Tom Mills, director of Google’s enterprise education division, visited Smith Middle School last week to learn how Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools students are interacting with technology.
Author: Susan Dickson
ECHHS named school of excellence
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction confirmed East Chapel Hill High School as an Honor School of Excellence last week.
Schools host college fair
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools will host a joint college fair on Tuesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Dean Smith Center on the UNC campus.
CHHS teacher named to SAVE board
James Wise has been named to the board of directors for the National Association of Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE).
Free college admission seminar
Kristin Hiemstra will host a free seminar on Wednesday at the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce in suite 102 from 7 to 8:15 p.m. to explain what happens during the college admissions process.
Free prostate cancer screenings
UNC Health Care will offer free prostate cancer screenings Sept. 21-22 from 1 to 6 p.m.
Online pet licensing
Orange County Animal Services has added licensing to its list of online services available to the public.
Piedmont Laureate applications
Applications for the 2012 Piedmont Laureate are currently being accepted only from writers of works including plays, musicals and screenplays for film, television and video games.
Local midwife to host fundraisers
Reina Galjour of Chapel Hill has been living and working in Haiti as a midwife since February 2010.
Local restaurants honored
Last week, 14 Chapel Hill and Carrboro restaurants were honored for their commitment to local hunger-relief efforts at a reception at Top of the Hill hosted by the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service.
Carrboro Music Festival needs volunteers
Volunteers are needed for a variety of duties at the 14th annual Carrboro Music Festival on Sunday, Sept. 25.
Seventh annual Dog Swim
Orange County’s Animal Services Department will hold its annual Dog Swim on Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the A.D. Clark Pool in Chapel Hill’s Hargraves Community Center.
Property owners working to fix Main Street sewage issue
The owners of property on the south side of the block of Main Street from Armadillo Grill to Friendly Barber are working to fix a sewage problem that, left unresolved, could force the closure of some businesses.
Settlement center budget slashed
Each year in Orange County Criminal District Court, about 350 cases never make it to trial.
Instead, the cases are mediated by the staff of the Dispute Settlement Center (DSC), one of 20 community mediation centers serving 80 counties across North Carolina.
Vickers decision remembered
In the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, where the importance of diversity is taught in classrooms and celebrated across campuses, it’s difficult to imagine a time when all students weren’t treated equally.