March 13, 2019
Triangle Debate League holds inaugural tournament
The Triangle Debate League—a non-profit organization comprised of CA student peer-mentors and collegiate debate coaches—hosted their inaugural tournament on March 12th with students from Jordan, Hillside and Southern High Schools. CA Speech and Debate students came out in big numbers to support, judge, and make the event run smoothly. Founded at CA, TDL works to bring speech and debate to Durham and […]
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March 13, 2019
Speech and Debate sweeps final Dogwood Tournament
CA’s novice speech and debaters finished off the Dogwood Speech and Debate League tournaments with another sweepstakes win on March 9. They swept the top six spots in Lincoln Douglas Debate, five of the six in Public Forum Debate, four of the top six/top three in Declamation, three of the top four in Impromptu, two of top […]
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February 20, 2019
Varsity Robotics’ last-ever ‘Bag Day’
There’s a little-known CA event that has occurred around the third Tuesday of every February since 2014. For Varsity Robotics it’s officially called ‘Stop Build Day,’ but more commonly known as ‘Bag and Tag Day,’ or simply ‘Bag Day’. Varsity Robotics competes in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), where students build 120 pound robots designed […]
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February 12, 2019
CA’s girls’ and boys’ varsity swim teams surge to State Champion titles
Congratulations to Cary Academy’s State Champion girls’ and boys’ Varsity Swim Teams! An astounding THIRTY TWO different boys and girls made it to the Finals and scored. This marks the girls’ third consecutive State Championship title. Congratulations to everyone (parent supporters and volunteers included) who contributed to two tremendous State Champion wins. We had our […]
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December 18, 2018
Green CA
As a school dedicated to innovation, Cary Academy utilizes a lot of technology on campus. Unfortunately, that also generates a considerable amount of potential e-waste. As one of the world’s fastest-growing trash streams, e-waste has been identified as one of the most pressing environmental issues facing the global community. “[E-waste] growth is staggering: The worldwide accumulation of […]
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October 18, 2018
Dialoguing across difference
As a learning community committed to discovery, innovation, collaboration, and excellence, we believe in recognizing, respecting, and celebrating the unique array of experiences, perspectives, and contributions that each person brings to our community. It is imperative that students feel our school is a supportive space where their unique voices and perspectives will be received with […]
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September 20, 2018
Students spearhead Hurricane Florence response
As Hurricane Florence bore down on the Carolinas last week, our students sprang into action to help their community, both here at Cary Academy and beyond.
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September 6, 2018
2018 Innovative Curriculum and Friday Fellowship Grants
The William C. Friday Summer Fellowship Program The William C. Friday Summer Fellowship Program provides financial assistance for faculty to pursue professional development projects during the summer that will directly strengthen them as teaching professionals in their field(s) of expertise. Summer 2018 Betsy MacDonald, Upper School Design and Programming Teacher, received a fellowship to hone […]
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February 15, 2018
Preventing Tragedy
Our thoughts and prayers go all the families in Parkland, Florida as their community deals with the horrible aftermath of a mass shooting in one of their schools. In another way, we are all dealing with this tragedy — as we consider the safety and wellbeing of our own loved ones. We keep a purposefully […]
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