June 19, 2018
Finding Common Ground
Revolution is always justified.Inequality is inevitable.War brings progress. Provocative statements, certainly – and among those explored this spring in the seventh grade’s Great Debates. “The debates really help students see things from different perspectives,” explained history teacher Alicia Morris. “They don’t choose their topic or point of view, and they have to develop arguments in […]
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June 19, 2018
(work) Experience Makes the Best Teacher
What if 17-year-olds could perform surgical procedures on temporal bones? Go on the air with a local morning radio show? Design and sew their own shirts and ties? Or build 3-D models of homes? What if someone could do all of that – before they even graduated high school? Well, for starters, they’d be “co-creators […]
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May 17, 2018
Reimagining the High School Transcript
What would school be like if the traditional transcript—that all-important list of courses taken and grades earned—went the way of the dinosaurs? That is the express aim of a fast-growing education reform group called the Mastery Transcript Consortium, or MTC. The MTC is a coalition of more than 130 independent schools united in the belief […]
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May 10, 2018
It’s Good to be Heard
Many of you have heard me greet members of our community with the phrase, “It’s good to see you.” And, the response can be “It’s good to be seen”. Well, I’d like to add a little bit more to that lineup; “It’s good to be heard.” Lately, I’ve been observing the public discourse displayed in […]
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May 3, 2018
The Paths in Life
While walking through the sixth-grade hall this week, I noted a quote on a wall from the great naturalist, John Muir: “Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.” The quote reminded me of my conversations with various sixth grade students about the Citizen Science projects they […]
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April 19, 2018
Season of Celebration …
Season of Celebration … and Reflection It’s prom season. Or in CA’s case, post-prom, pre-Commencement season. It’s a time when we reflect on the accomplishments of students, especially the seniors. It’s also a time when anxiety about the year to come peaks. Students ask “Am I taking enough advanced classes?” “Can I do more than […]
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April 12, 2018
Alumni Meetups
In the age of digital connections, it is easy to rely only on emails and newsletters to try to foster connection between a school and its alumni. These tools are great because they provide instantaneous communication to our entire alumni network at once. For some things, like event announcements and invitations, such as our recent […]
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April 5, 2018
Drink Cart Origin Story
Last April 10, hundreds of Upper School students spilled onto the Quad on a typically brilliant blue North Carolina afternoon, made even more special because they were able to grab a fun drink — from popular mainstream choices like tea, coffee, root beer floats and fruit punch smoothies to the more exotic like boba/bubble tea, […]
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March 29, 2018
Business Office Integration
By Debby Reichel, Chief Financial Officer Although CA has always been know as a tech school on the student-side of things, the business operations have taken a little longer to catch up. Over the years, we have used a variety of platforms pieced together to help us get work done. Integration wasn’t a word you […]
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