School in Session on April 2 - NO Holiday / Escuelas en sesión el 2 abril - NO es un día festivo

April Holiday Canceled The holiday scheduled on Monday, April 2, has been canceled and this day is now a regular school day. This is to make up for the snow day on January 18. Día festivo de abril ha sido cancelado El día festivo programado para el lunes, 2 de abril, ha sido cancelado y es ahora un día de escuela regular. Esto es para reponer...

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Spring Break, March 26-30 / Vacaciones de primavera, 26-30 de marzo

Spring Break Scheduled Week of March 26 Spring Break for CHCCS is March 26-30. During this week, schools may be working limited hours, with limited staff. Also during Spring Break, Lincoln Center is minimally staffed and operating on a modified schedule: Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30...

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Dr. Baldwin to Deliver State-of-the-Schools Address

Superintendent Pam Baldwin will deliver a state-of-the-schools address on Wednesday, April 11 at 7 p.m. She will discuss the progress made during her first year on the job, as well as next steps and the challenges ahead. The event is being hosted by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro PTA Council and will take place in the Culbreth Middle School auditorium...

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Students Learn Risk Taking by Watching You

At our Convocation in August, I challenged our educators to have fun in the classroom, to take risks and to encourage those around them.  I took a risk with this directive, but I believe by doing these three things, the way students learn and the way teachers teach would make a long-term impact on everyone. When students see their teachers...

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Cisco Networking Academy Offers Opportunity

If you ask most parents and students in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools about the Cisco Networking Academy courses for high school students, unfortunately you’ll hear, “Cisco What?” But if Jennifer Walker and her colleagues at Chapel Hill High have their way, the pathways within the Academy of Information Technology (AOIT) will soon...

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Destruction of Records Notice

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is hereby giving notice that the Exceptional Children’s Department will be destroying non-current records in accordance with state policy (NC 1505-2.15). This message is for students born between December 31, 1984 and December 31, 1990 that received Exceptional Children’s Program (EC) services while attending...

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NCCU Football Players Visit FPG Third Graders

When the third grade students arrived at Frank Porter Graham Bilingue (FPGB) Elementary on Wednesday, March 7, they found a large banner hanging in their hallway: FPGB (loves) the Eagles. A mystery, to be sure. Several young football fans thought maybe the Super Bowl winners were being celebrated, and one student asked why the Patriots weren’t...

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Keep Moving, Keep Taking Risks

Trying and failing are important for every learner.  There’s more to just accepting a failure . . . you have to learn from it.  Life without risk is stagnant and a classroom without risk becomes rote.  Students need to be stimulated and challenged each day in their learning and teachers are leading the way, showing how taking...

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Schools in Session on March 23 - No Teacher Workday / 23 de marzo - Escuelas estarán abiertas y en sesión - No habrá día de trabajo para maestros

Teacher Workday Canceled and Inclement Weather Day on March 23 Because schools were closed on January 17 due to inclement weather, the next Inclement Weather Day to make up any missed school is Friday, March 23.  This means that school will be in session and the Teacher Workday is canceled. Día de trabajo para maestros está cancelado...

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McDougle Dolphins Meet Quinoa (Keen-wah)

The mood was festive and bright on a chilly Thursday in McDougle Elementary School’s atrium, as class after class of Dolphins filed in, one or two at a time; they sat on the floor and learned about whole grains, MyPlate and especially, the star of the day, Quinoa. Advertised by Chartwells Child Nutrition as a sampling and education extravaganza,...

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Schools in Session & Start at Regular Time on March 15 / Escuelas abiertas y a la hora regular el 15 de marzo

Delayed Opening Canceled on March 15 Thursday, March 15, was originally scheduled as a delayed opening for the purposes of staff development. Instead, it is a full school day. Buses will pick up students at their normal times and all schools will begin at their normal start times. The January 19 snow day for students is being made up by...

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Schools Delayed on March 13 / Martes, 13 de marzo - apertura demorada de 2 horas

Schools on 2-Hour Delay Due to overnight freezing and dangerous roads, parking lots and sidewalks, CHCCS will operate on a two-hour delay on Tuesday, March 13 for students and staff. Martes, 13 de marzo - apertura demorada de 2 horas Debido a las posibles condiciones de las vías peligrosas, las Escuelas de las Ciudades de Chapel Hill y Carrboro...

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Schools Closing 2 Hours Early, March 12 / las Escuelas cerrarán dos horas más temprano hoy 12 de marzo

Schools Release 2 Hours Early Due to forecasted inclement weather, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools are closing two hours early today, Monday, March 12. Elementary schools will begin dismissing students at 12:30 p.m., followed by middle schools at 1:10 p.m. and high schools at 1:55 p.m. Pre-K students who use district transportation will...

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What Risk Taking Can Lead to in a Classroom

Everywhere you hear the importance of learning from failure, taking risks and see what comes of them.  Just a few years ago, taking a risk in a classroom could be as simple as Skyping with a class in another country.  Today, that is now commonplace in many classrooms.  So the risks educators take today, could be practice in...

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CHCCS Women Divers Shine in State Championships

The popularity of Women’s High School Diving has quietly been rising in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, and in many regions across the country. Senior Alyssa Wang, state 3A diving champion for 2018, said that she was one of only two divers at East Chapel Hill High when she began competing as a freshman. Now she is mentoring and cheering...

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Taking Risks Is What Learning Is About

By taking risks in classrooms, CHCCS educators are helping students stretch and grow in their learning.  Taking a risk doesn’t always mean you’ll meet your goal, but so much can be learned from failure, the risk is part of what is learned.  When students see their teachers and administrators taking a risk, they know they can take...

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PetPals Serve as Comfort Therapy Dogs in Schools

Pandora the Poodle has become a Carrboro High School Jaguar, joining other PetPalsNC therapy dogs that have been matched with schools in the CHCCS district. Once a week, Pandora checks in to the office with her handler, Ginny Murray, and they set up in the cafe commons for the lunch period. Despite the commotion of noisy teenagers crowding...

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