December 16, 2021									
									
											CA Parent/Caregiver Learning Series									
																		
											“Who is your biggest influence?”  The question, asked to a group of Upper School students by a finalist candidate for our Digital Content Specialist interview during their full-day community interview, was met with a thoughtful […]									
																		
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										December 9, 2021									
									
											French Fries									
																		
											The French fries caught my attention.  School had ended for Cary Academy’s Thanksgiving break, but eight of us—three adults and five students—were attending the Georgetown Day School virtual conference on Consent and Sexual Assault, a […]									
																		
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										December 2, 2021									
									
											Giving Tuesday: Celebrating 25 years of community partnership									
																		
											Each year, on Giving Tuesday, CA focuses on how we can give back to our local community by considering the ways in which we can support those who help to bolster our mission–all while doing […]									
																		
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										November 18, 2021									
									
											Happy Thanksgiving!									
																		
											We are always grateful to get to the Thanksgiving Break, and I wish all our students and families a restful and restorative week. Of course, getting to this year’s Thanksgiving Break feels somehow just a […]									
																		
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										November 4, 2021									
									
											The power of #OneSchool									
																		
											One of the beautiful things about this new school year is the collaboration and crossover between the Upper School and Middle School. Whether it’s volleyball, cooking, scrap-building, or four square, X-days, or tailgates, we are seeing […]									
																		
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										October 28, 2021									
									
											Chutes and Ladders									
																		
											With the ongoing global supply chain disruptions impacting key technologies that Cary Academy students and staff rely on daily, 2021 has been a year of challenges. Director of Technology & Innovation Karen McKenzie offers a—dare we say it--promising update and reflects on how challenges have become opportunities for learning and community-building. Read it on CA Curious. 									
																		
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										October 21, 2021									
									
											Introducing: The Hub									
																		
											Community has been central to the Cary Academy experience since its founding, underscored by our campus’s very design. Our open Quad, glass-walled multipurpose meeting spaces, and innovative collabolounges invite us to connect, to see each other, to look out for one another. As Entrepreneurship Director Palmer Seeley explains, The Hub – CA's new on campus cafe and store offers unique opportunities for students to strengthen the community and to learn about how to start and operate a small business. Read it on CA Curious.									
																		
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										September 30, 2021									
									
											Let talk lunch….									
																		
											When it comes to creating healthy, tasty meals for more than 900 students and staff members daily, you'd be forgiven for feeling a little like you're on the set of a culinary competition show. And that was before the added challenge of COVID-safe cooking. Chief Financial Officer Debby Reichel whips up the details of how Cary Academy's meal program is a key to prioritizing student wellness and how we've adapted to the needs of our students and community during the return to full-time in-person learning. Read it on CA Curious.									
																		
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										September 23, 2021									
									
											New year, new plan									
																		
											Every five years, Cary Academy engages in a strategic planning process. In 2020, this process was upended by the COVID pandemic. As students returned to the classroom, CA could have simply established a plan to return to the way things were. However, as Dean of Faculty, Martina Greene explains, we start this school year looking resolutely and optimistically to the future. Read it on CA Curious.									
																		
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