May 12, 2025 Board Notes Are Now Available!
Catch up on the latest from the Chatham County Board of Education’s regular session.
🌞 Summer Hours Approved: Staff will transition to a 4-day, 10-hour workweek from June 16–August 11 to support energy savings and family-friendly scheduling.
🏆 Celebrating Excellence: The district honored top-performing student-athletes, high-achieving scholars, and the exceptional April honorees for character, service, and leadership.
🔗 View all the highlights and official actions here: https://www.chatham.k12.nc.us/article/2217653
#ONEChatham
✅ Tomorrow, Friday, May 16, is a Teacher Workday — no school for students.
🏃♀️ Due to heavy rain earlier this week and the resulting trail and track conditions, the Exceptional Strides for Exceptional Students 5K scheduled for Saturday, May 17 has been postponed.
📅 A new fall date will be announced soon.
Thank you for your continued support of ONE Chatham!
A reminder to our Chatham County Schools families:
Tomorrow, Friday, May 16th is a Optional Teacher Workday, no school for students. #OneChatham
🎨 What a night! George Moses Horton Middle students lit up the stage and gallery for their Night for the Arts! From powerful performances to stunning student artwork, the talent on display was outstanding! #OneChatham
👠 We followed the Yellow Brick Road to see Margaret B. Pollard Middle's magical performance of the Wizard of Oz! 🌈 There's no place like #OneChatham
We are excited to announce that The NAMM Foundation has recognized Chatham County Schools for its commitment to music education with the Best Communities for Music Education for the seventh year in a row! A special thank you to all who support the Arts in our schools and our community. #OneChatham
ICYMI: Last night, we proudly recognized our 2025–26 Educator of the Year Award recipients! Please join us in celebrating these outstanding educators whose passion, innovation, and dedication make a lasting impact across Chatham County Schools.
Read more about it 👉: https://www.chatham.k12.nc.us/article/2204578
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🎨 What an inspiring day at Jordan-Matthews High as we celebrated creativity, talent, and joy at our EC Art Festival — a beautiful showcase of artwork by our incredible students. #OneChatham
☀️ We're proud to announce our 2025-26 Educator of the Year Award Recipients:
Mary Margaret Dark, Chatham Central High School
Lindley Andrew, George Moses Horton Middle School
Adam Lutterloh, Northwood High School
Nikki Emerson, Moncure School
Amy Seitz, Siler City Elementary School
These exceptional individuals have been selected for their unwavering commitment to students, innovation in the classroom, and dedication to advancing excellence in education across our schools. #OneChatham
Today we honor our school nurses! Thank you for your compassion, care, and commitment to keeping our students healthy and ready to learn. #OneChatham #NationalSchoolNurseDay
🐠 North Chatham Elementary’s performance of Finding Nemo was o-fish-ally amazing! The student performers put on the show in front of their peers yesterday and did a superb job. Two fins up! #OneChatham
¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo from Chatham Middle! Yesterday, the community celebrated Cinco de Mayo with student performances, the Torta House, Pelican Snoballs and more! #OneChatham
We invite you to read Superintendent Jackson's letter of gratitude to our teachers this Teacher Appreciation Week at https://bit.ly/ccs_teacher_appreciation_2025!
☀️ It's TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK! We cannot do what we do in our schools without our TEACHERS! We love every one of you and what you do for our students. Thank you. #OneChatham
Our Chatham Grove Elementary School Choir performed the National Anthem at tonight's Durham Bulls game! #ONEChatham #PlayBall
Waiting outside with a Chatham Grove Elementary choir student and family - excited for them perform the National Anthem and for the Durham Bulls to play ball! #ONEChatham
✍️ The Young Authors Ceremony was a page-turning success, full of proud families, creative students, and amazing stories! Congratulations to all the Young Authors Program winners, and a standing ovation to every young writer who submitted their work. #OneChatham
Congrats to our April Power of One award winner, Ms. Melinda Chase at Chatham Central High. Her nominator said:
"Ms. Melinda Chase is our CCHS cafeteria manager and she truly embodies the Power of One. She is always willing to pivot so that we can serve our students and always meets the needs of our school. Ms. Chase greets everyone with a friendly smile and the cafeteria always has a welcoming atmosphere. You can often find her in the line serving students and some just stop by to say hey! She goes above and beyond to build relationships with students and staff and has worked hard to train her new team this year. We are so fortunate to call her ours!" #OneChatham #BearDown
📚 Join the Young Authors Culminating Ceremony livestream tonight at 6:00 PM! #OneChatham
🔗: https://www.youtube.com/live/32hl04aBuWA
Congrats to our April Champions of Character Winner - Clara Jane (CJ) White from Perry Harrison Elementary! The character word for April was respect/compassion.
Her nominator said:
"CJ is a model of Respect and Compassion. Without prompting or personal gain she spent months crafting creatively designed homemade "Stanley cups" for every staff member at Perry Harrison School as a gift of respect and appreciation for the years she has spent here as a student. She was careful to include the entire staff, noting appreciation for all members of the team, support staff to teachers and school leaders. She showed grit and determination to stick with such a huge undertaking, and compassion beyond her years by including not only her own teachers, but appreciation for the whole community who work together as a team to keep our school running smoothly. This project was huge, but it was only one example of how CJ carries herself.
She is kind, thoughtful, inclusive, and compassionate to her fellow students, respectful to staff and peers, and a model student in our community. We are very proud to call her a Mariner. " #OneChatham
