Chatham Education Foundation interview with Chair Chris Ehrenfeld February 18, 2016 by Jamie Garett Chatham County, NC – Since 1993, the Chatham Education Foundation (CEF) has partnered with local residents, businesses and foundations to enhance educational opportunities for Chatham County Public schools and strengthen Chatham County communities through their work. CEF does this by supporting programs that increase teacher effectiveness,
Galloway Ridge recently invested in the Chatham County Schools by providing the Chatham Education Foundation (CEF) with a $3,000 grant. This money will support the schools of Chatham County by investing in CEF’s Aspiring Educator Scholarship program. Scholarships will help encourage and support future educators from Chatham County Schools. With
The Chatham Education Foundation (CEF) is thrilled to announce the winners of its 2105 Grants. At this year’s grant ceremony we not only awarded our Creative Teaching Grants but two other opportunities. Thanks to the Duke Energy Foundation, this year we were able to add one additional grant for teachers,
The Chatham Education Foundation (CEF) is excited to announce a grant received from the Duke Energy Foundation for $30,000 for a countywide collaboration, Chatham Reads. Literacy can make or break one’s education and workforce aspirations, and Duke Energy is helping take a stand in Chatham County. A few quick statistics
How Wheelchair Accessible Gardens are Bringing Students Together Marguerite Fields, of Jordan Matthews High School, is one of our grant recipients who used the funds generously contributed by our donors to purchase a handicap accessible Rolling Garden Kit for her the school. This was a multi-class project. The carpentry students
How long have you been with Chatham County Schools (CCS)/ Jordan Matthews (JM) High School? I came to CCS five years ago. I was hired on July 1st 2010 as the principal of Jordan-Matthews High School. Where did you work prior to Jordan Matthews High School? Prior to JM I
This month the Chatham Education Foundation hosted the Showcase of Schools event at Northwood High School. For those of you who were able to attend, thank you for your support of the Chatham County Schools. I hope you learned something new and were able to see the breadth of opportunities
Through a charitable donation provided by Briar Chapel Newland Communities, the Chatham Education Foundation (CEF) will be able to help Northwood High School meet it’s funding goal for several STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) programs that would have otherwise been unattainable. Funding supported programs including: Envirothon. Multiple teams from NHS will
