December 15, 2022
Sports Round-up: Fall ’22 Season
With the conclusion of the Fall 2022 season, Cary Academy Athletics can proudly report that its seven Varsity teams produced Conference Champions, All-State Athletes, and lasting memories. Starting on the pitch, Varsity Boys Soccer put together an impressive season, concluding with their deepest playoff run in recent school history. The team fell to heavily favored […]
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December 1, 2022
Super Charging Athletics
The last 25 years have seen the Chargers rise from a nascent athletics program to conference-conquering champions, a story told by the trophy case, photos, and plaques that line the lobby of the Fitness Center. Now, a new fund—the Charge Ahead Fund—is helping ensure that all scholar-athletes and teams have the resources and support to […]
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November 17, 2022
Where PomPoms Meet Professional Development
I certainly didn’t expect organizers waving pompoms enthusiastically in welcome or debating the merits of jellybeans versus chocolate with a complete stranger (shout out to Houston Kraft for this icebreaker) when Kevin Rokuskie first described the Association of Middle Level Educators Conference (AMLE). As it turns out, there may have been nothing that could have […]
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November 10, 2022
Meet the New Faces of CA
This fall, CA welcomed many new faces to campus! New faculty and staff have joined us in nearly every corner of campus, and we are so pleased to introduce them to you. Below you will find some fun facts about each unique individual, and we hope you get the chance to say hello if you […]
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September 22, 2022
Breaking the People Pleasing Cycle
What do we do when our children don’t get what they want? When they’re little, we coach them on the value of sharing, waiting their turn, or accepting the situation. If you are a parent of siblings, you’ve probably set multiple invisible timers to negotiate toy time between equally indignant children. You’ve heard ‘it’s-my-time-with-the-Xbox!’ and ‘I WAS […]
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May 26, 2022
Varsity boys’ track and field takes TISAC championship
Congratulations to the varsity boys’ track and field team for winning the TISAC conference championship for the second straight year last week, overtaking North Raleigh Christian Academy with a dramatic victory in the last event of the meet, the 4 x 400m Relay. The varsity girls’ team placed third place. TISAC Conference Championship Podium Scorers: […]
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May 12, 2022
Middle School track teams take CAMSC championship by storm
Last week, both the Middle School boys’ and girls’ track and field teams brought home 2022 CAMSC Track & Field Conference Team Champion titles, besting second-place finishers Grace Christian School 190 to 76 (girls) and 151 to 69 (boys). This marks the fifth CAMSC Middle School girls’ title (5 out of 5!), and the boys’ […]
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February 17, 2022
Charger swimming dominates at States
The girl’s swim team continued their dominance at the NCISAA Finals with a 137 point differential over 2nd place Charlotte Latin (371-234), earning their 6th Consecutive State Championship Title! The boy’s swim team, while finishing as State Runners-Up to a ridiculously talented Charlotte Latin team, distanced themselves from 3rd place by over 120 points (418.5 […]
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January 27, 2022
I’ve Been to the Mountains, ISEEN It All
Cary Academy’s commitment to discovery and innovation keeps us looking for ways to improve, and one of our key avenues for growth is paying attention to what other excellent educators are doing around the world. Back in 2015, I first connected with an awesome group called the Independent School Experiential Education Network (ISEEN), made up […]
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