March 16, 2023
Building Bridges: How One Conference Creates Community at CA and Beyond
“You can make what you’re passionate about become a reality […] You can always have a role!” These rousing words, uttered by keynote speaker Dr. Ya Liu, could not have been truer to the Building Bridges Across Communities conference story. The first of its kind in Cary Academy history, the conference brought together Asian-identifying students […]
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January 30, 2023
Into the Great Wide Open
As a longtime repeat chaperone of CA’s Wilderness Club trips, Head of School Mike Ehrhardt has experienced his fair share of unforgettable moments with students and colleagues on the trail. Some seem positively magical in the retelling: ascending out of cloud cover to be rewarded with a sparkling, sun-drenched vista after a soggy uphill morning […]
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December 10, 2019
CA turns out to support Wrenn House on Family Service Day
More than 50 members of the CA community turned-out to support Wrenn House during the PTAA’s Family Service Day, on December 7. Volunteers accomplished many tasks, including spreading mulch, creating stone pathways, planting more than 30 plants and shrubs in planters and beds, raking over 80 bags of leaves and yard debris, cooking several meals, and […]
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November 22, 2019
Cary Academy hosts TISC meeting on enrollment trends
This morning, Cary Academy hosts the Triangle Independent School Consortium, bringing together Heads of School and Admissions Officers from 18 schools in the Triangle to discuss trends in enrollment management. International presenter and content specialist Geordie Mitchell, Director of Enrollment Management and Strategic Initiatives at Buckingham Browne and Nichols School, presented.
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October 19, 2017
The Portrait of a Graduate, Unleashed
They’re big, they’re blue, and they’re cropping up all over the school! This may sound like the trailer for a low-budget horror movie, but the reality is something far less dramatic. Those large blue “strangers” appearing in our classrooms and our hallways are simply poster versions of one of Cary Academy’s cornerstone documents: the Portrait […]
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