Pre-K - 12 Education Archives - Page 82 of 101

Dropout Rates Down Across State

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 18, 2015 | Pre-K - 12 Education

The number of high schoolers dropping out of school prior to graduation is down across the state and in our community. The dropout rate in North Carolina public schools hit a record low for the 2013-2014 academic year, according...

Make Up Days Announced for Orange County Schools

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 11, 2015 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Traditional school students in the Orange County School System will add 20 minutes to the end of the instructional day beginning March 16, in a new plan from the Board of Education to make up for days missed due to winter...

Closings and Delays

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 26, 2015 | Pre-K - 12 Education, Safety

Schools: Orange County Schools CLOSED SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28. All Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools activities will be delayed until 10:00 a.m. Saturday. Government: Orange County’s Carrboro Branch Library will be closed...

Schools Forced into Tough Rescheduling Choice

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 26, 2015 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Students in our area have been enjoying many snow days in the last two weeks. But they will have to be made up. A statement from Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools announced makeup days for the rest of the academic year, one of...

CHCCS Under Criticism Following Delayed Announcement

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 24, 2015 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Many parents with elementary and middle school aged children in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools were upset Tuesday morning with the decision to, initially, go forward with classes. Officials then announced parents could pick...

CHCCS Teams with Verizon to Provide At-Risk Students with Internet Access

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 6, 2015 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Chapel Hill – Carrboro City Schools and Verizon are teaming up in an effort to bridge the achievement gap. 120 students throughout the four high schools in the Chapel Hill – Carrboro School District will receive a Google...

Letter Grades Given to NC Public Schools

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 5, 2015 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Schools across North Carolina received letter grades from the Department of Public Instruction on Thursday. Chapel Hill – Carrboro City Schools, as a whole, outperformed their counterparts across the state under the new...

CHCCS Nominated for Green Ribbon

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 4, 2015 | Pre-K - 12 Education

The Chapel Hill – Carrboro City School System has been nominated for a national award for the “green” programs they have implemented. Two school districts in the state have been nominated for the Green Ribbon; the other being...

700,000 Minutes Of Reading? That’s The Goal At Northside Read-A-Thon

Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 25, 2015 | Pre-K - 12 Education

For this year’s Read-A-Thon, Northside Elementary students will each try to read 100 minutes a day for 10 days.

Carrboro HS Students Help Meals On Wheels

Posted by WCHL News | Jan 23, 2015 | Pre-K - 12 Education

The students go to Binkley Baptist Church every month to help Meals on Wheels bag food.

Pre-K – 12 Education

Dropout Rates Down Across State

Make Up Days Announced for Orange County Schools

Closings and Delays

Schools Forced into Tough Rescheduling Choice

CHCCS Under Criticism Following Delayed Announcement

CHCCS Teams with Verizon to Provide At-Risk Students with Internet Access

Letter Grades Given to NC Public Schools

CHCCS Nominated for Green Ribbon

700,000 Minutes Of Reading? That’s The Goal At Northside Read-A-Thon

Carrboro HS Students Help Meals On Wheels

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