Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Lunch Menus

Sept 12 — 18

Elementary
Friday — Whole Grain Spaghetti w/ Meat Sauce & Garlic Bread; Corn Dog; California Mixed Vegetables; Sweet Yellow Corn; Banana Pudding
Monday — Hamburger on a Bun; Fish Nuggets; Lettuce & Tomato Salad; Tater Tots; Peas & Carrots; Fresh Apple Halves
Tuesday — Three Cheese Baked Rotini w/Garlic Bread; Chicken Fajita w/Salsa & Sour Cream; “Fun on the Run”; Vegetable Rice; Steamed Broccoli; Chilled Peaches
Wednesday — Chicken Patty Sandwich; Baked Potato w/Meat & Cheese and Wheat Roll; Traditional Mixed Vegetables; Pineapple Tidbits; Chocolate Pudding
Thursday — Baked BBQ Chicken; Grilled Cheese Sandwich; “Fun on the Run”; Baked Beans; Collard Greens; Grapes

Middle & High
Friday — Pork Rib-B-Q on a Bun; Macaroni & Cheese w/Wheat Roll; Traditional Mixed Vegetables; Pineapple Tidbits; Fresh Banana
Monday — Chicken Nuggets w/BBQ Sauce; Beef & Cheese Nachos w/Salsa; Baja Black Beans; Chilled Apricots; Fresh Orange
Tuesday — NC BBQ Pork Sandwich; Turkey, Dressing & Gravy w/Wheat Roll; Coleslaw; Green Beans; Chilled Pears
Wednesday — Meatball Sub; Sweet & Sour Chicken; Brown Rice Pilaf; Asian Mixed Vegetables; Fruited Gelatin
Thursday — Fried Chicken w/Wheat Roll; Mozzarella Cheese Sticks w/Marinara Dipping Sauce; Carrot & Celery Sticks; Broccoli; Fresh Orange

By Mary Lide Parker
Staff Writer

A proposal to provide the iPod touch to a select group of students at Culbreth Middle School has students and Principal Susan Wells excited about the potential of a new learning tool.

Last night (Wednesday) the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education was scheduled to vote on the proposal to provide the iPod touch to the 54 students currently enrolled in the Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID) program. AVID is a year-long elective that helps prepare students for college by teaching organization skills.
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Teacher of the year
Nicole Deinert, an autism teacher at Phillips Middle School, has been named Teacher of the Year by the Arc of North Carolina.
The Arc is a community based organization supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Local donations
Chapel Hill Taxi and TCBY have entered into partnerships with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation. Chapel Hill Taxi contributes a dollar from each fare to the foundation’s Achievers’ Fund and Carolina Covenant. The Achievers’ Fund supports students who need additional academic assistance or enrichment after school hours or in the summer, and the Carolina Covenant provides scholarships to UNC students.
In addition, TCBY will provide 10 percent of all purchases on the second Tuesday of each month to the foundation, starting Sept. 9.

Teachers shop free
Nearly 270 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools teachers shopped at the East Chapel Hill Rotary Teacher Supply Store from Aug. 18 to 20, using $100 vouchers to purchase items for their classrooms at no cost to them.
Bryan Properties provided the space for the store at Dawson Hall on the VilCom campus. More than $28,000 worth of school supplies was available for the teachers.
Items in the store were purchased using a $10,000 grant from Staples on Franklin Street, funds from the East Chapel Hill Rotary Club and gifts from other businesses and individuals. Staples on Franklin Street and A Sea of Learning provided discounts for the items purchased from their stores.
About 95 percent of eligible teachers shopped at the supply store. The store was open to all elementary classroom teachers, family specialists, pre-K teachers and self-contained exceptional-education teachers.

Education walk
The 12th annual Walk for Education will be held Oct. 18 at 3 p.m. at McCorkle Place on the UNC campus.
For the walk, school groups, clubs, sports teams and individual students can collect donations or contributions for their schools. All students and their families are invited to participate in the walk, which will start at McCorkle Place and follow Franklin Street to the Lincoln Center on Merritt Mill Road, where a variety of booths with activities, food and entertainment will be set up.
Shuttles to and from the walk will be available from Phillips and Culbreth middle schools.
The Race for Education will begin the same day at 9 a.m. in front of McCorkle Place. The race, a 5K, will wind through the UNC campus and nearby residential areas. Participants can pick up race packets starting Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on the day of the race from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at McCorkle Place.
All ages are welcome, but children under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Carrboro High tailgate
Carrboro High School will hold a football tailgate party on Sept. 13 at 6 p.m.
The Carrboro High Parent-Teacher-Student-Association will serve Jim’s Famous Barbecue in the grassy area between the school and the football field for $7 a plate. The football team will be introduced, and the band and cheerleaders will perform.
Participants should bring a chair for the tailgate and the game.

College fair
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools will hold their annual college fair on Sept. 23 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Dean Smith Center on the UNC campus.
A number of college representatives will be available to answer questions about their schools. The event is targeted toward juniors and seniors, but all are welcome.

CHS Trunk sale
The Carrboro High School football team will hold a trunk sale and silent auction extravaganza on Sept. 27 from 7 a.m. to noon in the school parking lot to raise money for the team.
Participants can rent a space to sell their stuff for $15 or two spaces for $25. The team will offer free advertising and help in setting up at the event. The team will also accept donations of items to sell and will pick up donated items.
The event will also feature concessions, music, games and a raffle.
For more information or to reserve a space, contact Amy Pinney at pinneytuna@aol.com.

