April 19, 2018
Season of Celebration …
Season of Celebration … and Reflection It’s prom season. Or in CA’s case, post-prom, pre-Commencement season. It’s a time when we reflect on the accomplishments of students, especially the seniors. It’s also a time when anxiety about the year to come peaks. Students ask “Am I taking enough advanced classes?” “Can I do more than […]
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April 12, 2018
Alumni Meetups
In the age of digital connections, it is easy to rely only on emails and newsletters to try to foster connection between a school and its alumni. These tools are great because they provide instantaneous communication to our entire alumni network at once. For some things, like event announcements and invitations, such as our recent […]
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April 5, 2018
Drink Cart Origin Story
Last April 10, hundreds of Upper School students spilled onto the Quad on a typically brilliant blue North Carolina afternoon, made even more special because they were able to grab a fun drink — from popular mainstream choices like tea, coffee, root beer floats and fruit punch smoothies to the more exotic like boba/bubble tea, […]
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March 29, 2018
Business Office Integration
By Debby Reichel, Chief Financial Officer Although CA has always been know as a tech school on the student-side of things, the business operations have taken a little longer to catch up. Over the years, we have used a variety of platforms pieced together to help us get work done. Integration wasn’t a word you […]
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March 22, 2018
Going West
Going West with the Collaborative for Innovative Education It is part of American tradition to look West for opportunity, and over the course of this year a group of department leaders from Cary Academy has been doing just that, traveling first to California and then across the Pacific to Singapore to join a group of […]
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March 15, 2018
Picking out the CA laptop
Each year, the Information Services (IS) department research and try various products to see how they would fit into the culture and curriculum. One of the perks of being part of the department is that you get to play with all the new gadgets and help decide if it fits into our vision for Cary […]
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February 7, 2018
3D Printing in MS: Small steps, small designs, big learning
We like to tell stories of student successes. That’s what we’re about. Behind the scenes, though, our faculty are continually exploring and collaborating to set the stage for those great stories. Here is one small example involving a new 3D printing initiative in the MS: At the end of last year, the MS purchased six […]
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February 1, 2018
Meet the Admissions Team
Exciting times in the CA Admissions Office! Our office will be transitioning at the end of this school year, with my upcoming retirement and Heather Clarkson assuming the position of Director of Admissions and Financial Aid. While the leadership of the department will change, the remaining admission team members will continue in their current roles. Sharice […]
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January 11, 2018
Brick Wall Challenge
Curious about the new Center for Math and Science? At the Launch Party on November 27, Dr. Ehrhardt spoke about the “Brick Wall Design Challenge.” This challenge is an initiative to explore designs for innovative and creative learning spaces in the new building. For example, how might we treat the interior 38-foot brick wall and […]
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