All life's a stage...but sometimes, you need a real one

C.W. Stanford Middle School in Hillsborough finally broke ground for its new free-standing auditorium—a nice change from using the school cafeteria. And it's been a long time in coming! In its 41-year history, the middle school has never had its own auditorium.
See next week's paper (Feb. 9) for more details about the upcoming theater and how it will affect Stanford Middle School students!
Preview picture—Orange County Schools Superintendent Patrick Rhodes gives applauding students the thumbs up after the ground breaking ceremony.

CWS boys and girls basketball games canceled

This just came across my e-mail: The C.W. Stanford Middle School boys' and girls' basketball games originally scheduled for today, Tuesday, Dec. 14, are canceled and they have not been rescheduled at this time.

emergency training at C.W. Stanford Middle School

A head's up from the school district:

On Saturday, August 21, 2010, from 7:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., Orange County school personnel, law enforcement and emergency responders from Orange County will be conducting an emergency training exercise on the campus of C.W. Stanford Middle School.

During the exercise, you may hear simulated gunfire.  This is part of the exercise and does not represent a threat to the participants or members of the adjacent community.  Live ammunition will NOT be used during the exercise.  This is a necessary part of the training experience for the participants and is not a cause for alarm.

As a part of the training exercise, there will be police cars, sheriff’s deputies, N.C. Highway Patrol cars, ambulances, fire trucks and possibly television news trucks in the general area of the school.

You may also experience traffic congestion on Orange High School Road, near C.W. Stanford, during this time.  Every effort is being taken to reduce or eliminate delays and to ensure that everyone traveling in the area remains safe.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact:

Orange County Schools    919.732.8126
Orange County Sheriff    919.644.3050

For more information please consult the Orange County Schools website @ www.orange.k12.nc.us

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding!

I'll be there, so look for pictures in Wednesday's paper.

FYI: Stanford field day canceled

This just came across my e-mail:

ATTENTION:
C.W. Stanford Middle School - Field & Maintenance Workday – (which was originally scheduled for tomorrow, Sat., Oct. 10th) is CANCELLED for tomorrow, Due to the Treatment of the playing fields. We will reschedule at a later date!

eco classroom update

I received word this morning that the eco classroom and stormwater retrofit project over at Stanford Middle School got some good news: The project received the Lowe's Toolbox for Education Grant for $5,000.

Congrats to everyone who's worked so hard on the project.