Gene Galin for School Board

Want to know what school sports teams are playing? When? Where?
Interested in other school activities beyond sports?
You can find loads of information about what is going on at Northwood High School by taking a look at their school calendar at http://freecal.brownbearsw.com/NHS_Calendar
I love the wealth of information that is available and keep the bag bookmarked.
BTW, [...]

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Video clip of the Northwood Football Jamboree at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l4B5mkBYuU
Note: this is a compilation of brief clips I shot on the field. It isn’t pretty, but it gives you an idea of what went on. If you have high-speed internet go with the higher quality version.

If you weren’t there you missed a good time as five [...]

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North Carolina has released the 2007-2008 4 year and 5 year high school graduation rates. The four year rate relates to the number of students who started 9th grade in 2004-2005 school year and graduated by this July (within 4 years). The five rate rate relates to student who started 9th grade in 2003-200 school [...]

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Project Graduation relies on a true community effort. Listed below are the final numbers for Project Graduation 2008 as of June 16, 2008:
Number of Donors - 127
Number of Volunteers - 67
Total Budget ­
Beginning Balance - $1,754.13
Deposits - $17,634.00
Expenses - $7,043.59
Cash Prizes ­-
General
$5,450.00
35 - $100
37 - 50
5 - 20
Grand Prize
6,000.00
End Balance - $894.54
Total value or other [...]

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[ July 21, 2008 to July 25, 2008. ] The Northwood Theatre Arts department will hold its annual summer drama camp at Northwood High School July 21-25. Camp hours are from 8:30 a.m. until noon. The camp fee will be $125 per child (multiple child discount offered) and will include theatre work, show royalties, camp t-shirt, daily snacks, and a tremendous amount of fun. [...]

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The Chatham County Board of Education held a meeting on Monday, April 14, 2008, at the central office.
Board Chair Kathie Russell announced Robert Logan as the new Superintendent of Chatham County Schools.  Logan will begin working in the district in early May.  Until then, a transition team will act with leadership being with assistant superintendents [...]

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[ June 13, 2008 11:00 pm to June 14, 2008 6:00 am. ] Since 1990, Project Graduation has been an annual event for graduating seniors from all three high schools. Seniors and their guests enjoy a fun-filled evening with music, games and plenty of food in a safe graduation celebration that is alcohol and drug free. This year, several “carnival games” have been added to create a more [...]

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[ April 12, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] On April 12, 2008, the NHS Arts Education Foundation is presenting a Benefit Concert & Auction at Northwood to fund scholarship awards and to raise additional funds to invest for future years. We plan to award five $1000 scholarships each year—one each to recognize superior achievements in Choral Music, Dance, Drama, Instrumental Music, and Visual [...]

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Just passing along this request -
As we clean out our homes for spring cleaning or corporate offices are often refurbished during this time of the year, hopefully we can help our Northwood teachers and faculty.  As we complete our income tax filing for this year also think about making a cash donation or purchasing some [...]

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On Tuesday, March 18th, immediately following the Curriculum Fair (6:00-7:30 pm) at Northwood High School, there was a
2008 Chatham County School Board Candidates Forum in the multimedia room.
All five candidates from Districts 1 (Norman Clark’s seat) and 2 (Holly Duncan’s seat) attended the event.
The hostess of the event was NW PTSA president Beverly Sizemore.

We were [...]

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