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Building an Inclusive Community

What is the key to understanding each other? What allows us to open ourselves to the diverse experience and perspectives of others? How can we create a community strengthened by our differences, rather than one divided by them? How can we engage in difficult conversations around important—and even polarizing—issues in ways that support, respect, and validate all our community members, their belief systems, and backgrounds?

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German Day

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 […]

Computer data

With T3 well underway, the communications office is in full swing. Now fully staffed—thanks to the addition of Dan Smith, our new Digital Content Producer and Social Media Manager, who joins myself and Web Manager Dean Sauls—we’ve increasingly been able to turn our attention to more of the long-term strategic communications work that I’ve been […]

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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: […]

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 […]

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.

Sunrise in the woods photo

Jimmy was ready for his first day as a new intern. He had on his best suit, ready to impress on his exploration of a potential career path. “Great to meet you,” his new boss said warmly. “Now, what I need you to do first is head down and clean the shower on the first […]

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 […]

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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