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Pilot program combines texting and eating

By Corinne Jurney | March 18

Hill High School will combine two of students’ favorite activities: texting and eating.

Residents voice concerns, charter school opening may delay

By Tyler Clay | March 5

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen will hold a public hearing for a contentious development that would bring a charter school and commercial and residential ...

East Chapel Hill High School holds cyberbullying summit

By Jasmin Singh | February 21

For East Chapel Hill High School junior Erika Franco, Facebook is one of the few ways she can stay connected to her family in Mexico.

New school will focus on Spanish

By Andy Bradshaw | February 13

For years, Carrboro Elementary School principal Emily Bivins has hoped for a dual-language program that would allow students to spend most of their day ...

Rashkis Elementary School's Arts in Action fundraiser.
Emily Zhen

Chapel Hill elementary school raises $7,000 for arts program

By McKenzie Coey | February 10

Rashkis Elementary School raised about $7,000 for the North Carolina Arts in Action program in a fundraiser Friday night.

School discipline shows racial inequality

By Grace Tatter | February 3

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools might be among the strongest in the state when it comes to racial equity, but community members stressed that there ...

Joshua Zhou, Helen Jiang, and Rohan Deshpande (left to right) are students at Phillips Middle School. They are part of a group trying to combat Orange County’s solid waste issues.

Chapel Hill middle school students learn about recycling hands on

By Paige Ladisic | January 24

As part of the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge, the students conducted a classroom trash audit in which they collected and sorted through everything ...

Local schools re-evaluate gun control

By Cammie Bellamy | January 8

As the nation reflects on the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., administrators in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools are discussing ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools consider redistricting plans

By Cammie Bellamy | December 2

With the 2012-13 school year reaching its halfway point, administrators will hear parent feedback tonight on controversial school redistricting plans ...

The Carrboro High football team is playing in the state championship on Friday, after only having a football program for 6 years. They are practicing hard this week in preparation for the big game.

Carrboro High football team set to play for state title

By Wesley Lima | November 29

Five years ago, Carrboro High School first opened its doors and simultaneously christened its first football team, limping to a 2-20 record during its ...

Hannah Leonard for after-school athletics program

By Trevor Casey | November 5

Hannah Leonard wants to bring 6th graders to UNC to connect with athletes and develop more active lifestyles.

Josh Rowsey for after-school poetry program

By Zach Freshwater | November 5

Josh Rowsey wants to see kids jamming to poetry. If he wins Mr. UNC, Rowsey plans to create an after-school poetry program for students in Chapel Hill-Carrboro ...

Local school districts outperform state norms

By Danielle Herman | October 30

Last week, North Carolina released report cards — but not for students. The state published the 2012 North Carolina School Report Cards, which provide ...

Keelin Caffrey and Soleil Garcia-Johnson work on Soleil's class-president campaign posters.

‘Tis election season at Rashkis Elementary School

By Jasmin Singh | October 26

Fifth grade students at Rashkis Elementary School won’t be able to vote in the upcoming presidential election — but they can vote in their own.

Estes Elementary make their way onto Franklin Street in the 16th Annual Walk for Education that took place Saturday afternoon.

Thousands gather Saturday for CHCCS's 16th annual Walk for Education

By Devric Kiyota | October 14

About 30 students wearing dolphin hats from McDougle Elementary School gathered on Saturday for the 16th annual Walk for Education.

Elementary School 11 will be named Northside Elementary

By Tyler Clay | October 11

Elementary School 11 is no longer just a number. At an Oct. 4 meeting, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education agreed to name the school ...

New playground will be built at Glenwood Elementary

By Danielle Herman | October 8

Glenwood Elementary School students will have another reason to look forward to recess after volunteers finish a long-awaited playground reconstruction ...

Students return to school in crowded classrooms

By Graves Ganzert | September 4

Going back to school is stressful for students, but it has proven to be even worse in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. When school began on Aug. 27, ...

Former Chapel Hill High teacher prepares for move

By Katie Reilly | August 23

Bert Wartski spent Tuesday unpacking 19 years of teaching materials as he moved out of Chapel Hill High School and into his new classroom at East Chapel ...

Redistricting plans move forward

By Katie Reilly | August 21

More than 1,000 local elementary school students will go back to school in a different district next year.