Chatham County Schools Notebook

Learn more about the Boys & Girls Club in Chatham County!

To support students and their families whose first language is not their native language, Chatham County Schools created the Global Student Support Center. Dr. Micheal Palmer sat down with us to talk more about what the Center does and its mission. 

To learn more about the Global Students Support Center, call (919) 663-7426.

Mary and Massiah's friendship began over 6 months ago through Virtual Academy. Over those 6 months, they became inseparable and will now travel together through Europe for a couple of weeks. Join us as we learn more about how the friendship between these two girls developed and where they will be traveling. 

If you want to learn more about Virtual Academy, visit www.chatham.k12.nc.us.

This week on the Notebook Podcast, we sat down with Kiley Brown to talk more about her role as the Director for Accountability and Testing. A special shout out to both Susan Hussey and Itzel Ocelot for helping Ms. Brown's transition go as smoothly as possible. #onechatham

Earlier this month, Chatam Central's Mrs. Cassadi Walden was named CCS' 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year. The Notebook podcast was able to speak with Mrs. Walden about teaching, her time at CCS, and what she teaches at Chatham Central.

Chatham Central's Mr. Christopher Hart was named CCS' CTE teacher of the Year. This week on the Notebook Podcast, we talked about his time with CCS, teaching, and how he encourages students to continue on the CTE pathway.

CCS Lead Arts Teacher Sharon Allen chatted with us this week to talk about her role, accolades, and the future of the arts. Come join us this week as we learn more about what the arts have done to impact our students and community!

Last week, North Chatham Elementary School's Nanette Atkinson was chosen as the 2022-23 Instructional Assistant of the year for Chatham County Schools. Join us as we learn more about Ms. Atkinson!

Today, May 6th is Lunch Heroes Day and next week is School Nutrition Week. Listen to our latest podcast episode featuring CCS' Child Nutrition Director, Jennifer Ozkurt. Get to know more about what they do and how they feed our students!

Have you ever wondered how the PTA Thrift Shop helps to support our schools? 

This week we got the opportunity to sit down with PTA board member Keith Stinson to learn more about their mission and what they have accomplished.