U.S. Secretary of
Education Enjoys Visit to Cary Academy
Margaret Spellings, the U.S. Secretary of Education, came to Cary
Academy Friday, June 1, and spent some time with teachers and
students while observing firsthand the school’s integration of
technology in the classroom.
Spellings’ midmorning-to-noon visit started with a stop at the
Middle School where she dropped in on the classes of Matthew Ripley-Moffit
and Candice Johnson, Dawn Bates and Aaron Rothrock. Afterward, she
was fascinated by a showcase involving Upper School English
instructor Carole Hamilton. At the end of her visit, she enjoyed a
roundtable Q-and-A discussion that included, among others, Head of
School Don Berger, teachers, students and parents. At noon, the
secretary fielded questions for 30 minutes from the media.
“The visit to Cary Academy by the secretary of education was a
wonderful way to cap off our 10-year anniversary,” said Director of
Advancement Lynne Fountain. “She was totally engaged in what our
students were doing in the classroom and hearing from our teachers
on how they are using technology in the classroom.“
For the best local coverage of the visit, read
The
News & Observer’s story and the
NEWS-14 story.
The Class of 2007 Takes its
Leave From CA
A
gorgeous blue sky greeted the Class of 2007 as it strode to the quad
and flung its caps in the air following graduation ceremonies May 20
in the SEA. It should be clear skies for many years to come for each
of the 97 graduates.
On the heels of class speeches by Kevin C. (’07) and Swapanthi N.
(’07), Bill Nye (The Science Guy) delivered a humor-filled speech in
which he advised the graduates to change the world by “coming up
with new ways for many (of their) fellow earthlings to live.” He
also urged each graduate to be skeptical, to vote and to “leave the
world better than you found it.”
At the reception in the quad, the newly minted grads hugged, lined
up for family pictures, signed yearbooks and took cell phone
pictures of one another.
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DNA Bootcamp Awaits Downing
New biology instructor
Alyson Downing has been accepted into the Amgen Leadership
Symposium in Human and Genomic Biology at Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory in Long Island. The program, referred to as DNA
Bootcamp, runs July 9-27. Acceptance was based on evidence
of successful implementation of lab-based instruction in
molecular genetics or biotechnology.
Participants will perform newly-developed experiments that
stress the modern synthesis of in vitro experimentation with
in silico bioinformatics. Participants will examine their
own DNA polymorphisms and sequence variations to explore
human origins and the molecular basis of taste and smell.
Participants also will become adept with the Apollo genome
annotator, allowing them to analyze new genes that have been
predicted by computer algorithms but have yet to be
carefully examined by a human.
Seminars will cover human oncogenes, genome sequencing,
X-ray crystallography, microarrays, RNA interference, and
the molecular basis of learning and memory. About 30 percent
of time will be devoted to independent study and group
projects.
Middle
School Exhibits Art
The
seventh and eighth grades held a reception for an art exhibit the
afternoon of April 5 in the lower level gallery of the Fine Arts
Building.
The exhibit features student independent art projects and student
art from the Global Scrap Heap.
Most of the work will be on display through April 20.
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