eastern Randolph High School in Ramseur. Sixteen schools from 11 counties competed.
School Brief: Night of One-Acts
Students in the Chapel Hill High School Theater Arts program will present “A Night of One-Acts†on February 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Hanes Theater at Chapel Hill High. Students will perform Kurt Vonnegut’s The Lie, directed by Zoe Symon; Kismet and a Bell, written by Juliana Brecher and directed by Olivia Grinston; a scene…
School Brief: Toy donations
Carrboro High School chorus and orchestra parents will co-sponsor a toy sale with Carrboro Elementary School on Saturday at Carrboro Elementary from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. The schools need toy donations for the sale. Donations may be made at the Carrboro High front desk by Friday or at Carrboro Elementary. Soft, cuddly toys will…
Schools celebrate black history
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Schools across the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district are recognizing Black History Month with read-ins, discussions and more. At all district schools, black community leaders, students, teachers and others read to classes as part of a nationwide read-in on Monday.
School brief: Energy All Around Us!
The UNC Department of physics and astronomy will hold the 8th Annual Physics Demo Show, Energy All Around Us! On March 1 at 2 p.m. The show will address questions such as: Why do we need energy? Where can we find energy? How can we conserve energy? Physics professors and graduate students will perform fun…
School brief: Flower power
The Triangle United Way organized volunteers to redo flowerbeds at Seawell Elementary School and observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Volunteers included: Seawell Elementary representatives Jill, Colin, Graham, Benjamin and Truman Austin; David Wilson; Kathy and Elise Matera; Julie, Gabi and Mikayla Brenman; Deborah, Adina and Avital Hirsch; James, Haley and Emily Easthom; Shilpa and…
School brief: Teachers awarded grants
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation recently awarded grants to 12 local teachers for the renewal of their national certification from the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards. The teachers received substantive grants toward the $1,150 renewal fee. More than 200 teachers in the district have obtained the national certification.
School brief: Carrboro open house
Carrboro Elementary School will host an open house tonight (Thursday) for families of students who were redistricted to the school for next year.
School brief: Drug awareness workshops
The Drug and Alcohol Awareness Team and the Chapel Hill Police Department will sponsor a series of workshops on parent education awareness of teen alcohol and drug issues.