East Chapel Hill High School will conduct its annual tour and information session for private school students and their parents on January 11 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The school holds a tour for private school students because a large number of students in the area who attend private schools until eighth grade enter East…
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School Brief: Youth Council
The Town of Chapel Hill Parks & Recreation invites youth in grades 9-12 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 benefit youth…
Proposal put forth to expand dual-language classes
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Students at three Chapel Hill-Carrboro elementary schools could have the opportunity to enter the Spanish-English dual-language program next year, under a proposal recently considered by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education. Under the proposal, the program – in which a class comprised equally of native English-speaking students and native Spanish-speaking…
School reviews first semester
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer As Carrboro High School’s first semester draws to a close, administrators, teachers and students are taking a closer look at the school’s successes and at areas targeted for improvement. Carrboro High students finished their semester exams before winter break and the first semester ends January 18. According to Principal Jeff…
School Brief: City schools reopen
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will reopen their doors after the winter holiday on Monday, January 7.
School Brief: East Chapel Hill High tour
East Chapel Hill High School will conduct its annual tour and information session for private school students and their parents on January 11 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The school holds a tour for private school students because a large number of students in the area who attend private schools until eighth grade enter East…
School Brief: Financial aid night planned
Orange County Schools will hold a Financial Aid Night on January 8 at 6:30 p.m. in the Orange High School auditorium. Parents of students who are planning to apply for financial aid are encouraged to attend. Representatives from the College Foundation of North Carolina, Elon University, N.C. State University and the Durham Technical Community College…
New school the focus this year
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer This past year saw more than the usual degree of change for Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools, with new schools, school board elections and shifts in principals. While some changes were a loss to the district – the retirement of longtime board member Liz Carter and the death of tireless schools advocate…
Links to goodwill at CHS
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer During their first annual holiday project, Carrboro High School students raised $4,200 to support needy families this holiday season. Over a two-week period, students bought and sold purple, black and white paper links – Carrboro High’s colors – in their homerooms. Purple and white links were 25 cents, while black…
Scroggs’ blog
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools has formed a long-range facilities committee that will meet this winter and spring to review the district’s construction needs, and the public is invited to submit input via a new district blog. The committee will be directed by Steve Scroggs, assistant superintendent for support services. Scroggs has created the “Bowtie Blog 
Math competition held
Smith Middle School students scored highest of any school team in North Carolina in the American Mathematics Competition 8 for middle school students. Students from Smith and Phillips middle schools participated in the competition. Smith students Arun Ganesh and Richard Lu earned perfect scores in the competition – the only two perfect scores in the…
School Brief: Teacher supply grants
In January, the East Chapel Hill Rotary Club and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation will open a teacher supply store where teachers can use $100 vouchers for free materials. In the first stage, the store will offer materials to kindergarten, first-grade and second-grade teachers in all district elementary schools. The organizations plan to add…
School Brief: Meal price increase ahead
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education will tonight (Thursday) consider increasing school meal prices by 10 cents. If approved by the board, the price increases will take effect January 23, 2008. Lunch prices will increase to $2.50 for elementary lunches, $2.75 for middle and high school lunches and $3.35 for adult lunches. The board is…
School Brief: Carrboro gathers for the pantry
Carrboro Elementary School students recently collected nearly 600 cans of food for a canned-food drive to benefit families in need within the school and through the Inter-Faith Council Food Pantry. The students’ goal was to donate 50 cans per grade, in honor of the school’s 50th anniversary, but students surpassed expectations and collected 590 cans…
School Brief: Battle of the Bulge winners announced
The results are in, and Carrboro Elementary has been announced as the winner of the second annual Chapel Hill-Carrboro Battle of the Bulge challenge. From Sept. 7 to Dec. 7, teams of faculty and staff from nine district schools worked to make healthy choices and lose weight. The Carrboro Elementary team lost the most weight,…