This summer, Chatham Reads, a program of the Chatham Education Foundation and Chatham County Schools, is partnering with CORA to provide free books at five of their 13 SNACK! distribution sites. When families come to pick up their groceries, each child can choose a book to take home and keep. 

In April, Central Electric Membership Corporation (CEMC) partnered with the Chatham Education Foundation (CEF) to bring Books on Break to Moncure School. Organized by Chatham Reads, a program of CEF and Chatham County Schools, Books on Break is a free book fair in which students from pre-K to fifth grade

Reading should be fun! This was the theme of Books on Break, which brought free book fairs to seven of Chatham County Schools’ elementary schools in low-income communities in April and May. Whether students were into silly stories, exciting mysteries, magical worlds, or real-life facts, there was a book to

New Horizons Downtown has given $7,500 to the Chatham Education Foundation (CEF). Catherine McLeod, store owner, said the impetus for the gift came because she had been wanting to turn her attention to supporting a few organizations financially and CEF board member Howard Fifer had been in the right place

Here is what we know. The Department of Education is responsible for ensuring our most vulnerable students receive a quality, accessible education. This order will have far reaching impacts in our rural and low-income communities and on children with disabilities and special needs. In Chatham County, 16% of our school

Photos courtesy of Self-Enhancing Education and Development Services (S.E.E.D.S.) On Saturday, November 23, Chatham Reads, a program of the Chatham Education Foundation and Chatham County Schools, gave away 130 children’s books at the Holiday Hub. The event was held at Washington Park in Siler City and was a collaboration of

The Chatham Education Foundation (CEF) has received a $4,375 grant from the Galloway Ridge Chatham County Charitable Fund to host a free book fair for children at the Nature Trail in May 2025. The Nature Trail is a mobile home community of approximately 200 Latino families whose children attend North

Haga clic aquí para la versión en español Meet Alirio Estevez, a Chatham County resident and Chatham County Schools ESL teacher. Hailing from Colombia, South America, Alirio has lived in Chatham County for eight years and in North Carolina since 2000 when he and his wife Mary Prada, along with

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