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Snow days leave hungry kids stranded

By Madeline Reich | March 4

For many families a snow day means sleeping in, playing in the snow and drinking hot chocolate.

Saturday a makeup day for local students

By Kiana Cole | February 20

The giggles erupting from red-nosed, bundled up kids make chilly snow days an enjoyable break from the regular school week — but the days off mean Orange ...

Darren Bell, creator of Chapel Hill Carrboro City School's Community Connection Program speaks at Smith Middle School on Feb. 5.

CHCCS program provides laptops to at-risk students

By Zhai Yun Tan | February 6

Sarahi Gamboa Ramirez failed one of her high school English classes because she couldn’t finish her homework on time. The homework, heavy on research ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools nominateed for environmental honor

By Avishai Halev | February 6

"Shifting normal" — That was the buzzword Dan Schnitzer, sustainability coordinator for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, repeated when discussing ...

Black students suspended five times the rate of white students in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

By Claire Williams | February 5

Simon Lee was relaxing on a bench outside Chapel Hill High School’s library. He says he wasn’t doing anything out of the ordinary — he was gossiping, ...

Ephesus Elementary School counselor honored for data-centered approach

By Haley Ray | February 3

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is moving toward more comprehensive and data-driven school counseling programs — an effort that has earned the district ...

Franklin Porter Graham third grade constructs spaceships in Follett Challenge

By Rachel Herzog | February 2

Allison Stewart had never liked physics much, but watching her third-grade students create their own spacecrafts gave her a new perspective.

Lunch Angels continue paying off overdue lunch debts for students in Durham, Orange counties

By Sarah Crump | January 27

Three business owners have branched into the business of blessings, as they continue to assist area schools in paying off their overdue lunch debts.

Chapel Hill High School students call for gender neutral bathrooms

By Erin Kolstad | December 2

Student leaders of the Campus Y made waves when they designated the first gender-neutral bathrooms on campus in January, and, at just a few years ...

The principal of Northside Elementary, Cheryl Carnahan, stood on the school's roof garden on August 14th, 2014. The garden contains several energy efficient features, including solar tubes and a rainwater cistern.

Northside to be featured at GreenNC symposium

By Morgan Swift | December 1

Two Triangle professionals will be speaking at the GreenNC 2014 symposium in Raleigh Thursday, presenting their work on Northside Elementary.

Students at Northside Elementary School in Chapel Hill ended their anti-bulling week on Friday with a glow-stick dance for the entire school.

Students use dance to help prevent bullying

By Aren Besson | November 24

Strobe lights, dancing children and glow sticks characterized the final day of Northside Elementary School’s Kick for Kindness anti-bullying week. ...

Dr. Kim with High Scholl Students from North Carolina

Carrboro High School revamps international studies program

By Rachel Herzog | November 17

When UNC freshman Eliza Filene was at Carrboro High School, her involvement in the Academy of International Studies took her from Carrboro to Decatur, ...

District gives Apple laptops to CHCCS middle school teachers

By Kerry Lengyel | November 10

Christmas is coming early at four middle schools in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, where faculty and staff will receive new Apple laptops in the coming weeks. ...

The YMCA Boomerang Program provides a place for suspended students to receive mentoring and complete school work. Program Manager Shayne Moore (left) and Program Director Tami Pfeifer hold cards with words used as "themes of the day."

YMCA program Kids Boomerang looking for a permanent home

By Rachel Herzog | November 4

You wouldn’t know it from the name, but employees at the Boomerang program don’t want to see the kids they serve again.

5th grade Art Club students at Morris Grove Elementary painted pumpkins on Tuesday after school for a pumpkin sale that will raise money for United Way. Art Club teacher, Mrs. Becky Springer, said the inspiration for the fundraiser came because "I'm just always looking for a creative outlet for the students...and then it just happened to coincide with United Way."

Fifth graders auction pumpkins for United Way

By Hannah Jaggers | October 22

Morris Grove Elementary School fifth graders have been rolling up their sleeves and rolling out their paintbrushes in anticipation of this year’s pumpkin ...

Orange County considers bonds to fund repairs

By Su Cho | October 14

The Orange County Board of Commissioners is discussing the possibility of placing a bond referendum estimated to be worth between $100 and $125 million ...

Chapel Hill panel pushes bully prevention

By Hannah Jaggers | October 14

Community leaders talked about how to prevent bullying in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools at a panel discussion Monday night — but not many people ...

Chapel Hill High School freshman is rising star on the golf course

By Morgan Swift | September 26

Tell Gina Kim she’s sub-par, and she’ll take it as a compliment.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools redeveloping curriculum, focusing on achievement gap

By Rachel Herzog | September 23

With state data revealing that a large achievement gap among students still exists, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is working with a new partner to ...

New assessment adopted by CHCCS to identify student needs

By Elise McGlothian | September 23

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will now use a student assessment tool that will give teachers immediate feedback regarding a student’s grade-level ...