Seventh-grade students shared their voices at Cary Academy's first annual Middle School Poetry Slam. This community-building and advocacy-focused event was the culmination of a month-long study of spoken word, poetry, and rap under the tutelage of two artists-in-residence.

Every member of the Charger community is aware of the dedication, flexibility, and compassion our 152 CA employees have shown throughout this year of unexpected challenges. This year, during Teacher Appreciation Week, we wanted to do something extra to show our CA employees how much they are loved.

Congratulations to Bella Nesbeth ’22 on being selected as a featured playwright for Burning Coal Theatre Company’s KidsWrite Festival. Nesbeth’s one-act play, A Tale of Two Stops, explores the duality of the American experience, divided along racial lines.

Congratulations to the undefeated varsity baseball Chargers for finishing the 2021 TISAC regular season with a record of 17-0!

Yesterday, WRAL reporter Sarah Kreuger visited Cary Academy's campus to highlight two student-led efforts to support the broader community and bring an end to division and misunderstanding.

Congratulations to Ellie McMahon ’21 for earning the Girl Scouts of America’s prestigious Gold Award for her work promoting childhood literacy in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Gold Award is the highest accolade conferred by the Girl Scouts, awarded to fewer than seven percent of Girl Scouts whose work makes a sustainable change in their communities and around the world.

Earlier this month, Christina Polge (’22) was revealed as the winner of the North Carolina Poetry Society’s Sherry Pruitt Award, earning the top prize statewide amongst high school and undergraduate college students for her poem manifest destiny. The poem, written for the Upper School Crisis During Leadership program, paints a vivid and often heartbreaking portrait of the United States’ westward expansion.