Project Graduation Needs You! Please click to Volunteer &/or Donate.

What is Project Graduation? Celebrating its 24th year, Project Graduation is an all-night, substance-free gathering, free of charge to every CHCCS senior and a guest.  This means the almost 900 graduates - and their guests - need the support of generous donors and volunteers. How to Make a Donation Project Graduation is about $32.000...

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Two CHCCS Schools Recognized by U.S. News & World Report

The U.S. News & World Report just released its 2016 rankings of the nation's "Best High Schools." They reviewed 28,561 U.S. public high schools. From that group, 153 North Carolina schools made their rankings. Two CHCCS high schools were awarded gold medals and included in the top ten for North Carolina. Only 15 schools in North Carolina...

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Click to Place Order for PSF's Breakfast & Roses for CHCCS Staff

The Public School Foundation (PSF) is hosting its 13th Annual Breakfast & Roses event for Teacher Appreciation Week. CHCCS families can choose to honor teachers, teacher assistants, or any staff at their schools by placing an order.  Honorees will receive a rose and/or an invitation to the Teachers First Breakfast on April...

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Model United Nations

The Seventh Annual Chapel Hill-Carrboro Middle School Model United Nations Conference took place on Friday, April 8, at Smith Middle School and the Carolina Center for Educational Excellence (CCEE). Approximately 120 students from the four Chapel Hill-Carrboro middle schools came together to participate in a Model UN conference. They spent...

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East Chapel Hill High - National Ethics Bowl Champs!

Please congratulate the East Chapel Hill High Ethics team for earning first place at the National High School Ethics Bowl on Saturday. According to the event host, 2,680 high school students, on 335 teams, representing 218 schools, competed this year in 29 Regionals across 22 states (and Canada), for the chance to be on one of 24 teams to...

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Board Passes Resolution Urging Repeal of House Bill 2

Regarding the recently passed House Bill 2, it is important to know that Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is in compliance (with the law) by moving forward with providing gender-neutral restrooms for anyone who needs access. HB 2 does not state that these bathrooms are unlawful. Our policies protect, and will continue to protect, all...

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Delayed Opening Canceled for 4/21, Normal School Day / de apertura demorada que nos quedan este año escolar, 21 de abril

Delayed Opening Canceled for Remaining Dates The Board of Education approved a calendar change to make up the instructional time when school was closed on February 15.  The remaining Delayed Openings, scheduled for April 21 and May 19, have now been changed to regular school days.  Students will report to school at the regular times...

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CHCCS Announces Teachers of the Year for 2016-17

Faculties across the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district have selected their Teachers of the Year to represent the best in teaching at each school. Elementary teachers who have been elected to the honor are: Brandy Hutchens, gifted education specialist, Carrboro Elem.; Kaitlin Baird, first grade teacher, Ephesus Elem.; Claire Rizzo,...

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Danielle Losos of East Chapel Hill Illustrates Book Written by Former CHCCS Teacher

It is always a cause to celebrate when a student or staff member accomplishes a big goal...how much more when a student AND staff member reach their goal together. Test Day, Team Player was written by Shannon Fitzgerald, former Morris Grove Elementary teacher. The story was written to help Elementary students (and probably even middle school...

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New Voices Foundation Recognizes Two CHCCS Staff

New Voices Foundation announces Lara Jane Parker Award Recipients An estimated 400 children in North Carolina’s Triangle region can’t speak, can’t write, and have trouble walking or even moving through space. Families and public schools struggle to meet their complex medical, technological, and educational needs. In 2007, nonprofit New...

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Finance Office Lauded for Comprehensive Annual Financial Report

Two prominent professional associations with ties to school finance have announced awards for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education. The Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) International awarded a Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting for having met or exceeded the program’s high standards for financial...

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CHCCS Mourns Loss of Long-Time Educator

R.D. Smith, CHCCS Educator, Passes Away at 98 One of the names held in reverence throughout the hallways in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is R.D. Smith.  Aside from serving the district for 38 years, he continued to make a difference in the community as a whole. Smith was a secondary agricultural teacher at Orange County Training...

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State Scrabble Champs!

Congratulations to Javier Contreras and Matias Shundi - the Scrabble Cyclones - of Smith Middle School on their recent 2016 North Carolina School Scrabble state championship. Next, they will represent our state in the 2016 National School Scrabble championship on April 9-10 at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts (home of the New England Patriots). Cyclone...

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Visions Art Show, April 11 thru April 13

Visions Art Show Begins April 11 The Visions Art Show is an annual event to showcase visual art created by district students and teachers. Schools are highlighted for three evenings from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Lincoln Center (see list below). During the show, student artwork fills Lincoln Center hallways and pottery and sculpture fill the building's...

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