'Tis the season for carnivals and plays. * Lead Mine Elementary School at 8301 Lead Mine Road is hosting a fall carnival at 5:30 p.m. today. Call 870-4120 for more information.

* Wildwood Forest Elementary School at 8401 Wild Wood Forest Drive will host its fall carnival at 11 a.m. Saturday. For more, call 713-0600.

* Catch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at 7 p.m. tonight, Saturday, Oct. 13 and Oct. 15 at Wake Forest-Rolesville High School, 420 W. Stadium Drive. Tickets are $6; $5 for students with identification. Call Sue Pelliccia at 612-7280 or sjpelliccia@aol.com.

Interested in the future of high schools?

The Regional Focus Groups on High School Redesign will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 17 at the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce at 800 Salisbury Street and Oct. 18 at the Morrisville Chamber of Commerce at 260 Town Hall Drive. The program is sponsored by the Wake Education Partnership and the Wake schools' smaller learning communities.

For more information, contact Candace Atkins at 821-7609 or catkins@wakeedpartnership.org

Millbrook High School's PTSA is asking those with some Wildcat pride to help build the Wildcat Walkway near the school's flagpole. This is a chance to have an engraved brick in honor of a student, family or teacher that will line the entrance of the school.

The deadline for brick orders is Nov. 4. The bricks will be installed in the spring.

Contact Jody Gross at 846-0319 or wildcatwalkway@aol.com