August 13, 2019
Partners in Innovation
Innovation has no sense of time. Inspiration springs forth without concern for the calendar. So, how do we respond to those innovative opportunities that arise in the middle of the academic year—opportunities to foster new initiatives, explore fresh ideas, and implement cutting-edge technologies?
Enter CA’s Parent Teacher Administration Alliance (PTAA).
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August 10, 2019
College Chronicles: Andy Walsh (’09) North Carolina State University & University Of North Carolina Law School
Something to Prove
By his junior year at CA, Andy Walsh was grappling with his future.
An accomplished hockey player, he toyed with the idea of taking a gap year to play competitively.
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August 10, 2019
College Chronicles: Ritu Prasad (’10) : University Of Chicago Northwestern University, Medill School Of Journalism
Following her heart
The importance of college was always at the forefront of Ritu Prasad’s CA experience.
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August 10, 2019
College Chronicles: Ben Hatfield (‘14): United States Air Force Academy
Lifelong dreamer
When Ben Hatfield was a toddler, his parents took him to an air show at Andrews Air Force base. He immediately loved seeing all the planes flying in the air and his love of all things aeronautic was locked in.
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August 10, 2019
College Chronicles: Ziyana Greene (’18): Agnes Scott College
A New Perspective
Ziyana Greene knew what she wanted for college: a small private school with resources on par with a larger university and a diverse student community. She’d always assumed that she’d find that experience at a historically black college or university (HBCU). It was a shock, then, when touring, she found that “despite being great schools, they just didn’t feel right. They didn’t click for me.”
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August 10, 2019
College Chronicles: Deming Haines (’17): Colorado College
An alternative approach
By all accounts, the last few years of Deming Haines’s CA experience were challenging ones. In 2014, he had transferred into CA as a junior—a tricky transition in and of itself—made all the more difficult by a serious medical condition. He was grappling with post-concussive syndrome which left him with debilitating daily headaches. The headaches would prove so disruptive as to necessitate repeating his junior year.
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August 10, 2019
College Chronicles: Kendall Bell (’15): Duke University
Community beyond classrooms
By his own admission, Kendall Bell wasn’t exactly sure what he was looking for at the outset of his college process.
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August 10, 2019
College Chronicles: Carrie Miller (‘04): Bowdoin College & University Of Pennsylvania, Perelman School Of Medicine
The A-ha Moment
Carrie Miller credits the support of the CA community and the leadership skills she developed during her time as a student with giving her the confidence she needed to strike out beyond her comfort zone to find the perfect college. “I knew I wanted to try something new, to explore a different part of the country, to try out an entirely different environment than what I was used to,” explains Miller.
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August 10, 2019
College Chronicles: Esra Balkas (’17): London School Of Economics
Aiming abroad
An eighth-grade CA summer trip to Oxford University proved pivotal for Esra Balkas, triggering a longstanding desire to attend college abroad. She was immediately taken by Oxford’s beautiful campus and academic gravitas.
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