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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October 1, 2026
Listening for the Story
The best stories do more than show us another life; they reveal something of our shared humanity. At just 23, award-winning multimedia journalist Max Feliu, ‘21, is already building a career around that belief, reporting across borders, cultures, and media in pursuit of the deeper stories that connect us. Born in Barcelona and shaped by […]
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October 1, 2026
The Power of Yes
As Cary Academy enters its 30th year, Head of School Dr. Mike Ehrhardt reflects on the unexpected paths, individual transformations, and willingness to keep evolving that have shaped both his life and the school he has led. Mike Ehrhardt remembers the moment clearly. It was early in his tenure at Cary Academy, and he had […]
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September 3, 2026
Charger Champions
Across courts, fields, tracks, pools, and courses, Charger athletes turned in another strong year. Championship performances, broken records, individual honors, and collegiate commitments reflected both the talent of our student-athletes and the commitment they bring to their sports. The accomplishments captured here offer a snapshot of another year of high-level competition and athletic […]
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August 27, 2026
CA Shines at State HOSA Competition
Cary Academy’s HOSA chapter had a strong showing at the 2026 NC HOSA State Leadership Conference this spring. Chargers competed across a wide range of health science and hands-on skill events, earning 10 Top 10 finishes across eight events, including two first-place finishes and six top-three finishes. Congratulations to the following Chargers who […]
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June 5, 2026
Cary Academy Speech & Debate Delivers Historic Season of Success
The Cary Academy Speech & Debate team enters the final stretch of one of the most successful seasons in program history, having earned championship performances at the league, state, district, and national levels. Along the way, 20 Cary Academy students qualified for the National Speech & Debate Tournament and 21 qualified for NCFL […]
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January 12, 2026
A Home Court Advantage
When Trey Murphy III, ’18, returns to Cary Academy as this year’s Commencement speaker, he comes not just as an NBA standout but as someone profoundly shaped by a community that nurtured his drive, steadiness, and sense of purpose long before he took the national stage. Ask him what he remembers most from his time […]
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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 12, 2026
Promise Made Possible
Cary Academy is setting a new standard for access and affordability in independent education. Introducing Charger Promise—free tuition for families earning $100,000 or less, with significant, scaled support extending far beyond that. Grounded in our founding values and propelled by an alum whose own CA beginning transformed her future, Charger Promise is more than an […]
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