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At the end of April, Maddy Walker ('20) participated in the “Worlds Cheerleading Competition” in Orlando, Florida. The competition invites the top cheerleading clubs from around the world to compete. Her Raleigh team, Cheer Extreme SSX, beat 46 teams to take her division championship. You can see the performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHiAjco-Pzg
While walking through the sixth-grade hall this week, I noted a quote on a wall from the great naturalist, John Muir: “Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.” The quote reminded me of my conversations with various sixth grade students about the Citizen Science projects they […]
US science teacher Troy Weaver was one of only 10 teachers selected to participate in the Science, Teachers and Research Summer (STaRS) Experience — a two-week summer professional development program designed and conducted by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). STaRS participants will conduct biomedical research investigations in laboratories and will learn from NIEHS scientists […]
On Friday, April 13 the STEP (Shifting the Educational Paradigm) club hosted a conference at Cary Academy called "STEP Forward: Evaluating Student Success." The main focus of the conference was on the grading system's influence on students. To address these issues on a deeper level and foster collaboration among schools, STEP decided to host a conference consisting […]
As of the May 1 National Commitment Date, the Class of 2018's 108 students were accepted into 131 different schools and are headed to 56 different colleges and universities in 21 states, plus DC and Japan. The schools with more than two CA students attending are: UNC-Chapel Hill, NC State, Davidson, Rice, Duke, and Cornell. Students celebrated […]
Cary Academy wishes to congratulate Robert Coven on his completion of a PhD in curriculum and instruction from North Carolina State University. The title of Dr. Coven‘s dissertation is: An Action Research Study of Conceptual Modeling Pedagogy in High School History. His research focuses on the ways in which conceptual modeling illuminates, supports, and enhances historical […]
Cary Academy extends a warm “bienvenue” to a visiting exchange group from the Lycée Sainte Ursule, our sister school in Tours, France. Head of School Mike Ehrhardt and Upper School Head Heather Clarkson welcomed the 31 students and their teachers, Isabelle Théry and Christine Becker, during a brief reception on Friday morning in the Administration Building […]
Last Friday, the MS and US orchestras participated and competed in Festival Music of Kings Dominion. In the final results, both orchestras won first place and were rated superior. The MS orchestra earned the highest score from 3 judges among the entire orchestra division and received the Overall Grand Champion Award from the festival.
The Cary Academy Boys 4x800m Relay team of Chapman Fitzgerald ('18), Chase Coley ('18), Coleman Mitchell ('18), and Ray Faison ('20) qualified for the prestigious 124th Penn Relays and will compete this week against the best in the nation in Philadelphia at UPenn’s historic Franklin Field: https://pennrelaysonline.com/Results/results.aspx?en=303 High School Boys 4x800m Relay teams compete in four heats […]
