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Robotics’ second place equals third in states

March 6, 2017

The varsity robotics team made it to the finals as part of an alliance at a FIRST NC district event in Winterville over the past weekend. The team finished in second. This is the first time that a CA FRC team has reached the final in a tournament.

CA began the quarterfinals captaining the #6 seed and had to play against the #3 seed. The alliance partners chosen were Cortechs and Green Hope. All playoff matches are best 2 out of 3 games. The alliance won and moved on to the semis against the #7 seed, whom they beat to move into the finals.

Despite losing the finals, CA won two awards: the Judges Award and Hard Hat Award (a type of safety award). CA also got silver medals for everyone in its alliance. Best of all, CA’s performance in this tournament ranks them 3rd in the state.

CA’s next tournament is March 24-25 at SE Raleigh Magnet High School, 2600 Rock Quarry Road, Raleigh. Matches run from about 10am-6pm each day.

Team members at this latest event:

  • Co-captains Caleb Norfleet ’17 (driver)
  • Co-captain Thomas Hoffmann ’17 (drive coach)
  • Ben Humphries’18 (driver)
  • Vincent Wang ’18 (pilot)
  • Shaan Dhawan ’18 (human player)
  • Josh Pullen ’18 (safety captain)
  • Shane Hoffman ’18 (media/branding)
  • Robert Schellenberger ’18 (mascot, scouting)
  • Cameron Fisher ’19 (scouting captain)
  • Amy Chang ’19 (scouting)
  • Ethan Norfleet ’20 (scouting)

Members unable to attend:

  • Ross Matton ’18 (outreach captain)
  • Chris Toy ’18
  • Jay Chang ’18
  • Claudia Zimmerman ’19
  • Cameron Latta ’17

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Four wins for CA at NC German Day

March 3, 2017

Fifteen MS and US students of German participated in the North Carolina German Day Competition at Wake Forest University on March 2. More than 550 students from 20 schools across the state attended.

CA’s winners are:

Poster: 3rd place: Alex Dietrick and Estella Monica

Singing with Accompaniment Level 3+: 1st place: Dorrit Eisenbeis, Hannah George, Katie Grush, Taylor Weber

Karaoke Video: 1st place: Hope Ferris, Rachel May, Rachel George, Georgie Dietz

Karaoke Video: 2nd place: MS Novice German class (all sixth-graders)

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Girls state swim champs, boys runners-up!

February 21, 2017

At the NCISAA state swimming championships on Feb. 20, the CA girls came in first, and the boys came in second.

Click here for full results, and check out some of the highlights below:

Izzy Barnette – reset her school record in the 100-yard freestyle.

Girls 200-yard freestyle relay – reset the school record that was posted at the TISAC conference meet. The record now belongs to Amy Chang, Emma Zayas, Elena Zayas and Isabella Barnette.

Girls 400-yard freestyle relay – reset the school record that was also posted at the TISAC meet. The record now belongs to Helen Chen, Emma Zayas, Nisma Said and Isabella Barnette.

Boys 200 freestyle relay – STATE CHAMPION RELAY and new school record! Relay members are Will Newman, Josh Pullen, Ben Humphries and Ari Kaufman.

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Two state titles, one 2nd for CA in wrestling

February 20, 2017

At the 18-team NCISAA State Wrestling Tournament held at Cary Academy on Feb. 17-18, two Chargers won state titles.

Earning top individual honors for the Chargers were brothers Julian and Christian Sodano. Christian (’19) toughed out a hard-fought double overtime battle with Wesleyan Christian Academy’s second seed, Cameron Johnson, at the 126-pound weight class and won the first CA state title of the night. Julian (’18) made quick work out of Charlotte Country Day School’s number one-seeded wrestler, Max Spada, at the 138-pound weight class to pick up the second state title of the night.

Joe McDarris (’18), fashioned his way through the 152-pound bracket getting to finals, losing to Charlotte Latin’s senior, Jack Sobel, and finishing as a state runner-up. Chapman Fitzgerald (’18) finished 4th in the 132-pound weight class. Osamah Atieh (’19) finished sixth at the 170-pound weight class. Also finishing 6th for the Chargers were Andrew Lee (’17) at the 182-pound bracket, and Isiah Hoile (’18) at the 195-pound spot.

The CA team once again placed sixth coming within less than 50 points of the top four team spots.

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Swimming teams repeat as TISAC champs

February 8, 2017

On Feb. 7, the boys and girls swimming teams captured the TISAC championships.

The CA boys have now put together EIGHT straight conference championship titles, which is the longest streak for any CA varsity team in school history, and the CA girls have now put together a string of three championship titles.

