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Internship project connects high schoolers and third graders

Junior Alexandra Dye, at the beginning of March, introduced an opportunity—called the Pen Pal Project—for 18 high school students to connect with 18 third...

Kadie Ondrus is voted Chapel Hill High School’s Teacher of the...

Biology teacher Kadie Ondrus has been named Chapel Hill High School’s 2023-2024 Teacher of the Year.  An educator for 12 years, Ondrus began teaching at...

SAT offers first digital exam

The Standardized College Admissions Test (SAT) has gone fully digital after 98 years of scantron bubbles and No. 2 pencils. The shift to digital testing...

Town & World

Record high pollen counts are affecting students

The record for pollen count per square cubic meter of air was broken on March 31 with a record high 16,284 pollen grains. This...

English teacher Tom Stanfa participates in the Marine Corps Educators Workshop

English teacher Tom Stanfa was one of roughly 40 educators who participated in the Marine Corps Educators Workshop in Parris Island, South Carolina from...

Bakery and popular food truck opening brick and mortar locations in...

Two local restaurants are uprooting and expanding their businesses to new spaces. Even Dough Bakery, whose proprietor currently bakes and prepares all goods from her...

Sports

Women’s soccer team honors former Coach Ron Benson to mark ten-year...

A decade ago, longtime Chapel Hill women's soccer head coach Ron Benson announced that it was going to be his final season coaching the...

Wrestling team earns third place in conference

The Chapel Hill High School Tigers wrestling team finished its season with a 6-19 record, placing third in the DC-6 4A conference with a...

Ryan Horton named head football coach

Exceptional Children teacher and 2004 alumnus Ryan Horton has been promoted to head coach of the Chapel Hill High School Tigers football team after...

Arts & Entertainment

Lil Yachty, SZA, 50 Cent, Nicki Minaj and J. Cole headline...

Hustling buskers, $20 mixed drinks, groups of resellers, litters of electric scooters, and sweaty but eager concert-goers marked the entrance to the fourth annual...

New inclusivity mural is in its final stages

A new mural is nearing completion in the lower C building, the fourth to be started since the reconstruction of Chapel Hill High School.  The...

UNC-Chapel Hill sophomore wins take two on Jeopardy!

UNC-Chapel Hill sophomore Rotimi Kukoyi recently became the youngest contestant ever in the Jeopardy!'s "Second Chance" tournament. He originally competed as a freshman in high...

Opinions

The district’s grading policy is hurting students

Chapel Hill High school junior Jane Doe, a real student who wishes to stay anonymous, spent a lot of time studying the night before...

The block schedule is the right schedule for Chapel Hill High...

Imagine a day free from interrupting transitions, ample time to complete homework in class, time in the evening to engage in hobbies and socialize...

State representative’s party switch poses dangers to the LGBQT+ community

On May 16, North Carolina Republicans successfully enacted a new abortion ban, overriding Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of the bill. The ban—which will go...