February 7, 2019
Subtle, Yet Powerful Acts of Positivity and Kindness
The Middle School years are exciting because of all the developmental changes (physical, intellectual, emotional and social) that occur across the course of three short years. While the changes are exciting, sometimes, the social aspects can be rocky. This is particularly true of how students choose to communicate about themselves, about others, and to others. […]
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January 31, 2019
Bringing The Music Man to life
The Arts play an essential role in the student experience at Cary Academy, encouraging play, curiosity, experimentation and risk taking. In classes and in extra or co-curricular pursuits, we focus on building collaborative teams and ensembles as we work as a group of diverse individuals all committed to a common goal. This month, we celebrate […]
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January 24, 2019
From Hammers & Hats to Taste & Toast
This past fall, as I was getting settled into my role (after I’d found where Charger Corner was, but before I’d figured out what time US lunch was on Wednesdays), Dr. Ehrhardt stopped in to share an idea. He said, “Let’s have the Taste and Toast be the first thing we do in the new […]
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January 10, 2019
Mason the Giraffe
The giraffe, perched on my desk since the beginning of December, smells a bit of maple syrup and IHOP pancakes. He came to my office, courtesy of a brief conversation I had with the directors of Cary Academy’s Speech and Debate team. At the start of the school year, I had mentioned to Mr. Pellicciotta […]
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January 3, 2019
C(MS): Building for community
Photos in the new CMS lobby courtesy of alum Deming Haines ’17. I thought it would be so simple We’d just continue to call it the C. This is short for the Center for Math and Science, which is the building formerly known as the SEA, which itself is short for Sports Education Annex. SEA […]
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December 6, 2018
Computer Science Week at CA
It’s Computer Science Week at CA! The week is held every year in honor of Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, whose birthday is December 9. Hopper is known for creating one of the first compilers that converted english into machine code, among other things. This year, the computer science department and the Upper School WISE club […]
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November 1, 2018
Why Do We Play Sports?
Cary Academy is an academic powerhouse; it’s the San Francisco 49ers of the 80’s led by Joe Montana. We smash ACT and SAT scores and rightfully flaunt Discovery, Innovation, Collaboration and Excellence. Our halls are full of students donning the swag of their future: Davidson, Princeton, Cornell, our Triangle schools, and many more prestigious universities. […]
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October 25, 2018
Curiosity… It’s Not Just for Students
Curiosity. We’ve been talking a lot lately about how Cary Academy fuels the natural curiosity of students through personalized learning experiences that are rich in opportunities for discovery, collaboration, and innovation. What you may not know, however, is that we seek to kindle the curiosity of our faculty in much the same way, through personalized […]
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October 18, 2018
Wisdom from the Senior Corner
On Monday of this week, I broke an unwritten rule of the Upper School: I traipsed upstairs, and rather than follow the well-trod path toward the teacher lounge and the coffee machine, I turned right, threaded my way between the book bags, and plopped myself onto a couch in the Senior Corner. The seniors politely […]
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