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I can’t stop thinking about that smile. It came while I was shadowing Kevin, grade 6, last fall. We had arrived in last period: beginning orchestra. Mr. Qiao was helping students tune their instruments — violins, violas, cellos. He asked them politely to refrain from strumming, banging, or tapping while he made his rounds. Alas, […]
We are pleased to announce that the 2017-2018 Cary Academy Varsity Boys Baseball team has been awarded the 2018 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award. The award honors programs coached by ABCA members whose teams maintained a GPA over 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for the entire 2017-18 academic year. […]
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 […]
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 […]
The American Computer Science League All-Star Contest was held on May 26 at Barrington HS near Providence, RI. The CA team of Thomas Hoffman (’18), Matthew Modi (’20) and Vincent Wang (’18) finished in 6th place in this international competition, involving team programming and individual written rounds, and battling against top teams from the U.S., Romania, Canada and Croatia. Competition […]
On May 24, the eighth graders learning Spanish at Cary Academy participated in a flamenco workshop. Ed Stephenson brought this Spanish art-form to the students with his classical guitar, a percussionist, and a dancer. This project was made possible due to funding from the PTAA Grant Program. During the event, first, students enjoyed a recital of traditional and […]
Five students signed National Letters of Intent on Friday to play collegiate athletics. The lunch-time ceremony featured cake and celebration with family and friends. Chandler Cree – Soccer at Northeastern Chase Coley – Cross Country/Track & Field at Davidson Coleman Mitchell – Cross Country/Track & Field at Davidson Sarah Cate Niles – Rowing at UNC-Chapel Hill Athina Zodl – Cross Country/Track […]
The following students earned the following top honors on the 2018 National German Exam, administered by the American Association of Teachers of German. Prize levels are based upon the national percentile ranking on the exam, and students received certificates and medals from the national AATG office for their performance. Gold Medals: Tommy Frank Ryan Chen Addie Esposito Teo Feliu Merce Constantin Zodl David […]
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 […]
