Banner Year for Cape Hatteras Elementary School
North Carolina State Board of Education member Kathy Taft came to Cape Hatteras Elementary School to recognize CHES as an Honor School of Excellence on Tuesday, December 15. Taft presented a banner to school personnel on behalf of the NC Department of Public Instruction at a school-wide assembly. Cape Hatteras Elementary School qualified for the honor by demonstrating high growth and achieving a composite proficiency score of 92 percent for school year 2008-2009. Only three schools in the Northeast Region of North Carolina and only 122 statewide qualified to receive this top state recognition. From left: Kathy Taft, CHES Principal Ray Gray, Director of Elementary Instruction Judi Hornbeck, Dare County Board of Education Chairman David Oaksmith, Cape Hatteras Board of Education member Anthony Fletcher, and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Sue F. Burgess.