By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education last week voted unanimously to drop plans for a pre-kindergarten through third-grade facility at Seawell Elementary School. S chool board members said plans for the project were dropped because estimated costs – about $28 million – were too high considering the number of students…
Category: Schools
High school days come to an end in style
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Amid a sea of parents, friends, teachers and mentors, more than 750 graduates from Chapel Hill and East Chapel Hill high schools made their way across a stage and out into the world on Saturday. “We made it, baby,†East Chapel Hill High graduate Antonio Sales told members of his…
Teacher of the Year
Scroggs Elementary School teacher Shirley Pyon was named Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Teacher of the Year for 2007-08 at the district’s annual recognition banquet on May 31. Pyon teaches third grade at Scroggs Elementary, where she’s been for seven years. She holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and psychology from UNC and is pursuing…
Bunnyville
Bustling Bunny Ville McDougle Elementary School kindergarten classes held their annual “Bunny Ville†event on Friday. For the event, students created businesses and became community helpers to learn about economics, community and social skills. Businesses included a pizza shop, ice cream shop, museum, hospital, flower garden and art jewelry shop. Bunny Ville visitors received $10…
Speediest readers
Speediest readers Frank Porter Graham Elementary School students recently completed the school’s PTA Read-a-thon. Students with the highest number of minutes read by grade level include: • Kindergarten – Michael Heath; • First grade – MarcAndrew Laurenvil; • Second grade –Ke-Rhonda Glenn; • Third grade – Lindsayann Heath; • Fourth grade – Katlyn Edwards; and…
Olympic mathlete
East Chapel Hill High School student Arnav Tripathy will represent the United States at the International Mathematical Olympiad in Vietnam in July. Tripathy earned a spot on the six-member team for the second time. He won a gold medal at last year’s event in Slovenia. The team will train for three weeks prior to the…
Graduation information
Chapel Hill High School graduation will be held June 9 at 2 p.m. at the Dean Smith Center on the UNC campus. Graduating seniors must arrive by 1 p.m. the day of graduation and must attend rehearsal on June 8 at 8:30 a.m. at the Smith Center. East Chapel Hill High School graduation will be…
County, school leaders debate budget
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Orange County Board of Commissioners will likely hear pleas for more funding for the schools at public hearings tonight (Thursday) and Monday on the county manager’s proposed 2007-08 budget. Last week, County Manager Laura Blackmon presented her recommended budget, which would increase the property tax rate by 3.7 cents,…
Fundraiser planned
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Swim for Smiles Foundation will host the area’s first-ever youth-only triathlon on Saturday to raise money for the N.C. Children’s Hospital. Swim for Smiles is a Chapel Hill-based nonprofit organization that raises money for children’s hospitals through youth swim-related sporting events. Gary Kayye, founder of the organization, said they…
School briefs: 5/31/07
Students honored for achievement on national exams Smith Middle School students have received honors for their performance on the National French and Spanish Exams. On the French I exam, Violette Zhu earned first place. Other students who performed well include Emer O’Reilly, Abby Muller, Herman Bhupal and Stefan Garval.
Schools brace for budget, detail list of cuts
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer This budget season’s back-and-forth is not just another year of budget negotiations, Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools Superintendent Neil Pedersen told parents at a budget meeting on Tuesday. Pedersen outlined a number of potential budget cuts the schools could face if the district does not receive its requested budget, and stressed the…
Wells named new principal for Culbreth
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education named Ephesus Elementary School principal Susan Wells as principal of Culbreth Middle School last week. Before joining the Chapel-Hill Carrboro school district in 2004, Wells was assistant principal of Hawfields Middle School in the Burlington-Alamance school system.
PTA honors volunteers
PTA Thrift Shops recognized its volunteers at the organization’s annual volunteer appreciation day. From left: Volunteers Donald Cooper, Kelly Bennett, Dorothy Horton, Karen Trocke-Kandah and Sheryl Emch. Photo by Barbara Jesse Black By Susan Dickson Staff Writer With volunteers contributing more than 14,000 hours in 2006, it’s no surprise that the PTA Thrift Shops’ annual…
14th annual Project Graduation planned
Project Graduation co-chairs Emily Leadon (left) and Lindsay Clendaniel have been working since September to ensure this year’s celebration is a success. Photo by Susan Dickson By Susan Dickson Staff Writer After graduation on June 9, seniors from Chapel Hill High School and East Chapel Hill High School will gather for one last hurrah. Thanks…
School briefs: 5/24/07
Schools receive grants to fund projects Two Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools have received grants to fund school projects. Carrboro High School received a $5,950 grant from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. Science teacher Robin Bulleri applied for the grant to fund a biotechnology project at Carrboro High.