Sherry Thurman is a middle school teacher of exceptional children (EC) at Bonlee School. Her daughter, Leann Dunn, is an EC teacher at Chatham Central High School. (Students in the Exceptional Children program may have a disability or are gifted but need special education services.) Together, the mother/daughter duo submitted a grant

Each year, the Chatham Education Foundation awards Creative Teaching Grants to teachers across the county seeking to bring innovative resources, not available through the district’s budget, to their students. This year, CEF received 31 applications–a record number–totaling more than $36,000. CEF was able to fully or partially fund 29 of

Emmanuel Hernandez grew up the eldest of five children whose parents did not speak English and completed their education in the equivalent of 6th grade before moving to the US from Mexico. While Emmanuel knew in elementary school that he wanted to be a doctor, he had no idea how

The Charles M. and Millicent P. Brown Family Foundation granted $24,500 to the Chatham Education Foundation in support of AVID–a national academic success and college readiness system. The funds were used to send more than 25 Chatham County Schools’ educators to AVID’s three-day Summer Institute. According to Christopher Poston, CCS

RTI International has granted the Chatham Education Foundation $3,500 in support of AVID–a national academic success and college readiness system. The grant will be used to fund tutors to assist Chatham County Schools students in the AVID program with their academic coursework. Dr. Angela Quick, a senior vice president at

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

Each year, the Chatham Education Foundation awards Creative Teaching Grants to Chatham County Schools’ teachers going above and beyond for their students. In the past, CEF has funded projects covering a wide range of educational opportunities from Exceptional Children resources to literacy tools to arts programming to STEM projects to

If your kids headed back to school or started kindergarten this fall, chances are at least one of their teachers is either not fully licensed* or experienced (having taught 3+ years). According to a 2023 BEST NC report on teacher pay in North Carolina, 26 percent of Chatham County public

The Chatham Education Foundation’s (CEF) mission is to engage our community as public school advocates and to raise funds and resources to support innovation and education excellence in the Chatham County Schools. In our continued efforts to accomplish our mission, we are pleased to announce that we awarded almost $10,000

The Chatham Education Foundation (CEF) seeks community support for public education to provide supplemental resources to the Chatham County Schools. We do this through individual and business donations, as well as grants from organizations. Recently, three generous organizations granted funds to CEF and changed lives! Duke Energy and the Dollar