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By Kathryn Chao, Hannah Gordon, Clay Thornton, and Michael McElreath This summer, CA’s Center for Community Engagement offered a new intensive experiential course: Urban Design for Social Justice. Designed, organized, and sponsored by CA, the course was a pilot initiative to explore authentic opportunities for CA students to collaborate in impactful ways with their peers […]
Upper School students gathered in the quad on Monday for their annual club fair. Over twenty student-led clubs and organizations were present, each one encouraging fellow students to pursue a long-held passion, or perhaps even discover a new one. “Most clubs are almost entirely conducted by the students,” says director of experiential learning Michael McElreath. […]
On August 21, Scott Phillips, director of the NC Field Office for the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, came to speak to seventh graders to kick off a new interdisciplinary design thinking project: Migration Collaboration. Dr. Phillips gave an overview of who refugees are, the various countries they come from, and the kind of […]
Competing in the 2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, in Budapest, Hungary, Charlotte Hook ’21 earned a bronze medal in the Women’s 200M Butterfly. Hook, who already made waves in July, becoming the all-time third-fastest 15-16 year old woman in U.S. swimming history, missed out on the Junior World Championships silver by .07 seconds, finishing in 2:09.00. Following her performance, […]
CA’s college counselors are in the business of dreams—helping students pursue theirs by guiding them on a process of self-discovery that, hopefully, ends with the best college fit.
Vision, ambition, and will Lex-Jordan Ibegbu transferred into CA from public school his freshman year.“College choice is all about what you are exposed to,” Ibegbu explains. “Prior to CA, I didn’t really know what college I wanted to go to. I had always assumed I’d go to Shaw University. My parents attended Shaw University. I […]
Hello, Cary Academy! Yesterday, we opened school in the same way we have since our founding—with our traditional Handshake Ceremony. What a great way to start the school year, with a face-to-face greeting between every employee and every student in the school. As a Minnesotan, I have to admit that I can get a little […]
Sixteen years ago, Assistant Athletic Director Ray Pope never saw a place for himself in the classroom. In the summer of 2003, his phone was ringing off the hook; Cary Academy called daily, in search of a new baseball coach. His answer every single time: “I’m not interested.” Coach Pope—who teaches physical education and surpassed […]
Innovation has no sense of time. Inspiration springs forth without concern for the calendar. So, how do we respond to those innovative opportunities that arise in the middle of the academic year—opportunities to foster new initiatives, explore fresh ideas, and implement cutting-edge technologies?
Enter CA’s Parent Teacher Administration Alliance (PTAA).
