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

Hello! Our community was so generous with their book donations during our last book drive! It is now time to sort the remaining books, so we can distribute them accordingly! If you are available on January 23, please use the following link to sign-up: http://signup.com/login/entry/1057002999605410045 Your help is greatly appreciated!

The Chatham Education Foundation (CEF) is pleased to announce that we awarded over $11,500 in grants to the teachers and staff of the Chatham County Schools. CEF received 22 submissions totaling over $24,000. Grants were awarded in the following categories: Creative Teaching Grants and Media Center Grants. The Chatham Education

Mrs. Amy Doty is the new principal at Perry Harrison Elementary. She grew up in England and came to the United States for college. She began her teaching career as an ESL teacher at an elementary school in Durham. She taught in the classroom for many years before deciding to

SOAR – Literacy Tutoring The Chatham Education Foundation will be hosting volunteer tutors at North Chatham Elementary, Pittsboro Elementary and Virginia Cross Elementary Schools to provide specialized literacy tutoring to help students achieve reading success. Student Oriented Achievement in Reading or SOAR is a program that CEF has developed to

March 2013 Students in Julie Goodberlet’s science class at Margaret Pollard Middle School conducting experiments with state of the art Venier Labquest equipment funded with a 2012 grant obtained by CEF from the Triangle Community Foundation’s program and a previous Progress Energy Foundation grant.   All middle grades science teachers in

A SAGE Academy student discovering Shakespeare’s The Tempest (modern graphic version of the classic text :).  This door of opportunity was  made possible by your Choose Chatham with a CEF grant that supplemented the school’s PTA Matching Grant.  Mrs. Chesney will use these texts with other students so your generous

Chris Ehrenfeld of Governors Club Realty and Domicile Realty was recently presented with a $2500 donation to the Chatham Education Foundation  at the opening ceremony for the new Chatham County Walmart! Chris is a board member of the Chatham Education Foundation and an avid supporter of the charitable organization.