Schools

Smith Middle School Principal Valerie Reinhardt has been named executive director of school leadership for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools.

Penny Shockley, gifted-education specialist at Ephesus Elementary School, was named one of three North Carolina finalists for the 2010 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching Program.

Eight Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools school nurses and three district high school students traveled to Guatemala over the summer to visit various health care organizations.

Derek Bryant and the Carrboro Jaguars (2-0) continued their habit of prolific offensive production and solid defense in Friday’s drubbing of 3A Orange (0-2). Bryant’s [...]

Chapel Hill High School 2010 graduate Kyla McConnell will hold a silent auction on Sept. 10 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Fleet Street [...]

The U.S. Department of Education announced last week that North Carolina will receive $400 million in Race to the Top funds, which will be divided [...]

Chapel Hill High School will hold an open house today (Thursday) at 6:30 p.m. in the Hanes Auditorium. Parents are invited to meet the principal, [...]

The Chapel Hill High School Booster Club will hold a tailgate party at the CHHS football stadium from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The [...]

Thanks to new grant funding received earlier this summer, Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate is opening the 2010-11 school year with two new full-time staff members and three new temporary staff members.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held last week to mark the opening of Triumph Academy, a partnership of Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Orange County Schools, the Orange-Person-Chatham (OPC) Area Program for mental health and Triumph LLC.

Lincoln Center will sponsor an American Red Cross blood drive on Sept. 2 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Bus schedules change frequently during the month of August, adjusted each time a new student enrolls.