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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December 7, 2017
Walking the Walk
I have attended the National Association of Independent Schools’ People of Color Conference (PoCC) and Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC) a whopping 15 times over the past 19 years! Each year a courageous band of students and colleagues take a journey to a different location in the country to explore issues of diversity, inclusion, and […]
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September 15, 2017
When the world changes you.
How semester and post-graduate adventures help Cary Academy students discover who they are.
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