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Two state titles, one 2nd for CA in wrestling

February 20, 2017

At the 18-team NCISAA State Wrestling Tournament held at Cary Academy on Feb. 17-18, two Chargers won state titles.

Earning top individual honors for the Chargers were brothers Julian and Christian Sodano. Christian (’19) toughed out a hard-fought double overtime battle with Wesleyan Christian Academy’s second seed, Cameron Johnson, at the 126-pound weight class and won the first CA state title of the night. Julian (’18) made quick work out of Charlotte Country Day School’s number one-seeded wrestler, Max Spada, at the 138-pound weight class to pick up the second state title of the night.

Joe McDarris (’18), fashioned his way through the 152-pound bracket getting to finals, losing to Charlotte Latin’s senior, Jack Sobel, and finishing as a state runner-up. Chapman Fitzgerald (’18) finished 4^th in the 132-pound weight class. Osamah Atieh (’19) finished sixth at the 170-pound weight class. Also finishing 6^th for the Chargers were Andrew Lee (’17) at the 182-pound bracket, and Isiah Hoile (’18) at the 195-pound spot.

The CA team once again placed sixth coming within less than 50 points of the top four team spots.

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February 8, 2017

On Feb. 7, the boys and girls swimming teams captured the TISAC championships.

The CA boys have now put together EIGHT straight conference championship titles, which is the longest streak for any CA varsity team in school history, and the CA girls have now put together a string of three championship titles.

Both teams won on depth. Both teams only won one individual event, Isabella Barnette in the 100-yard freestyle and Cory Gibson in the 500 free. In addition, both teams won the 200-yard freestyle relay.

All three girls relays set new school records:

200 Medley Relay: (1:53.39) = Helen Chen, Rachel Marston, Nisma Said, Elena Zayas

200 Free Relay: (1:41.73) = Nisma Said, Emma Zayas, Charlotte Hook, Isabella Barnette

400 Free Relay: (3:41.75) = Helen Chen, Emma Zayas, Charlotte Hook, Isabella Barnette

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JV robotics’ ChargerBots going to states

January 30, 2017

This past weekend the JV robotics teams completed their regular season competitions. The team competes in the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC). FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is the international organization that runs robotics competitions.

CA’s teams Q (gold) and ChargerBots (blue) competed at the Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill. Team Q ended the qualifying rounds with a record of 1-4, and was not selected by one of the top four alliances to participate in the playoff rounds. The ChargerBots raced to a record of 4-1. This performance meant the team ended the qualifying round as the third-seeded team, and the right to captain an alliance going into the playoffs. Their alliance fought hard against the second-seeded alliance, both winning a match to force the round into a tie-breaking third match, which they lost.

During the awards ceremony, Team Q was named as finalists for the Connect Award, in addition to the Control Award (mastering robot intelligence), and the Motivate Award (sparking others to embrace the culture of FIRST). The ChargerBots were named as second runner-up for the Inspire Award, the highest achievement awarded at FTC tournaments, which recognizes teams that fully embody the challenge of the program. The ChargerBots earned a spot in the state tournament to be held at North Carolina A&T on Feb. 18.

Two weeks ago, CA’s teams Q ChargerBots participated in the Cardinal Gibbons Qualifying tournament, where both teams struggled throughout the day with technical problems. The day ended with the ChargerBots unable to earn a spot in the playoff rounds, while Team Q was selected to join an alliance and play in the semi-finals. They were knocked out in that round by the eventual winners of the tournament. Team Q was named as the runner-up for the Connect Award, which recognizes a team’s outreach in sharing STEM in the community.

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October 17, 2016

It’s playoff time for CA in the NCISAA. Team updates:

Golf

For the first time the girls golf team has qualified for states as a team.

The tournament will be held at Whispering Pines Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 24^–25.

Field hockey:

Varsity Field Hockey beat Forsyth Country Day School 11-1 in First Round of the State Playoffs.

The CA team takes on Durham Academy next at 4:15 on Oct. 21.

XC

The Cross Country boys and girls teams came into the season as the #3 ranked teams in the state of North Carolina, and they haven’t disappointed! They will look to repeat as TISAC Conference champions and state champions this week and next. The conference championship meet will be held Thursday, Oct. 20^, at WakeMed Park with a 4:45pm start for the girls and a 5:30pm start for the boys. The state championship meet will be held Friday, Oct. 28, at Hagan Stone Park in Greensboro.

Tennis:

Varsity Tennis will HOST NRCA at4:30 on Oct. 21.

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Diversity Newsletter

August 23, 2016

Dear Parents:

I am pleased to let you know about an enrichment opportunity for parents here in the Cary Academy community: SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity). This will be our second CA SEED Parent Project.

The National SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum is a peer-led professional development program that promotes change through self-reflection and interpersonal dialogue and builds capacity for more equitable curriculum, campuses, and communities. It engages parents, teachers, and community leaders from all types of schools, grade levels, and geographical locations.

SEED seminars are facilitated by teachers who have been trained as SEED leaders. SEED leaders do not lecture. Instead, they lead peers in experiential, interactive activities and conversations often stimulated by films and readings. The monthly seminars deepen participants’ understanding of themselves and expand their knowledge of the world. In each seminar, SEED participants use their own experiences and those of their children to make themselves more effective as partners in their children’s education, and more resilient as parents interested in making their communities and schools more inclusive. SEED values parents’ voices so they can, in turn, better value the voices of their children and their friends and classmates.

Jason Franklin and Kara Caccuitto will be facilitating the sessions for interested parents throughout the school year on the following Thursday: 9/15, Thursday 10/6, Thursday11/3, Thursday 12/1, Thursday 1/5,Thursday 1/26, Thursday 2/16, Thursday 3/16, Thursday 4/20, and Thursday 5/11.

The seminar will run from 4:30-7:30 pm. If you are interested, please contact Kara Caccuitto or Jason Franklinby September 3rd, as space is limited.

I hope you will consider joining SEED as part of your commitment to community engagement and our commitment to diversity and inclusion here at Cary Academy.

If you are interested, please signup here.CA SEED Project Video

Sincerely,

Jason Franklin

Director of Diversity and Inclusion

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