Last Day of School, June 8 & 2-Hour Early Release / Último día de escuela, 8 de junio, y salida temprana de 2 horas

Last Day of School Has 2-Hour Early Release for Students The last day of school for CHCCS students is Wednesday, June 8.  Students will be released from school two hours early that day.  Have a safe, restful summer! Los estudiantes salen 2 horas más temprano el último día de escuela El último día de escuela para los estudiantes...

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East Chapel Hill High's Beauty and the Beast a Regional Finalist for Jimmy Award

Exciting news! East Chapel Hill High's Beauty and the Beast has been selected as one of nominees for "Best Ensemble" for the 6th Annual Triangle Rising Stars Awards. Congratulations and "bon chance" to fellow nominees: Athens Drive, Apex and Cary High Schools. The celebration of all regional finalists for the 2016 "Jimmy Awards" will be...

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Seawell Elementary Storm Water Project - Award Winner!

Congratulations are in order for all involved with the Seawell Elementary Storm Water Project. It was one of four land development projects honored at the sixth annual awards cycle for the Greater Triangle Stewardship Development Awards Program (GTSDA). The awards ceremony was held at the Power Plant at the American Tobacco Campus on May...

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Superintendent Tom Forcella Announces Retirement - Effective August 1

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Superintendent Tom Forcella has announced his retirement, effective August 1. Forcella has been with the school district since 2011, and in schools for 42 years. Notable accomplishments during that time include the increased focus on classroom instruction and lesson planning, the design and implementation...

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Grinnell Named 2016-17 Teacher of the Year at Recognition Reception

Jessie Grinnell of Culbreth Middle, was named the District Teacher of the Year at the Annual Recognition Reception on May 20 at Carrboro High. Grinnell is an eighth grade English Language Arts teacher with six years of teaching experience.  She holds a bachelor of arts degree in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel...

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Memorial Day Holiday, May 30 / Día festivo de Conmemoración, 30 de mayo

School and District Offices Closed for Memorial Day Monday, May 30, CHCCS schools and district offices are closed in observance of the Memorial Day Holiday.  School will resume as usual and district offices will be open on Tuesday, May 31. Las escuelas y oficinas del distrito están cerradas para el Día de Conmemoración El lunes, 30...

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Technology Student Association (TSA) Awards

The Technology Student Association (TSA) chapters from Phillips and McDougle Middle Schools, as well as East Chapel Hill and Chapel Hill High Schools, recently journeyed to Greensboro to attend the 2016 NCTSA State Conference. Altogether, these 44 students represented their district, schools, and communities with pride and determination....

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All-High School Fiction and Poetry Contest

The Second Annual All-High School Fiction and Poetry Contest and Award Ceremony was held on Wednesday, May 11 at the Open Eye Cafe in Carrboro. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools’ high school creative writing students took part in the program. Top contest winners in Fiction and Poetry received monetary prizes plus the opportunity to read their...

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Science Comes Alive at FPG!

Students at Frank Porter Graham Bilingue Elementary enjoyed a thought-inducing presentation on forces, motion and space by UNC Physics Department students Jessie Barrick, Ana Doblas, and Dr. Weinberg-Wolf. The students experienced demonstrations of static electricity, impact of meteors, magnetism and more.  The UNC students were...

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Pen Pals!

Literacy, Learning and Leadership Carrboro High School Youth Leadership and Mary Scroggs After School Adventures Program The Blue Ribbon Youth Leadership Institute students at Carrboro High School became pen pals with Mary Scroggs After School Adventures Program students.  After School Adventures is the result of a Public School Foundation...

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NCHSAA Announces Scholar-Athlete Teams - Two from Chapel Hill High

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association recently recognized the top achieving sports teams academically throughout the NCHSAA’s 2015-2016 year. Because of the late completion of spring semester grades for spring teams, they included the 2015 spring team awards with the fall and winter honors for the 2015-2016 academic year. The...

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On Thursday, April 28, on the UNC-Greensboro campus, 23 Smith students participated in the Finals of the NC State Math Contest. The contest is divided into three levels, depending on which high school-level math course the student is taking:  Level 1 (for Math 1 students), Level 2 (for Math 2 students), and Level 3 (for Math 3 students)....

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Japanese Language Speech and Essay Contests

The Carolina Asia Center recently hosted the annual North Carolina Japanese Language Speech and Essay Contest for high school students. There were more than 100 submissions for the NC Essay Contest. Regarding the NC Speech Contest, students had to pass the preliminary selections (in school speech contests or by teacher recommendation).  Twenty...

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Success at the Science Olympiad

Congratulations to the East Chapel Hill High Science Olympiad team coached by Brad Miller, Rebecca Adcock, Alex Cluen, and Kelly Allen. They coach both the Varsity and JV teams - which includes over 80 students. On Saturday, April 23, the East Chapel Hill High varsity Science Olympiad team earned a 3rd place trophy at the state competition...

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Teacher Appreciation Week

The first week in May is nationally designated as Teacher Appreciation Week. Parents and students at each school are taking great care of their teachers this week. The note below was sent to all staff from Superintendent Tom Forcella. _____ I always found the hardest part of teaching to be not knowing if my efforts had any lasting impact. After...

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International Navigator Night

The entire Northside Navigators community came together recently to celebrate the school's beautiful cultural diversity at International Navigator Night Students, parents, families, and staff ate, danced, sang, and traveled around the world in a joyful and loving celebration of the school's many cultures. Pre-k through 5th grade classes,...

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Delayed Opening Canceled for 5/19, Normal School Day / de apertura demorada que nos quedan este año escolar, 19 de mayo

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 Opening, scheduled for May 19, has now been changed to a regular school day.  Students will report to school at the regular times for May 19. De...

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