Carrboro High School Principal Kelly Batten has announced he will step down at the end of this school year to join Chatham County Schools as the district’s executive director of secondary education at the start of July.
Category: Schools
French fundraiser
French students from Phillips Middle School overcame inclement weather to raise $425 for the Ronald McDonald House by entertaining elementary school French students on the morning of Saturday, March 24.
Glenwood Read-A-Thon success
Students read almost 750,000 minutes and raised close to $4,000 for the PTA during the 2012 Glenwood Read-A-Thon.
CHS teacher wins physiology fellowship
Carrboro High School science teacher Rebecca Hite has received a fellowship from Frontiers in Physiology, the American Physiological Society’s flagship program for the professional development of middle and high school science teachers.
New coach, new season, new era for Jaguar lacrosse
It’s springtime in the Piedmont yet again, and the feeling of newness is palpable.
Cruizers donations
Cruizers Convenience Marketplace recently presented $20,000 to 28 local schools and a charity as part of ExxonMobil and BP grant programs.
East wins first N.C. History Bowl
East Chapel Hill High School hosted the first N.C. History Bowl, and the varsity team took home the championship.
Macbeth Off-Kilter wins awards
Culbreth Middle School won five awards at the North Carolina Theatre Conference middle school play festival for their production of Macbeth Off-Kilter, directed by Terra Hodge.
Students selected for Governor’s School
Twenty-two students from Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools have been selected to attend the N.C. Governor’s School this summer.
CHCCS Chinese students honored
Twelve district students received honor prizes in the Preliminary N.C. Chinese Speech Contest and 10 students will compete in the final contest on May 5 at N.C. State University.
Smith student competes in geography bee
On Friday, Vijay Dey, a sixth-grader at Smith Middle School, will represent the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools at the state level of the National Geographic Geography Bee.
Smith math team honored
On March 16 the Smith Middle School math team competed in the State MathCounts Finals in Durham. All eight students from Smith finished among the top 26 individuals in the state and the team came in second place.
Student honored for volunteer service
Chapel Hill High senior Kristen Powers was presented with a medal on Wednesday to honor her selection as one of North Carolina’s top two youth volunteers for 2012 in The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Program.
Budget woes hit technology
At a public hearing last Thursday on the 2012-13 budget, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education heard from school technology specialists expressing concern that the money allocated for technology upgrades would not be enough to meet increasing demands.
Students on Amendment One
Student leaders from Raleigh, Chapel Hill and Durham met at Carolina Friends School on Sunday to discuss Amendment One.