Susan Dickson
Staff Writer

Despite a couple of traffic jams and a few desks that were a little too small, the first day of school for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools was a smooth start to the school year.

“It was a quiet opening of school, which is a good thing,” said Todd LoFrese, assistant superintendent for support services for the district. “It’s good to see the kids with smiles on their faces arriving to school.”
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ELEMENTARY

Tuesday — Cheese Ravioli w/ Garlic Bread; Chicken Taco w/ Salsa, Cheese, Lettuce & Tomato; Seasoned Pinto beans; Mexicali Corn; Fresh Orange Wedges

Wednesday — Chicken Patty Sandwich; Beef & Macaroni w/ Wheat Roll; Seasoned Green Beans; Steamed Carrots; Chilled Fruit Cocktail

Thursday — Herb baked chicken w/ Wheat Roll; Ham & Cheese Melt on Whole Wheat; Mashed Potatoes; Turnip Greens; Mandarin Oranges

Friday — Cheese Pizza; Pepperoni Pizza; Turkey & Cheese Wrap; Garden Salad w/ Dressing; Traditional Mixed Vegetables; Pineapple Tidbits

MIDDLE & HIGH

Tuesday — Pork Egg Rolls; Mozzarella Cheese Sticks w/ Marinara Dipping Sauce; Brown Rice Pilaf; Asian Mixed Vegetables; Chilled Apricots

Wednesday — Steak & Cheese Hoagie; Chicken Salad w/ Wheat Crackers; Lettuce & Tomato Salad; Carrot & Celery Sticks; Steamed Broccoli; Fresh Banana

Thursday — Ham & Cheese Sub; Turkey. Dressing & Gravey w/ Wheat Roll; Lettuce & Tomato Salad; Sweet Potatoes & Apples; Seasoned Lima Beans; Chilled Pears

Friday — Whole Grain Spaghetti w/ Meat Sauce & Garlic Bread; Hot Dog w/ Chili; Coleslaw; California Mixed Vegetables; Banana Pudding

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools will hold their annual college fair on Sept. 23 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Dean Smith Center on the UNC campus.

A number of college representatives will be available to answer questions about their schools. The event is targeted toward juniors and seniors, but all are welcome.

Carrboro High School will hold a football tailgate party on Sept. 13 at 6 p.m.

The Carrboro High Parent-Teacher-Student-Association will serve Jim’s Famous Barbecue in the grassy area between the school and the football field for $7 a plate. The football team will be introduced, and the band and cheerleaders will perform.

Participants should bring a chair for the tailgate and the game.

by Susan Dickson
Staff Writer

CARRBORO — Though quite different from the original Morris Grove School, the new elementary school bearing Morris Hogan’s name would likely make him proud.

Morris Grove Elementary School will open its doors to about 500 students on Monday, commemorating the school for black students that closed more than 50 years ago. The new school, located on the corner of Eubanks and Dromoland roads in Carrboro, stands near the two sites of the old Morris Grove School.
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Chartered in 1909 as the Chapel Hill Graded-School District, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools has certainly seen its share of growth and change over the century.

This year, the district will host a number of commemorative and educational events in celebration of Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools’ 100th birthday.
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The Chapel Hill-Carrboro PTA Council and University Mall will host the annual Back-to-School Day at University Mall on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Representatives from each Chapel Hill-Carrboro school will be on hand to talk with parents and students, and parents will be able to join their school’s PTA. In addition, representatives from middle and high school booster clubs will be there to talk about sports opportunities and to sell school-spirit items.
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The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation last week received a $10,000 grant from the Staples Foundation for Learning.

Funding from the grant will support the East Chapel Hill Rotary Club Teacher Supply Store, which enables teachers from Chapel Hill-Carrboro City schools to obtain free school supplies for their students. The store, which opened its doors earlier this week, will help ensure that all students, including those in self-contained exceptional-education classrooms and those from low-income families, receive the educational tools needed to inspire them to learn and succeed.
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Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools needs volunteers for a variety of school programs.

Training for volunteers will begin in September. To register for training, call 967-8211, ext. 281, or email mshaver@chccs.k12.nc.us. Registration and more information about various opportunities is also available online at www.chccs.k12.nc.us. Selected volunteer opportunities include:
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The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1909, will turn 100 on May 4, 2009. To commemorate the district’s centennial, CHCCS will conduct a few events each month.

The celebration will kick off with the Back-to-School Convocation for staff members at Chapel Hill Bible Church on Wednesday. The convocation will focus on the district’s past, present and future. The past will be captured in a video production, while the present will be discussed through the vehicle of the district’s new strategic plan. The future will be discussed by keynote speaker David Warlick, a nationally-recognized expert in the area of technology and 21st century skills. Staff members will receive a commemorative pin and a copy of the strategic plan.
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As a result of rising food and fuel costs, meal prices will increase this year in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools cafeterias. Price increases do not affect students who receive free and reduced price meal benefits.

Breakfast prices increased by five cents, to $1.10 for students and $1.55 for adults.
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Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will open two special facilities this year to serve students and families for whom English is a second language.

A Welcome Center will open on the Lincoln Center site in a mobile unit. The district’s English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) Coordinator and translator will move into this space, along with a secretary and an ESL teacher who will be on loan from one of the schools.
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