May 9, 2017
Two CA Middle School orchestra students, Grace Chow (’21) and ThucUyen Dzu (’21), participated in the Junior Eastern Regional All State Orchestra on May 6 at White Oak High School in Jacksonville.
The Philharmonia Orchestra has 75 distinguished young musicians, and the conductor is Scott Laird, an orchestra director in NCSSM.
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April 10, 2017
The varsity robotics team is going to the FIRST Championships in Houston taking place April 19-22.
The team narrowly missed qualifying at the state tournament (by one spot) and ended ranked 15th out of 59 teams in NC. However, the team was able to secure an invitation due to openings that occur when teams are unable to attend.
CA will join 17 other NC teams competing at the FRC (FIRST Robotics Competition) level. The championships include all four levels of FIRST Robotics: FRC, FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge – CA’s JV teams), FLL (FIRST Lego League – CA’s MS teams), and FLL Jr. (grades 2-5), and is a true STEM festival, attracting and hosting teams from all over the world.
The students attending are:
Liam Carriker (’17) is going to the championships with his non-CA team, the Tundrabots, that competes at the FTC (our JV) level.
The Cary Academy Fund and specific robotics fundraising helps support great opportunities like this for our students. If you’d like to contribute, please see the Advancement Department.
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March 28, 2017
The 6th grade World Cultures classes have been working on a project in which students are using the design thinking process.
They have used that process to build merchant shops along the main shopping district in 1805 Edo, modern day Toyko.
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March 9, 2017
Aryan Nair (’22) competed in the Let’s Explore Africa Geography Quiz Bowl at the state level on March 4 at NC State University.
After three rounds and answering 57 of the 62 questions correctly, Nair was declared state champion. The quiz had questions that covered the geography, flags, currencies, food, entertainment, people, literature, symbols, etc. of Africa.
Nair is pictured with the host Sandra Frempong, who conducted the quiz.
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March 3, 2017
Fifteen MS and US students of German participated in the North Carolina German Day Competition at Wake Forest University on March 2. More than 550 students from 20 schools across the state attended.
CA’s winners are:
Poster: 3rd place: Alex Dietrick and Estella Monica
Singing with Accompaniment Level 3+: 1st place: Dorrit Eisenbeis, Hannah George, Katie Grush, Taylor Weber
Karaoke Video: 1st place: Hope Ferris, Rachel May, Rachel George, Georgie Dietz
Karaoke Video: 2nd place: MS Novice German class (all sixth-graders)
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