“I wish I would have had someone to help me out from the very beginning, [starting] freshman year. [Someone] to tell me the importance of a higher education,” Symone Morales said, thinking back on her journey to college. Morales is a Durham native, born and raised in the Bull City. She has lived all over the area, with addresses on… Read more →
Providing youth and children with the power to prevent destructive behavior in themselves and their friends is the goal of many youth organizations in Durham. Playworks Durham and Durham Together for a Resilient Youth (T.R.Y.) work to promote community change by supporting local youth. Playworks Durham Playworks Durham, at 119 Market St., strives to improve the way children interact by… Read more →
¿Hablas español? The staff and members of the Lakewood YMCA in Durham want the community to know they do. The La Voz (The Voice) Spanish-speaking Advisory Committee aims to address the needs of the Latino community in the surrounding neighborhoods, as well as the greater city of Durham. The idea for the committee began as part of a project design initiative… Read more →
As Donald visited a Wright brothers exhibit, he made an important realization. Donald, a fifth-grader at Y.E. Smith Elementary School, learned the Wright brothers invented a lot of things before finally making the world’s first successful airplane. The exhibit quickly became his favorite part of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Samantha Cole knows this because she… Read more →
It is not every day you see a classroom full of mannequin heads; some with short hair, some with long hair and others with no hair. It is also not an everyday occurrence to see a classroom with no desks or shelves full of textbooks. In this class there is not even a chalkboard or projection screen, yet over 23… Read more →
East Durham Children’s Initiative, or EDCI, is looking for community volunteers to help with the upcoming Summer Feeding Program. The program is beginning on Jun. 8 and ending Aug. 25. It will take place every Monday through Friday at 107 North Driver St. Pre-packaged breakfasts and a hot lunch will be served every day. Children and families living in the… Read more →
Clean Energy Durham, a nonprofit organization focused on cutting energy usage and costs in neighborhoods throughout North Carolina, is working to promote energy efficiency through interactive workshops. Last year, employees produced a teaching program called Pete Street, which the organization sells to different communities in the state. So far, Durham, Chapel Hill, Wilson and Siler City are all licensed to… Read more →
For many years, the teachers at Northern High School have survived off of little appreciation. While an occasional free box of tissues is nice, it is not enough. The teacher of the month award has given life back to Northern’s faculty. “[The award] is fantastic because teachers have such an important job, but the best part about that award is… Read more →
For one night only, nearly 600 Durham public school children will occupy the stage of the Durham Performing Arts Center. At 7 p.m. on Feb. 21, elementary, middle and high school students from across the district be featured in “An Evening of Entertainment,” a fundraiser for the Durham Public Schools Scholarship Foundation. The event, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this… Read more →
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