April 9, 2020
COVID-19, self-discovery, and the college search process
Ask most college counselors what they love about their job, and we guarantee they’ll respond with fervor, “The kids!” Here at CA, we’re no different: we delight in the daily rush of energy that comes from being around students in an active learning environment – their excitement, ideas, goals, challenges, and triumphs. Most of all, […]
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April 2, 2020
Together… at a Distance
CA is fortunate to be entering into this unprecedented period with a distinct advantage when it comes to access to and comfort with technology. Our faculty and students are already quite accustomed to using technology to support learning and growth. The challenge facing our community, with the closure of our campus, is less about a shift to digital learning than a shift to distance learning.
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March 26, 2020
Home-based Learning Advice for Parents
Now that we have a week of virtual learning under our belts, we hope things are going smoothly at home. CA's Learning Specialists are here to support your child’s learning and address any challenges they – or you – might be experiencing. Read it on CA Curious.
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March 19, 2020
Charting new wellbeing territory via virtual counseling
Welcome to the new trimester! In trying times, it is important to recognize that our mental health is a vital component of our overall health. We need to attend to our emotional needs just as we do to our physical. CA's counselors offer strategies to support mental health.
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December 8, 2019
Equity Matters
Equity, inclusivity, and diversity have been core commitments at CA since the school’s founding. These commitments are resonant not only the school’s diversity mission statement and statement of community values, but are refected through the work of our strategic plan, our approach to programming, and, of course, by our diverse community itself. This July, the […]
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December 8, 2019
Embracing Zigs Zags and Left Turns
Cary Academy’s transformative impact inspires alums to pay it forward with generous gift.Holly May (‘05, née Metter) is a people person. From her vantage point at San Francisco start-up Datavant, she is at the forefront of an important trend to shift the function known as “HR” from a back-offce shared service, to one of the […]
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September 4, 2019
Personal Best
Ask most Cary Academy alumni to name a faculty figure who has changed the course of their lives and Conrad Hall’s name comes up time and time again. Whether sparking new passions for history, developing championship-winning cross country and track and field teams, or stewarding a tightly-knit community of running alumni, Hall has been instrumental in shaping the CA […]
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April 1, 2019
Preparing for Impact
Cary Academy is committed to ensuring that our students are thoughtful, socially conscious, and engaged members of their communities. But what does social responsibility and meaningful community engagement look like from a larger institutional perspective? Two years ago, the decision to reimagine our public summer camp experience–one that had grown increasingly untenable— opened an exciting […]
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February 27, 2020
Raising a community
It may come as a surprise, but Middle School is a lot like Mardi Gras. As the second trimester comes to a close, CA's Head of Middle School, Marti Jenkins reflects on her students' experiences from the past 12 weeks, building community in an environment that cultivates collaboration, out-of-the-box thinking, and relevant real-life connections. Read it on CA Curious.
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