William Spagnardi, principal fellows intern at Seawell Elementary School, has been named assistant principal of Morris Grove Elementary.

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Cat’s Cradle will host a benefit for the Woods Charter School on March 14, featuring performances by Hobex, Great Big Gone and Lynn Blakey and Ecki Heins.

Tickets are $10. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show.

Emerson Waldorf School will hold a benefit auction and dance for the school’s annual fund on March 8 at 7 p.m. at the Barn at Valhalla on Charles Lane in Chapel Hill.

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The Drug and Alcohol Awareness Team and the Chapel Hill Police Department will sponsor workshops on parent education awareness of teen alcohol and drug issues.

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Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools received several awards at the North Carolina School Public Relations Association’s annual Blue Ribbon Awards for Excellence in Communication celebration in January.

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Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will host an Exceptional Children District Parent Night, “Navigating the Special Education Process,” on March 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Carolina Center for Educational Excellence on the Smith Middle School campus.

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The Chapel Hill High School annual Tiger Open Golf Classic fundraiser will be held April 5 at the Challenge Golf Club in Graham.

The 18-hole scramble tournament will include novelty contests, a raffle, prizes and food.

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Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is now accepting registrations for kindergarten students for fall 2008.
Incoming kindergartners must turn five years old on or before October 16. All students entering kindergarten in the fall must have a physical exam prior to the first day of school. A physical exam any time during the year preceding the first day of school is acceptable.

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By Frank Heath
Sports Columnist

Where does one start, with so much happening in this quickly dwindling UNC and ACC basketball season? Any other year, the spectacle of Carolina’s relentless forward Tyler Hansbrough waving as he passes so many legendary names in the basketball record books would be the story of the season. A week ago Hansbrough was leaving Bobby Jones, Mike O’Koren and Walter Davis in his rear view; now he’s 20 points behind Antawn Jamison’s career scoring number. And the way Tyler’s been scoring lately, he could pass Antawn in the first half this Saturday against Boston College! But Hansbrough will be the first to remind anyone that it’s all about winning, above any of that, so we must move on.

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6th Grade

A Honor Roll List:
Alexander Adams, Kathryn Alexander, Emma Anderson, Cameron Baker Anna Baynes, Casey Briggs, Brett Buchman, Anna Cable, Jason Cohn Megan Dell, Torri Derby, Grant DeSelm, Justin Doble, Riley Foster, Camille Gossett, More »

The Orange County Farmers’ Market opens for the first time on Saturday. The market is at The Public Market House at 120 East Margaret Lane, Hillsborough (behind the Sheriff’s department).

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The Orange County Farmers’ Market opens for the first time on Saturday. The market is at The Public Market House at 120 East Margaret Lane, Hillsborough (behind the Sheriff’s department).
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The Community Action Network will host “Water: The Cycle of Life: A Water Resources and the Future of Orange County Symposium,” in which lecturers will present information on Orange County’s water supply and quality. More »

Live by the test scores . . .
There is palpable concern in the air about the reputation of Chapel Hill High School. It might be a good time in the midst of all the concern about tests and cheating to look for a moment at how we’ve judged that school, and all schools for that matter. More »

[Editor’s note: The following is an open letter to Hidden Voices and the participants of The ArtsCenter’s production “Because We’re Still Here (and Moving).”]

Francesca Hyatt

I was deeply moved by the performance this past Friday, and grateful that so many were willing to share their stories. Some of the stories were almost unbearably sad — stories of prejudice and fear, of meanness and ignorance. Some of the stories were beautiful — stories of family and tight-knit community, of providing for each other’s needs, of inter-generational relationships. Some things I learned were alarming; I never understood so clearly until watching the performance how damaging integration policies were to the Northside community. More »