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Lauren Boening
(right), a third-grade teacher at Morris Grove Elementary, was named the CHCCS Teacher of the Year. She has seven years of teaching experience and graduated from UNC. Terra Hodge, who teaches theater at Culbreth Middle School, and Anna Kohler, who also graduated from UNC and teaches pre-K at UNC Hospital School, were also recognized as Honor Teachers in May at the annual recognition reception.
The Carrboro High School girls soccer team won its third-straight 2A State Championship, shutting out West Stokes High School 3-0 in the final. Team members Laura Sparling, Evie Joseph and Miah Araba scored goals in the final round, with goalkeeper Grace Nanney securing the shutout.
The East Chapel Hill High School Wildcats are WRAL’s 2017 Brain Game champions, after competing against 35 other Triangle teams. Brian Link, who teaches social studies at the high school, led the team – Daniel Cronin, Nikkhil Niranjan, Nick Parker, Vincent Du, Lindsay Nottingham and Sophie Cronin – to their 777-440 victory over Wake County’s Enloe Magnet High School. In May, CHCCS announced the winners of the fourth annual All-High School Fiction and Poetry Contest, started by Application Architects, LLC’s Chris Kubica. Li-Anne Wright, of Chapel Hill High School, won first place in the fiction category. Dina Rubina won second and third place, tying third with Alie Webb (both of East Chapel Hill High School). Chapel Hill High School dominated the poetry category: Delaney Tallett won first place in the poetry category, Judah Kalb won second place and Madelyn Good third.
POSTAL PIZZAZZ Not everyone is lucky enough to have Jaime Rodriguez and his infectious energy delivering the mail every work day (we are!). But now, everyone across the country can watch him star in a U.S. Postal Service commercial in Spanish that’s airing soon in major markets nationwide (and on YouTube). As a rep for the Postal Service said, “Jaime’s engaging personality and enthusiasm for his job made him stand out during the selection process.”
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NEW TO THE WORLD Angelo Marrone, co-owner of Italian Pizzeria III, and wife Samantha SeguraMarrone recently welcomed baby Antony Alberto Marrone into the world.
GIVING BACK
The Chapel Hill Fire Department (CHFD) partnered with the Orange County Department on Aging to assist and educate elderly residents in Chapel Hill with smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in May. CHFD members installed new smoke detectors, showed residents how to check the alarm batteries and provided fire safety tips.
East Chapel Hill High School ninth-grader Taner Richards collected over 100 video games, 10 controllers and 5 consoles from his school and local neighborhoods such as Laurel Hill, and donated them to UNC Hospitals through his nonprofit Good Health Gaming, which aims to ease children’s long hospital stays with video game entertainment. Taner is the son of Seth Richards and Nurum Erdem; his sister Ayla attends Glenwood Elementary. CHM