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Raymond Gao, left, and teammate Kevin Bowerman hold the first-place trophies they won in the National School Scrabble Tournament this month in Washington, D.C. The Smith Middle School students, both of whom live in Chapel Hill, split the $10,000 grand prize.

Chapel Hill team reaches Scrabble stardom

To get really good at Scrabble, you have to play a lot of Scrabble. That’s the winning strategy from Kevin Bowerman and Raymond Gao, eighth-graders at Smith Middle School in Chapel Hill who as a team won the 2013 National School Scrabble Championship this month.

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Meredith announces top scholarships

Meredith College in Raleigh has awarded some of its top scholarships to high school seniors in the Triangle.
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Students help in N.C. House

Gabriel Johnson of Clayton and DeMarcus Lucas of Raleigh recently served as pages for a week in the N.C. House of Representatives.
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Local students assist senators

Pages serve for one week, attending Senate sessions and committee meetings and assisting staff members with clerical duties. Garrett, Ekaterina and Zachary were sponsored by Sen. Phil Berger. Christina was sponsored by Sen. Tamara Barringer and Dee Ann was sponsored by Sen. Neal Hunt.
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Scouts make blankets for SAFEchild

The Girl Scouts of Troop 413 in Raleigh hosted a Blanket-thon to benefit SAFEchild this spring.
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Contest puts heat on young chefs

At the National ProStart Invitational last month in Baltimore, a team from Cary High School proved they could take the heat, even if it didn't involve a full kitchen.
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Chapel Hill student named Presidential Scholar

Jacob A. Reed, a senior at East Chapel Hill High School, is one of 141 students nationwide to be named a 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholar.
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Art for Hospice's teen founder wins national service award

Emma Astrike-Davis of Durham was named one of the top 10 youth volunteers in the nation last week by the Prudential Spirit of Community program.
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Girl Scouts add fun twist to collecting shoe donations

Girl Scouts from Troop 697 in Chapel Hill collected 70 pairs of shoes for the FootCentric charity recently.
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Local students serve as pages in NC House

John Adams, Emily vonLehmden and Christina Stone, all students at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Raleigh, recently served as pages for a week in the NC House of Representatives.
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Clayton High percussionists win world championship

Twenty band students from Clayton High earned gold medals and the title “World Champions.”