Bond Project Update and Capital Funding Needs

Rendering of the reconstructed Chapel Hill High On Monday, November 27, Assistant Superintendent Dr. Todd LoFrese offered a community update on facility needs, specifically projects related to the 2016 bond referendum. The event took place in the Chapel Hill High Auditorium. Approximately 120 people were in attendance. After a 30-minute...

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Delayed Opening, Dec. 7 / Fechas para apertura demorada de las escuelas, 7 de diciembre

Delayed Opening Scheduled for December 7 The district has approved a plan for schools to operate on a Delayed Opening schedule eight Thursdays during the 2017-18 school year.  Schools will open two hours late, allowing teachers to use the time for collaborative planning or professional development. On these days, buses will run two...

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East Chapel Hill High Students Win Award at iGEM Jamboree

Instances of academic achievement and innovation among CHCCS students persist at such a high level that it’s unfortunately too easy to take specific efforts for granted - “ah, another award, another recognition.” Yet many of the district’s students who step on national and international platforms are producing stellar, college or graduate...

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How Are We Thankful Throughout the School Year?

This is the time of year when people across America ask themselves, “What am I thankful for?” and reflect and share those answers with others.  So when I ask myself that question, do I answer as a superintendent?  As an educator?  As a parent?  As a member of the community?  Would my answer differ or would it be the same?  Of course, I am thankful to be a part CHCCS and its community.  Every...

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Three State Championship Teams

For our student-athletes, the school year begins long before the first class bell ever rings in August. The sweating, the training, the fatigue, the soreness...in some cases is a year-round challenge. All of this work, all of these athletes - but just one common goal...a state championship. The 2017-18 athletics year is off to a great start...

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Chapel Hill High CTE Student Competes in Abu Dhabi

In mid-October, when many seniors were losing sleep as the panic over college application deadlines took hold, one Chapel Hill High senior was spending eight hour days at a computer in Abu Dhabi, competing as a web designer at WorldSkills2017. “It was kind of a problem,” Riley Johnson said about the inconvenient timing of his trip to the...

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Overview of CHCCS Facility Needs

Assistant Superintendent for Support Services Todd LoFrese will provide an overview of the district's facility needs, financial challenges with our two bond funded projects (Lincoln Center and Chapel Hill High School), and long term capital needs on Monday, November 27 from 7-8:30 p.m. at Chapel Hill High in Hanes Auditorium (1709 High School...

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The Reality of Money

How many adults wish they could have learned about the reality of money, before they set forth into the world (or as Millennials say, before they began adulting)?       With guidance and resources from the local State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU), many parents, a team of teachers and support staff, and all...

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Signing Day

The period for student-athletes to sign national letters of intent with colleges and universities opened last week, and CHCCS had a sizable number of students announce their school plans. We want to congratulate all of our student-athletes, their families and coaches. Carrboro High Destiny Cox - Volleyball - University of North Carolina Jadin...

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Thanksgiving Holiday, Nov. 22-24 / Festivos de Acción de Gracias, 22-24 de noviembre

Thanksgiving Holiday, Nov. 22-24 The CHCCS Thanksgiving Holiday for 2017-18 is Wednesday through Friday, November 22-24. Schools and district offices will be closed all three days. Schools will resume as usual and district offices will be open on Monday, November 27. Festivos de Acción de Gracias, 22-24 de noviembre Los días festivos de...

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Seawell Student Inspires Others in Her Published Book

A few years ago, Seawell Elementary School student Paige Sullivan was happily attending school in Kannapolis, North Carolina, spending lots of time with extended family and lifelong friends, involved in gymnastics and other activities. But several times a year, she and her parents made the two hour trip to Duke Hospital, where she was receiving...

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CHCCS Now Owns Fire Truck

When the Chapel Hill Fire Department had trouble recruiting new firefighters, they teamed up with Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools to start the firefighting academy. The Fire Department took a monumental next step by donating a fire truck to the program Wednesday. The conversation started almost a year and a half ago when Assistant Fire...

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PATHSS-Bridge

Five excited CHCCS high school students arrived on the UNC campus on Wednesday, November 1, heralding the launch of this year’s PATHSS-Bridge cohort (Project Achieve for Transitioning High School Students). They settled into a conference room in Abernethy Hall with a chorus of comments like “I am so ready for this” and “I can’t believe we’re...

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Veterans Day Holiday, Friday, Nov. 10 / Día de los Veteranos, viernes, 10 de noviembre

Schools and Offices Closed All schools and district offices will be closed Friday, November 10 in observance of the Veterans Day holiday. Escuelas y oficinas cerradas Las escuelas y oficinas del distrito estarán cerradas el viernes, 10 de noviembre, en honor al Día de los Veteranos. ...

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Strategic Plan Survey

We are in the process of creating a new strategic plan that will guide the work of our school district for the next three years. Our Strategic Planning Committee is requesting your input on a very brief survey - it includes only five questions and should take no more than three minutes to complete. Click here to access the...

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