Notables | Raleigh News & Observer

▪ The Pitch Please group at Northwood High School was accepted to compete in the semi-final round of the International Championship of High School A Cappella. The group will compete with nine other high school groups from the southeast in February.

▪ Sasha Barry, Talia Felgenhauer, Daisy Mozgala, Christine Njogu, Kira N., Coco Stevens, Claudia Wade, Hadley Wade, Madeline Wilson, Nichole Zhang and Talia Zuco of Chapel Hill earned Silver Awards, the second-highest achievement for Girl Scouts. The Girl Scouts set up Little Free Libraries.

▪ Chapel Hill artist Mark Brown was chosen to represent North Carolina in the Satellite Art Show at the 2015 Miami Art Fair.