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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]