Ms. Bredenberg, a dual language teacher at Jordan Matthews High School, used a Chatham Education Foundation Creative Teaching Grant to purchase copies of a bilingual story book about the mythical kingdom of Arendelle to go along with “Frozen Storytime.”  Frozen Storytime was part of Jordan Matthews High Schools’ North Carolina

Thanks to a $50,000 grant the Chatham Education Foundation received from the Oak Foundation, Chatham County Schools is test piloting an employee affordable housing program called CHOOSE Chatham.  Working with the Community Home Trust, participating CCS teachers will lease five apartments at The Guild in Chatham Park. These two bedroom,

The Chatham Education Foundation is teaming up with Chatham County Schools to provide needed school supplies for students and beginning teachers. You can help by purchasing items from the CCS Amazon Wishlist. Purchases will be delivered directly to CCS. You may also purchase any of the items listed on this

If you have children in Chatham County Schools or if you’ve been following local news, then you know that there was a big push to get, first, our Board of Education to recommend and, then, our Board of Commissioners to increase teacher supplements. Those from other states with fully-funded public

This story was first published in the May 2024 issue of Briar Chapel magazine. In March, I shared a few good websites for finding accurate information about Chatham County. Two of the sites—myFutureNC.org and ncforum.org—indicated that Chatham County’s student to counselor ratio was in need of improvement. At 171:1, the

Imagine walking into a room filled with tables of brand new books and being told you get to pick out and take some home to keep. For book lovers, it’s a dream. For 2,600+ Chatham County Schools’ students, it will be a reality this spring as Chatham Reads—a program of

Each year, the Chatham Education Foundation awards Creative Teaching Grants to Chatham County Schools’ teachers going above and beyond for their students. In the past, CEF has funded projects covering a wide range of educational opportunities from Exceptional Children resources to literacy tools to arts programming to STEM projects to

When the 2023-24 school year began at the end of August, North Carolina’s public schools did not have a budget. That is not okay. Just two weeks prior to the start of school, the General Assembly approved Senate Bill 49, a very complex piece of legislation known as the Parents’

If your kids headed back to school or started kindergarten this fall, chances are at least one of their teachers is either not fully licensed* or experienced (having taught 3+ years). According to a 2023 BEST NC report on teacher pay in North Carolina, 26 percent of Chatham County public

It’s August which means it’s back to school for traditional public school students. While you’re shopping for supplies and filling out endless forms, now’s also the time to start thinking about how you want to be involved in your child’s education as myriad organizations will be vying for your time