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encouraging professional development. “Ms. Sears seeks to establish genuine connections with all of her students and their families,” Ephesus Elementary School Principal Eric Taylor says. “She seeks to ensure her students’ academic and social needs are met whether during virtual or in-person learning.”
Reckford Teaching Prize earlier this year. The $2,000 prize will be used for travel and study opportunities
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Dr. Chris Adigun, board-certified dermatologist and founder of Dermatology & Laser Center of Chapel Hill, and her
family were featured in Coolibar’s spring catalog. They modeled the brand’s sunprotective clothing, which Chris, her husband and their four children wear year-round. Chris Atack was named
Carrboro’s police chief in February. Chris has served the Carrboro Police Department for 22 years and will replace Walter Horton, who retired in January. “We have chosen a leader who will continue to make positive progress toward community policing, equal justice and continuous improvement going forward,” Town Manager David Andrews says. Ivelisse Colón,
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extension family and consumer sciences agent for Orange County, was chosen to participate in the 2021 Agents for Change Leadership Development Program in February. Ivelisse was chosen for her commitment to helping the community and her interest in developing her leadership capacity to address complex problems. The participants meet online monthly and will apply what they learn to a project within their county. Chapel Hill High School junior Perry Kai Sun Tseng won fourth place for violin at the
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2021 Winter Charleston International Music Competition in March. Perry has also been selected to play in the Eastern Regional High School Orchestra, the NC All-State Honors Orchestra and the Duke University String School as part of an honor orchestra. CHM
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School second grade teacher Courtney Sears with the