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What is the key to understanding each other? What allows us to open ourselves to the diverse experience and perspectives of others? How can we create a community strengthened by our differences, rather than one divided by them? How can we engage in difficult conversations around important—and even polarizing—issues in ways that support, respect, and validate all our community members, their belief systems, and backgrounds?

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Evan Ehrhardt ('18) and Elizabeth Kim ('20) have won National Medals in the 2018 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.  The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards dates back to 1923. Over the years, the Awards have grown to become the longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in the U.S., and the nation’s largest source of scholarships […]

This weekend, 11 CA students traveled with advisor Troy Weaver to Greensboro for the 43rd NC State Health Occupations Students of America (NC-HOSA) State Conference and competition.  Five of those students advanced to the final round of competition, a first for Cary Academy. Salma Said ('19), Anthony Guzzo ('19) and RJ Jain ('19) made it to the […]

At the State Regional Mathematics Contest at Wake Technical Community College, four teams of CA middle and upper schoolers competed against many of the top mathematics students in Wake County, and likely in all of the state. Roughly 35 schools participated in this meet. Five students earned individual medals for their performances: Eric Ye (’24), Ruiyang […]

Ben Humphries ('18) has accepted the Morehead-Cain Scholarship to attend the University of North Carolina. The M-C is the first merit scholarship program in the United States.   Humphries will join Emma Astrike-Davis ('14), Caroline Woronoff ('13), and Izaak Earnhardt ('10) as recent CA Morehead-Cain alums. A list of all merit scholarships offered to members of the senior class […]

NC State Park Scholar Lindsey Wrege (’17) has been featured in Walter Magazine for her work, along with her sister Kailey (’20), running a community dance group for individuals with special needs. Wrege is studying biomedical engineering and has recently expanded her service work by opening up a pop-up coffee shop, 321 Coffee, to provide work […]

Sixth graders learning Spanish at Cary Academy participated in a field trip on Monday, March 19, made possible by a grant from the PTAA. During this exciting day, students attended two performances by the Hispanic Flamenco Ballet at the Clayton Center. The first show was an exciting exploration of Latin American Rhythms, and the second […]

CA Curious

| March 22, 2018

Going West

Going West with the Collaborative for Innovative Education It is part of American tradition to look West for opportunity, and over the course of this year a group of department leaders from Cary Academy has been doing just that, traveling first to California and then across the Pacific to Singapore to join a group of […]

CA students of German had a wonderful time at the NC German Day Competition on March 14, 2018. Each year at German Day there are approximately 20 school represented from across the state and about 500 students who participate. This year the event took place at UNC-G in Greensboro.  Overall School Scores First Place: Providence High School, Charlotte […]

Cary Academy extends a warm “Willkommen” to a visiting exchange group from the Feldbergschule, our sister school in Oberursel, Germany (near Frankfurt).  Sixteen students and their teachers, Ms. Claudia Griesing and Ms. Mehtap Aslan, arrived in Cary on Saturday, March 17th, after spending three days in Washington D.C.  Head of School Mike Ehrhardt and Head of Upper […]

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