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I hope this blog provides me with a way to communicate directly with Cary Academy’s constituents: students, faculty, staff, parents, grandparents and the Board. While I certainly prefer to talk directly with people, it is not always possible in a community of our size -- 716 students, 150 or so part-time and full-time employees, well over 1,000 parents, and 13 Board members. This blog will give me the opportunity to exchange ideas with members of our community, and enable community members to exchange ideas with each other.

And what will be the nature of my blog? I will write short pieces, ideally at least once every two weeks, commenting on something I’ve seen at Cary Academy or something I’ve read that is relevant to the education of our students. My hope is that what I write will raise questions or reactions from members of our community and that these reactions will spur a dialog that will be interesting and worthwhile.

I ask that people be respectful when responding. I encourage readers to raise questions or issues for me to comment on, but I want to be clear that this is not the venue for an opinion on a school issue that is germane to only one student. And, of course, the blog is not a substitute for following CA’s communication path should you have a concern about the school.

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Community Thriving at Ca

I attended our home varsity basketball games last Friday night and was pleasantly surprised by the large turnout. There were a couple hundred students, families and friends for the girls' game against North Raleigh, and by the time the boys tipped off the crowd had doubled. Led by an exuberant X-factor section, our students cheered our teams to victory. The mixing and mingling between games and during half-time clearly added to the fun of watching our athletes compete.

The next evening 280 upper school students gathered for an inaugural Sadie Hawkins dance. Sponsored by student council, this first of its kind dance at CA drew nearly 2/3 of our upper school student body. It wasn't long ago when 100 students attending a dance was considered a resounding success.

This coming weekend we will experience our thriving community in yet another way, as 94 students in grades 6-12 perform Les Miserables. Saturday and Sunday performances are sold out, so those of you wishing to catch what will undoubtedly be an extraordinary performance should act immediately to secure tickets for Monday evening's show.

Posted by D. Berger on Monday February, 2, 2009 at 03:56PM

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