September 11, 2021
Follow the leaders: Spotlight on Migration Collaboration
Amaranth greens. Bitter melon. Long beans. Yu choy. Asian chiles. Next year, families across CA will have the opportunity to discover these delicious flavors firsthand—many for the first time—all while learning about and supporting our local Burmese refugee community. It’s all thanks to a service-learning pilot program led by seventh-grade Migration Collaboration students and faculty […]
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September 1, 2021
Healthy Curiosity
For epidemiologist Kristin Andrejko, asking the right questions isn’t just about finding a good answer. Learn how scientific curiosity and a strong sense of service led her to seek a brighter, healthier future for us all.
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September 1, 2021
Follow the leaders: Spotlight on Youth Engagement Summit
Some might consider the task of planning and pulling off a virtual summit with more than one hundred attendees a daunting task, but once a group of CA students saw the chance to create a powerful learning experience for their peers and classmates, they couldn’t help but say “YES!” In mid-January 2020, a group of […]
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September 1, 2021
Follow the leaders: Spotlight on Leadership In Crisis Program
What exactly does it mean to “own your learning”? To get a grasp of the concept at the very heart of Cary Academy’s mission to build lifelong learners, join us as we dive in deep and get hands-on with the Center for Community Engagement.
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September 1, 2021
Founding vision
What is it like to chart the course for an entire generation of students? Twenty-five years ago, Marti Jenkins was given the rare opportunity to shape the very essence of Cary Academy’s Middle School experience. As she steps into retirement, she reflects on a quarter century of shepherding CA’s youngest students.
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February 10, 2021
Role of a lifetime
How do you respond when the world turns upside down? For one CA alum on a meteoric musical theater career trajectory the choice was clear: channel that energy into changing his industry for the better.
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February 10, 2021
Facing Forward
How do you create and maintain a thriving learning community that’s always ready for the next leap forward? First, you start with a strong foundation and an outstanding team of players.
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February 10, 2021
Stats and Storytelling
Where can you find the newest, most eye-catching, avant-garde, and informative student art on campus? Why, in a math classroom, of course.
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