The Orange County Department on Aging and the Friends of the Jerry M. Passmore Center are organizing a Holiday Market scheduled for Saturday, November 22. The event will be held at the Passmore Center in Hillsborough from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Visitors to the market can expect a range of holiday gifts, including artwork, jewelry, pottery, woodworking, and quilts. Lunch and baked goods will also be available for purchase during the event.
The Passmore Center is located at 103 Meadowlands Drive in Hillsborough, next to the Sportsplex.
Proceeds from the gift sale will go to The Friends of the Passmore Center. This volunteer non-profit organization supports programs and services provided by the Orange County Department on Aging.
For additional information about the event, community members can contact the Passmore Center at 919-245-2015.
In related news about local education outcomes, nearly half of Orange County high school students who took ACT exams in science and math during the 2022-23 school year were considered ready for college. For example, among senior students taking the science portion of the ACT in Orange County school districts, 692 out of 1,407 (49.2%) were considered college-ready (source). Similarly, among juniors taking this exam, 725 out of 1,431 (50.7%) reached this benchmark (source). In reading sections of the ACT that same year, seniors showed a readiness rate of 56.1% (source), while juniors achieved a rate of 55% (source). Math readiness rates were slightly lower: seniors had a rate of 46.1% (source) and juniors had a rate of 45.1% (source).
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