March 28, 2019
Prom Dress Drive collects 70 dresses for a community in need
Thanks to the CA community, the Center for Community Engagement received 70 prom dresses during the Prom Dress Drive, to help students in Robeson County who are still experiencing the effects of Hurricane Florence. Thank you for helping to make someone’s prom night special!
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March 26, 2019
CA sixth grader advances to National Geographic GeoBee state finals
Mukundh Ashok, a sixth grader, was the winner of this year’s Cary Academy Geographic Bee. After winning the school bee, he took an online test to qualify for the statewide National Geographic GeoBee. Based on his score, Mukundh was chosen to join 99 other students from across the state to compete in the state GeoBee in Charlotte […]
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March 25, 2019
CA takes second place in NC German Day Competition
Seventy five CA Upper School and Middle School students traveled to UNC for the NC German Day Competition on March 21. More than 500 students from around the state took part in contests such as: Extemp Speaking, Poetry Recitation, skits, Singing, Karaoke, Culture Bowl, Scavenger Hunt, etc. The NC German Day Competition is organized by the NC Chapter of […]
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March 21, 2019
Tell Me More
“That’s an awfully long title,” someone recently remarked while introducing me on my 8th day on Cary Academy’s campus. My business cards may read “Digital Content Producer and Social Media Manager,” but I prefer “community storyteller.” “Okay,” you say, “but what does that mean? Why does CA need a storyteller? And, in point of fact: […]
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March 21, 2019
Eight students selected for 2019 Governor’s School
Eight Upper School students were selected to attend this year’s session of the Governor’s School of North Carolina. Founded over fifty years ago, it is the oldest statewide summer residential program for academically or intellectually gifted high school students in the nation. It is a five and one-half week summer residential program for intellectually gifted high school students, integrating academic disciplines, the arts, and unique courses […]
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March 20, 2019
Middle School band awarded top honors
The Middle School Band was Awarded the top honor of Superior from the judges, yesterday, at the NC Central District Bandmasters Association Music Performance Adjudication (MPA).
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March 18, 2019
CA students make it count at Mathcounts
Four Middle School students competing as a team at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics placed in the top 25 percent of the 41 teams attending, this past Friday. Mathcounts is a national math enrichment, coaching & competition program that promotes middle schoolmathematics achievement.
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March 14, 2019
Dr. Robert Coven to present at international education symposium
Dr. Robert Coven, Upper School history teacher, has been selected to be a team leader and presenter at the prestigious international symposium, Re-Designing Education to Shape a Better World, to be held in Florence, Italy, in late June 2019. The 80 participants were chosen from among 400 invited to apply. Those selected come from 12 […]
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March 13, 2019
CA Future Health Professionals charge ahead in State HOSA competition
Exactly a week ago, Jarrica Kirkpatrick and I (Troy Weaver) took 15 members of our CA Chapter of HOSA-Future Health Professionals (formerly Health Occupations Students of America) who qualified to participate at the State Leadership Conference (SLC) in Charlotte. In fact, this time last week, HOSA was invited to take in an NBA game and we watched the Charlotte […]
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