October 1, 2026
Our Table, Our Stories
Outside Katie Taylor’s and Marcella Brideson’s sixth-grade language arts and world cultures classrooms, students have spilled into the hallway, clustered around tablets and draft pages, peering over one another’s shoulders. One group debates color palettes. A warm orange, someone argues, feels more inviting. Another student isn’t convinced; it competes with the photographs. Across the room, […]
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January 12, 2026
Coming Full Circle
How one seventh-grade awakening became the foundation for a career spent helping students discover their own. You might call it a full-circle moment. Long before Lucy Dawson became Cary Academy’s Middle School Dean of Students—and long before she helped shape a seventh-grade humanities experience known for its intellectual depth, interdisciplinary connections, and student-centered care—she was […]
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January 7, 2025
Water Planet
In CA’s Middle School science labs, students don’t merely learn the facts and figures of science. Instead, they transform into engaged scientists, activists, and communicators thanks to an evolving year-long teaching and learning approach that blends classroom science with immersive experiential and social-emotional learning opportunities and equity-minded service. Moving beyond theory to engage with science […]
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March 15, 2024
Pi Day provides infinite delight
Pi Day at CA was a whirlwind of excitement and mathematical fun! Middle Schoolers embarked on a Pi-themed adventure across eight stations, aiming to complete six for a coveted Pi Day prize. In the Upper School, the CMS was abuzz with Pi-themed activities, including a memory test for reciting Pi digits (hats off to winner […]
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February 29, 2024
It’s a wrap!
Before the break, our talented theater students transported audiences into a certain captivating, magical realm with their delightful rendition of “PUFFS; Or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic” [One Act Edition for Young Wizards]. Students worked for weeks on stage and behind the scenes to bring the hilarious, heartwarming, […]
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February 15, 2024
MATHCOUNTS team brings home championship, heads to states
This past weekend, 12 of our 40 Middle School MATHCOUNTS team members competed in the 2024 MATHCOUNTS North Carolina Chapter Competition. The field was stacked with worthy competitors, but our Chargers brought home the top prize! With the win, our MS MATHCOUNTS team is headed to the State Championship to defend their title! Be sure […]
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February 15, 2024
CA celebrates the Year of the Dragon
Did you happen to notice the beautiful red lanterns adorning campus at drop-off this morning? Today, our Asian American and Pacific Islander Affinity Group—with a big assist from an incredible group of parent volunteers—helped our campus properly celebrate Lunar New Year. At lunch, our community was treated to a delicious spread of Chinese cuisine and […]
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October 18, 2023
A Bright Future Ahead
The coming year will see us break ground on the much-anticipated Middle School renovation. We look forward to working with the CA community to bring these renderings to life. In the meantime, here’s a sneak peek at what’s in store (spoiler alert: things are looking bright!): The addition of five new classrooms to create dedicated […]
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August 30, 2023
First MS Community Day of the Year
On Wednesday, while our Upper Schoolers were away enjoying their class trips, the Middle School charged into their first Community Day of the year. Community Days bring the Middle School together to bond and learn just how to be a CA community member–how to solve problems, set healthy boundaries, embrace difference, and lean into open […]
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