Jordan-Matthews High School and Northwood High School joined together to attend the Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference held in Greensboro, NC April 14-16. The students were under the leadership of the following advisors: Ler…
Month: April 2011
J.S. Waters School holds Junior Beta Club induction
The J.S. Waters School chapter of the Junior Beta Club inducted fifteen new members during an annual ceremony on Friday, April 15. Fellow students, staff and family members were in attendance to see these middle school students join the other fifteen m…
Teaching and learning the SMART way at Bonlee School
Students at Bonlee Elementary School are discovering how much fun learning with SMART Boards can be. Prior to this school year, SMART Board were only available in middle school classrooms at Bonlee. With tight budget constraints, the Bonlee PTA stepped…
Photos of the Chatham Pollinator Garden in Pittsboro
Pittsboro, NC – Chatham County Cooperative Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Demonstration Garden in Pittsboro celebrates its third year this year! The garden was designed to provide forage habitat for pollinators such as honey bees, native bees, butterflies, flower flies, hummingbirds, beetles,…
Consumer Reports finds that 94% of shoppers "highly satisfied" with independent drugstores
New drugstore Ratings published in the May issue of Consumer Reports and available online at ConsumerReportsHealth.org reveal that the overwhelming majority (94%) of readers are highly satisfied with their experiences at neighborhood independent drugst…
“They are trying to eat Big Bird”
The hundreds of William Friday’s friends and fans who gathered to hear him speak last week might not have guessed that the institutions he worked so hard to build were threatened by the just-released legislative budget proposals. But he gave them a b…
Bynum Front Porch seeks donations for auction
Dogwoods are in bloom, gardens are turned and ready for seed, and spring cleaning has begun. As you clean and consider letting items find another home, remember that gently used items can be donated for *Bynum Front Porch’s* fall fundraising concert & …
Chatham County to have second annual All-County chorus
Northwood High School will host the second annual Chatham All-County Choral Festival on Tuesday, May 3, at 7:00 p.m. Building on the 2010 inaugural concert, organizer Marilyn Shugart and Chatham County music teachers have added a middle school componen…
Chatham County High School students compete in State SkillsUSA competitions
Students from all four high schools in Chatham Coumty Schools competed in SkillsUSA state competitive events during the state conference held March 30-April 1 in Greensboro. Competition results were announced on Friday morning, April 1. Guadalupe Rodri…
Bonlee School announces character trait award recipients for perseverance
As part of its Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS) and character education program, Bonlee School recognizes Students of the Month who best exemplify each month’s character trait.