Every parent of an elementary school student in North Carolina has likely heard and understands the gist of the phrase “Read to Achieve.” In a nutshell it means if a child is not reading proficiently by the end of third grade, they may not be able to advance to fourth

The Women of Fearrington has granted the Chatham Education Foundation $2,500 to expand its Books on Break program to the Nature Trail–an underserved residential community in which close to 100% of the families qualify for free or reduced lunch. The students in the neighborhood attend North Chatham Elementary (NCE), but

This is your beginning-of-school-year reminder that if you want to volunteer in your child’s school, then you need to apply for or renew your Chatham County School Volunteer Application. You can do this on the CCS website. Once a background check has been completed, you’ll be notified of your approval

The Chatham Education Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Emily Boynton as our Finance Manager. In this role, Emily will assist with bookkeeping, processing gifts, managing relationships with vendors, and other operational priorities. Emily has more than 30 years of experience in management roles in both corporate and

Ms. Bredenberg, a dual language teacher at Jordan Matthews High School, used a Chatham Education Foundation Creative Teaching Grant to purchase copies of a bilingual story book about the mythical kingdom of Arendelle to go along with “Frozen Storytime.”  Frozen Storytime was part of Jordan Matthews High Schools’ North Carolina

Thanks to a $50,000 grant the Chatham Education Foundation received from the Oak Foundation, Chatham County Schools is test piloting an employee affordable housing program called CHOOSE Chatham.  Working with the Community Home Trust, participating CCS teachers will lease five apartments at The Guild in Chatham Park. These two bedroom,

The Chatham Education Foundation is teaming up with Chatham County Schools to provide needed school supplies for students and beginning teachers. You can help by purchasing items from the CCS Amazon Wishlist. Purchases will be delivered directly to CCS. You may also purchase any of the items listed on this

If you have children in Chatham County Schools or if you’ve been following local news, then you know that there was a big push to get, first, our Board of Education to recommend and, then, our Board of Commissioners to increase teacher supplements. Those from other states with fully-funded public

This story was first published in the May 2024 issue of Briar Chapel magazine. In March, I shared a few good websites for finding accurate information about Chatham County. Two of the sites—myFutureNC.org and ncforum.org—indicated that Chatham County’s student to counselor ratio was in need of improvement. At 171:1, the

Imagine walking into a room filled with tables of brand new books and being told you get to pick out and take some home to keep. For book lovers, it’s a dream. For 2,600+ Chatham County Schools’ students, it will be a reality this spring as Chatham Reads—a program of