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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Groundhog Day has come and gone, and while I don’t put much stock in the furry critter’s weather predictions, his appearance each year is a sure sign that another round of exchanges will soon be underway. As we get ready for the 17th season of the world language exchange program at Cary Academy, it’s hard […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
