Strategic Plan Update

One of the many opportunities bestowed upon the new superintendent as she opened the 2017-18 school year was the creation of a new strategic plan. The current five-year plan, launched in 2013-14, was entering its final year. Because strategic planning is a lengthy and detailed process, Dr. Baldwin knew our school district would need to...

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Smith and Phillips Middle Schools Qualify for MathCounts State Finals

On Friday, February 16, the Smith Middle School MathCounts Team competed against 20 other schools and 160 students in the Orange-Durham Chapter MathCounts Competition. The event was held at the Carolina Student Union and hosted by the UNC Department of Mathematics. Smith won the overall competition, taking eight of the top 10 spots....

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Counselors Visit Firefighting Training Center

The day started unlike any previous Friday for several Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools counselors as they checked into the firefighting lab at Chapel Hill High and received their “gear” for the morning: overalls, jackets, helmets, gloves and goggles - along with light refreshments. The inaugural class of eight firefighting cadets helped...

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Bus Drivers Needed for CHCCS / CHCCS necesita conductores de autobús escolar

Community Outreach for Transportation Department Like many of the other elementary schools in the district, Glenwood celebrated African-American History Month by hosting a Read-In with guest readers, who all shared storybooks, poems and biographies of and by African-Americans. Glenwood’s event took place February 8th and 9th in classrooms...

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Carrboro ES Dismissing at 11 a.m. & No After-School on Feb. 21 / Los estudiantes de la Escuela de Primaria Carrboro salen a las 11 a.m. & No hay programa de después de la escuela el 21/ febrero

Power Outage Closes CES Early on Feb. 21 Power is out at Carrboro ES today due to an issue with an underground line. Duke Energy indicated the repair will take the duration of the day and will require the school to be without power. Students are being dismissed at 11 a.m. and there is no after-school programs today. Thank you for your flexibility. La...

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Glenwood Hosts African-American Read-In

History Month by hosting a Read-In with guest readers, who all shared storybooks, poems and biographies of and by African-Americans. Glenwood’s event took place February 8th and 9th in classrooms and the media center. Nearly every student, K-5th, experienced the gifts offered by more than two dozen readers who included Superintendent Dr....

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CHCCS Student Artists Exhibit at FRANK Outreach Gallery

Ori and Valen Moore, brothers who attend Seawell and Rashkis Elementary Schools, are veteran prize-winners in past Reflections competitions, but they had never had the opportunity to greet the public and discuss their creations in a gallery space, until last week.       The annual PTA Reflections Art competition...

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School in Session on Feb. 19 - NO Holiday / Escuelas en sesión el 19 feb. - NO es un día festivo

February Holiday Canceled The holiday scheduled on Monday, February 19, has been canceled and this day is now a regular school day. This is to make up for the snow day on January 5. Día festivo de febrero ha sido cancelado El día festivo programado para el lunes, 19 de febrero, ha sido cancelado y es ahora un día de escuela regular. Esto...

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Chapel Hill High CTE Student Advances in National Competition

Nadiya Farrington loved art and math as a young child, but it wasn’t until she took a class on Career Explorations at McDougle Middle School that she discovered architecture as a path to blending her two passions. “The fire in her didn’t start at Chapel Hill High,” said Mary Jones, Career and Technical Education Special Populations Coordinator....

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CHCCS Announces 17 Candidates for U.S. Presidential Scholars

Last month the candidates for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program were announced, and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools can claim 16 students in the general category, as well as Nadiya Farrington as the only CTE (Career and Technical Education) Scholars candidate for a total of 17 students. In 2017, the district produced six candidates,...

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