Kindergarten students at McDougle Elementary School sell flowers as part of the school’s annual “Bunny Ville” event in teacher Karen Reid’s classroom on Friday. For Bunny Ville, students hosted their own businesses, including a pizza shop, ice cream shop, museum, hospital, flower garden and art jewelry shop, and classroom visitors received $10 in “bunny bucks” to spend on products and services at the students’ businesses. The activity is aimed at teaching students economics, community, cooperative learning and social skills. Photo by Lucy Butcher.

Timothy Tyson, author of Blood Done Sign My Name, will discuss his book and racial challenges at 6:30 p.m. on May 14 in the Carrboro High School Café Commons.

His book tells the story of the racial and sexual tension surrounding a 1970 lynching in his hometown of Oxford.

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Carrboro High School students competed in the 29th annual North Carolina Technology Students of America conference in Greensboro on April 12-15.

Natalie Carpenter and Amy Dreher received first-place awards for Manufacturing Prototype. In addition, Dakota Pahel-Short received a second-place award for Architectural CAD 2D and Aidan Burns and Sally Rothwell won second place for Construction Systems.

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Chapel Hill-Carrboro students recently competed in the 35th Scholastic Chess Championship.

The Rashkis Elementary School Chess Team finished second in the state in their category. Team members are Dane Simon, Hans Singh, Benjamin Senior, Thomas Wang, Joshua Lai, Iyin Battle, Arnav Subramanya, Anida Manocha, Nathaniel Lai and Jeffrey Williams. Dane Simon won second place in the K-5 championship. Carol Holmes is the chess club sponsor.
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The Public School Foundation presented 31 Student Enrichment Grants to staff members from across the district at the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meeting last week.

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Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will hold a meeting to organize a chapter of the Special Education Parent Teachers Association in Chapel Hill on May 14 from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Public Library on Estes Drive.

At the meeting, members will elect officers, enroll charter members, approve bylaws and pay $10 membership dues. In addition, members will have the opportunity to provide input into chapter development and future programming.

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Ten students from Phillips Middle School competed in the State Math Finals at UNC-Greensboro on May 1.

Students who placed in the contest include: Alex Kelly, ninth place in Algebra I; Bernie Almadoss, 13th in Algebra I; Sheila Deng, fifth in Geometry; Yu Wang, eighth in Geometry; Alice Huang, 20th in geometry; William Holub-Moorman, 16th in Algebra II; and Avi Aggarwal, 17th in Algebra II.

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Claire Royals Wilson, a fifth grader at Frank Porter Graham Elementary School, recently received the National Award of Excellence from the PTA’s National Reflections Program.

For the contest, Claire submitted a piece entitled “One Smile” in the intermediate division of the literature category.

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The first People United 5K will be held at Culbreth Middle School on May 17 at 8 a.m.

The race promotes awareness of nonviolence and peaceful interactions within the community and raises money for the Family Violence Prevention Center.

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The Chapel Hill High School Symphonic Band and Percussion Ensemble and Jazz Combos will perform concerts this month in the Hanes Theater at Chapel Hill High.

The Symphonic Band and Percussion Ensemble will perform a concert at 7:30 p.m. on May 13. The concert will feature a new piece performed with visiting eighth-grade band students from McDougle and Smith middle schools.
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Students from Chapel Hill and East Chapel Hill high schools placed in contests at the North Carolina State Leadership Conference in Greensboro, April 24-26.

Chapel Hill High School senior Audrey Vaught finished second in the state in Impromptu Speaking, while Chapel Hill High junior Nick Ludlow finished second in Business Procedures. Both will represent North Carolina at the Future Business Leaders of America National Leadership Conference in Georgia in late June.

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The Orange/Chatham Chapter of the Autism Society of North Carolina and the North Carolina Family to Family Health Information Center of the Exceptional Children’s Assistance Center will hold a free parent training tonight (Thursday) from 6 to 8:30 at Extraordinary Ventures on South Elliott Road.

The training, called Public Health Programs 1, will feature discussion of public programs, including CAP waivers, Medicaid, SSI, EPSDT, Medicare and NC Health Choice.
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Shelia Burnette, principal of Frank Porter Graham Elementary School, graduated on May 1 from the Leadership Program for New Principals offered by the Principals’ Executive Program of the UNC Center for School Leadership Development.
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Turn the lights down and turn the music up: theme is ‘Glow in the Dark’

By Shannon David

Carrboro Commons Writer

“Get pumped CHS juniors because the first ever Carrboro High School prom is here! Get ready to turn the lights down and turn the music up,” read weekly announcements at Carrboro High School.

On May 10, Carrboro High School will hold its first prom, from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Carrboro Century Center.

The student body has been working hard all year to put on this event.

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Morris Grove Elementary School Principal Amy Rickard recently announced that the school’s mascot will be the gecko and the school’s colors will be navy blue and green.

Morris Grove will open on the corner of Dromoland and Eubanks roads in August. More than 150 students who will attend the school voted on the mascot and colors.