May 2, 2019
CA US Students Win Phi Beta Kappa Literary Essay Contest
Each year the Phi Beta Kappa Association of Wake County holds an essay writing contest for juniors and seniors in both public and private schools. English teachers are asked to invite select students to submit a written analysis of a work of literature produced in the normal coursework assigned by the teacher. This year, Madi […]
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April 30, 2019
Science Olympiad team finishes strong at state tournament
Cary Academy’s Science Olympiad team had a successful finish to the 2019 NCSO State tournament, held at NC State University this past weekend, placing 3rd in Chem Lab; 8th in Circuit Lab, Geologic Mapping, and Water Quality; and 9th in Experimental Design. The team placed 21 of 50 schools competing from across the state (a fantastic showing for CA […]
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April 25, 2019
CA alum wins nationwide tech contest worth $100,000
Last Monday, Thomas Hoffmann (CA ’18) and his team from Caltech won the 2019 Data Open National Championship, taking home a cash prize of $100,000! Over 10,000 students applied to participate in Correlation One’s Datathon series with Citadel and Citadel Securities, but only 96 individuals were chosen to compete in this culminating event, which took place […]
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April 8, 2019
Math League Team tops regional group
In the Math League Press’s Mathematics League, CA students participated in six regular season rounds of contests throughout the year against teams from 21 states. Overall, our team finished 15th and in our four-state region within that group, CA finished 1st! Rishi Goswami (‘20) finished 13th overall individually and was CA’s strongest overall performer. […]
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April 4, 2019
Visiting speakers explore the Asian-American identity
CA’s Asian-American Affinity Group hosted its first speaker panel, on Wednesday, as part of Cary Academy’s Symposium Series. The panel, featuring Dr. Ryan Ku, a fellow at Duke University’s Asian-American Studies Center, specializing in the developing of the Asian-American identity in literature and Ms. Manju Karkare, a Raleigh-based dietician dedicated to providing nutritional counseling and making healthy eating […]
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April 3, 2019
Varsity Robotics season ends with valiant effort
The Jenkins family cheers on Varsity Robotics at UNC Pembroke. Cary Academy’s FRC (varsity) robotics team (#5160) had a fantastic 2nd tournament, but fell short of qualifying for states. FRC tournaments are two-day affairs. Each team plays in 12 qualification matches which determines their tournament ranking. After those matches, the 8 highest seeds choose two other […]
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April 2, 2019
CA Mathematics teams compete in State Regional Mathematics Contest
At the State Regional Mathematics Contest at Wake Technical Community College, four teams of CA Middle and Upper Schoolers competed against many of the top mathematics students in Wake County, and likely in all of the state. Roughly thirty schools participated in this meet. Five students earned individual medals for their performances: Bryan Fang (’23), […]
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March 28, 2019
Prom Dress Drive collects 70 dresses for a community in need
Thanks to the CA community, the Center for Community Engagement received 70 prom dresses during the Prom Dress Drive, to help students in Robeson County who are still experiencing the effects of Hurricane Florence. Thank you for helping to make someone’s prom night special!
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March 26, 2019
CA sixth grader advances to National Geographic GeoBee state finals
Mukundh Ashok, a sixth grader, was the winner of this year’s Cary Academy Geographic Bee. After winning the school bee, he took an online test to qualify for the statewide National Geographic GeoBee. Based on his score, Mukundh was chosen to join 99 other students from across the state to compete in the state GeoBee in Charlotte […]
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