Sensei Yoshimi Aoyagi

To step into Yoshimi Aoyagi’s trailer at Chapel Hill High is, by one student’s description, “to step into a bubble.” During first period, 26 students stay alert and focused as they write, listen and speak rudimentary Japanese. When a bleary-eyed student yawns and stretches slightly, Aoyagi adopts a strict expression and reminds the students,...

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Teacher Workday, Nov. 7 & Parent Conferences, Nov. 7-8 / Día de trabajo para maestros, 7 de nov. & Conferencias de padres, 7-8 de nov.

Teacher Workday Scheduled Teacher Workday and Parent Conferences Scheduled Tuesday, November 7 is a Teacher Workday.  It is also the first of two days scheduled for district Parent/Teacher Conferences. Conferences on November 7 are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on November 8 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Please contact your student's school...

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Say Something

“Kids are the eyes and ears of a society.” This is the message and focus that Nicole Hockley and other Sandy Hook parents bring to their anti-violence work in American schools through the nonprofit Sandy Hook Promise (SHP). Last spring, SHP joined forces with the national student organization SAVE (Students Against Violence Everywhere)....

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Table Top Conversations

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools operates under the direction of a strategic plan. The existing five-year plan is now in its final year. As we work hard to finish strong, we are concurrently in the process of creating a new plan. This new plan will govern our work for the next three years. We hope to have it ready by June. In order to...

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John Williams - CHCCS Principal of the Year

Phoenix Academy High School Principal John Williams was named the 2017-2018 Principal of the Year by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools.  The announcement was made today by Superintendent Pam Baldwin in the presence of students and staff. Williams was selected for the honor by his peers for the numerous accomplishments he has made...

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International Welcome Center - Above and Beyond

On any given weekday, no matter the month, the CHCCS International Welcome Center at Lincoln Center can be bursting at the seams with activity. Housed in a trailer with a brightly colored sign, the Center opened as a stand alone facility in 2015, one of the only of its kind in North Carolina. Families who have just arrived in the U.S., as...

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“Hope for Houston” at Carrboro High School

Within days of Harvey’s crippling blast through Houston, a group of students and staff at Carrboro High created a committee to organize support for affected students and teachers in Texas. They called the group “Hope for Houston,” and through a grassroots Facebook effort, “Principals Helping Principals,” Carrboro High adopted Cypress Creek...

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Special Board Meeting - Wednesday, October 11

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education has called a special meeting to take place at Glenwood Elementary (2 Prestwick Road - Chapel Hill) on Wednesday, October 11 at 6:30 p.m. The purpose of this meeting is for staff to present options for the reduction of enrollment levels at Glenwood Elementary, and to collect feedback...

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Music Mentors

Every Tuesday afternoon, soon after the 7th period bell rings at East Chapel Hill High, a group of more than 20 Wildcat musicians journey over to Phillips Middle School. Some carpool, some take the city bus. They roll up their sleeves, forget about their own homework for an hour, and pay it forward.     Two years ago, Jack...

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