Both teams won on depth. Both teams only won one individual event, Isabella Barnette in the 100-yard freestyle and Cory Gibson in the 500 free. In addition, both teams won the 200-yard freestyle relay.

All three girls relays set new school records:

200 Medley Relay: (1:53.39) = Helen Chen, Rachel Marston, Nisma Said, Elena Zayas

200 Free Relay: (1:41.73) = Nisma Said, Emma Zayas, Charlotte Hook, Isabella Barnette

400 Free Relay: (3:41.75) = Helen Chen, Emma Zayas, Charlotte Hook, Isabella Barnette

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JV robotics’ ChargerBots going to states

January 30, 2017

This past weekend the JV robotics teams completed their regular season competitions. The team competes in the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC). FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is the international organization that runs robotics competitions.

CA’s teams Q (gold) and ChargerBots (blue) competed at the Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill. Team Q ended the qualifying rounds with a record of 1-4, and was not selected by one of the top four alliances to participate in the playoff rounds. The ChargerBots raced to a record of 4-1. This performance meant the team ended the qualifying round as the third-seeded team, and the right to captain an alliance going into the playoffs. Their alliance fought hard against the second-seeded alliance, both winning a match to force the round into a tie-breaking third match, which they lost.

During the awards ceremony, Team Q was named as finalists for the Connect Award, in addition to the Control Award (mastering robot intelligence), and the Motivate Award (sparking others to embrace the culture of FIRST). The ChargerBots were named as second runner-up for the Inspire Award, the highest achievement awarded at FTC tournaments, which recognizes teams that fully embody the challenge of the program. The ChargerBots earned a spot in the state tournament to be held at North Carolina A&T on Feb. 18.

Two weeks ago, CA’s teams Q ChargerBots participated in the Cardinal Gibbons Qualifying tournament, where both teams struggled throughout the day with technical problems. The day ended with the ChargerBots unable to earn a spot in the playoff rounds, while Team Q was selected to join an alliance and play in the semi-finals. They were knocked out in that round by the eventual winners of the tournament. Team Q was named as the runner-up for the Connect Award, which recognizes a team’s outreach in sharing STEM in the community.

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Varsity teams in playoffs

October 17, 2016

It’s playoff time for CA in the NCISAA. Team updates:

Golf

For the first time the girls golf team has qualified for states as a team.

The tournament will be held at Whispering Pines Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 24–25.

Field hockey:

Varsity Field Hockey beat Forsyth Country Day School 11-1 in First Round of the State Playoffs.

The CA team takes on Durham Academy next at 4:15 on Oct. 21.

XC

The Cross Country boys and girls teams came into the season as the #3 ranked teams in the state of North Carolina, and they haven’t disappointed! They will look to repeat as TISAC Conference champions and state champions this week and next. The conference championship meet will be held Thursday, Oct. 20, at WakeMed Park with a 4:45pm start for the girls and a 5:30pm start for the boys. The state championship meet will be held Friday, Oct. 28, at Hagan Stone Park in Greensboro.

Tennis:

Varsity Tennis will HOST NRCA at4:30 on Oct. 21.

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Diversity Newsletter

August 23, 2016

Dear Parents:

I am pleased to let you know about an enrichment opportunity for parents here in the Cary Academy community: SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity). This will be our second CA SEED Parent Project.

The National SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum is a peer-led professional development program that promotes change through self-reflection and interpersonal dialogue and builds capacity for more equitable curriculum, campuses, and communities. It engages parents, teachers, and community leaders from all types of schools, grade levels, and geographical locations.

SEED seminars are facilitated by teachers who have been trained as SEED leaders. SEED leaders do not lecture. Instead, they lead peers in experiential, interactive activities and conversations often stimulated by films and readings. The monthly seminars deepen participants’ understanding of themselves and expand their knowledge of the world. In each seminar, SEED participants use their own experiences and those of their children to make themselves more effective as partners in their children’s education, and more resilient as parents interested in making their communities and schools more inclusive. SEED values parents’ voices so they can, in turn, better value the voices of their children and their friends and classmates.

Jason Franklin and Kara Caccuitto will be facilitating the sessions for interested parents throughout the school year on the following Thursday: 9/15, Thursday 10/6, Thursday11/3, Thursday 12/1, Thursday 1/5,Thursday 1/26, Thursday 2/16, Thursday 3/16, Thursday 4/20, and Thursday 5/11.

The seminar will run from 4:30-7:30 pm. If you are interested, please contact Kara Caccuitto or Jason Franklinby September 3rd, as space is limited.

I hope you will consider joining SEED as part of your commitment to community engagement and our commitment to diversity and inclusion here at Cary Academy.

If you are interested, please signup here.CA SEED Project Video

Sincerely,

Jason Franklin

Director of Diversity and Inclusion

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