A student leader reflects on their student voice workshop at Minneapolis’s PEN Conference. By Kathryn Chao As we constantly gripe about school-induced stress, it can be easy to take for granted the privileges Cary Academy has to offer. As STEP club co-leader… Read More STEP Club Takes on Educational Reform at Conference
Student activists are striking again December 6. Here’s the backstory. By Cate Pitterle The Strike The air seemed to hum as a couple hundred activists crowded toward the small wooden… Read More From Strikes to Parachutes, Students Advocate for Environmental Reform
John Badham’s film has harrowing implications that mirror our current crises. By Kaela Curtis Shall we play a game? It was a timeless line from a movie I had yet to see. While I had heard of WarGames before and of that… Read More Movie Review: 1983’s WarGames is Still Relevant (and Good)
Morgan White shares their experiences with siblings and gender in this short podcast.
An anonymous StuCo officer remembers a meeting of the new initiative. On a blustery November morning, an assortment of 9’s, 10’s, 11’s, and even… Read More Student Council Launches The Forum
It’s #SeniorSZN, but for many CA seniors, that just means #CollegeAppSZN. By Cate Pitterle My summer did not end as it began. That is, while I began the summer with only thoughts of pools and books and Netflix, I ended it with the Common App. That’s a common experience for many CA… Read More Thoughts on the College Process
Welcome to this third edition of the Campitor! This year’s final trimester has come and gone. Classes are over, AP tests are done, the intensity of the senior class’s game of Spoons is finally lessening. Students and faculty are preparing for graduation, exchange trips, Discovery Term, and so much more. The end of the year… Read More Letter From the Editor
By Ashleigh Smith (’22)
Our advice column returns, with McKay Lucas (’21) and Ashley Grubstein (’22) answering your questions about school, extracurriculars, and balancing the two. Want to submit a question of your own? Send them to this link and we’ll answer them in our next issue. What can I do if I am balancing a school sport… Read More Advice Column: Balancing School and Extracurriculars
By Erin Singleton (’20) Though their season is nearing its final weeks, Cary Academy’s spring athletes are still hard at work. The Varsity Baseball team has had a successful season so far. With a solid 7-4 record, the boys have had some big wins. Notable wins include an 8-3 victory over conference rival Durham… Read More Spring Sports Update
By Cate Pitterle (’20) I’m so excited to bring you the first edition of the Campitor’s student spotlight section! Every issue, we’ll be featuring three different students with a 300-word feature story. For this first spotlight, we’re featuring an artist, a knitter, and a hockey player– three people who couldn’t be more different, but who… Read More Spotlight: Luke Johnson, Rohan Sachdev, Mary Esposito
By Will Aarons (’20) and Sydney Nguyen (’20) On Easter Sunday, little boys and girls from across the Triangle frolicked in the spring weather, searching the foliage for candy-filled plastic eggs. However, while the pack stuck to jovial egg hunts, this intrepid pair of teens embarked on a much more spiritual hunt: the search… Read More Boba Taste Tests Around the Triangle
After this year’s Variety Show was cancelled, the upper school Jazz Band was presented with a dilemma. They had been practicing their rendition of “Despascito” for weeks in preparation for the show. Its cancellation not only meant that their hard work had seemingly gone to waste but that the school community would never get to… Read More Video: Jazz Band Plays “Despascito”
Photo: Film Frame / Marvel Studios By Kaela Curtis (’20) So it’s happened, the end of an era (and of so many contracts). The three-hour cinematic finale to one of the greatest superhero series ever known, Avengers: Endgame dropped on April 25. The decade-long saga (dubbed the “Infinity Saga” by Marvel’s team) spanned 22… Read More Avengers: Endgame is the Epic of a Decade
Film club 300 Seconds’ videos have proved to be a huge hit at town halls, and the creative projects are making their mark on YouTube as well. Since leaders Jono Jenkins (’20) and Evan Snively (’20) revamped 300 Seconds this year, it’s released four videos. Among these are a YouTube exclusive called “Lovestruck,” which has… Read More Video: 300 Seconds Feature
By Claire Ferris (’21) As soon as school resumed in March, spring blossomed around us. In fact, spring sprouted many new faces around campus — faces I later realized were exchange students. The sophomores, myself included, have been given the chance to experience a world language exchange. Students from France and Argentina came in… Read More The Push to Learn English
By Cate Pitterle (’20) Eight teams. Eight drink varieties. A whole lot of customers. That’s how this year’s Drink Cart Challenge started: teams comprised of students from every grade vying to win this recently created, but already treasured, tradition. Boba, smoothie bowls, coffee, floats, and more flooded campus before school, during break, and at… Read More Drink Cart Challenge: A Brewtiful Time for the Communitea
The FRC robotics team is recruiting, and everyone is welcome to join. That was the message Claudia Zimmerman (’19), Om Naphade (’20), and Obinna Modilim (’20) gave the student body at the town hall on April 16. Team 5160 showed off their bot, which placed a giant orange rubber ball and a plastic circle cutout… Read More Video: Robotics Town Hall Demonstration
Welcome to this holiday mini-edition of the Campitor! With the holidays just behind us and Trimester Two in full swing, everyone’s busy. Winter sports are just past halfway through the season, Spirit Week has come and gone, and holiday traditions like the Giving Tree and the Holiday Shoppe were once again huge successes. We’ve covered… Read More Letter From the Editor
The advice column returns, with McKay Lucas (’21) answering your questions about everyday campus life. Read on for her tips! Need a Second? Look no further than the Zen Den, an open room with a calming environment when you need to de-stress. It can be visited on Monday during break, B block, and E… Read More Advice Column
By Cate Pitterle, ’20 Every year before holiday break, a Christmas tree appears in the upper school lobby, filled with unconventional ornaments: name tags of children in need. Also, unlike regular ornaments, these tags quickly disappear from the tree, taken by CA students full of holiday spirit. These students then head to the office, where… Read More The Giving Tree: Give Gifts, Give Hope
By McKay Lucas, ’21 The CA Holiday Shoppe is an annual tradition that attracts people from all over the Triangle each year. The event, which ran from Thursday, November 29 to Saturday, December 1 of 2018, showcased the work of over 100 vendors and attracted over 5,000 customers. The Holiday Shoppe was organized by many… Read More Holiday Shoppe Till You Drop
By Erin Singleton, ’20 Cary Academy’s winter athletes have been working hard this season, and all their dedication has been paying off, making the season a successful one on all fronts. CA’s wrestling team remains as strong as ever this season. Home to past individual wrestling state champions, the wrestling program undoubtedly has the… Read More Midway Through the Season, Winter Sports Are Going Strong
By Claire Ferris, ’21 Though the final full week of school before holiday break was shortened due to exciting yet unexpected snow, the Cary Academy Student Council was still hard at work making sure the Upper School students could show their spirit. StuCo took a vote to determine this year’s spirit week themes, adding new… Read More Spirit Week Was Shortened, But CA’s Spirit Wasn’t
Welcome to the first edition of the Campitor for the 2018-2019 school year! It’s just past midterms, and already the trimester has been full of activity– the freshmen are settling into US life, the seniors are applying to college, and everyone is getting into the routine of club meetings and classes and extracurriculars. The Campitor’s… Read More Letter From the Editor
By Erin Singleton, ’20 Cary Academy’s fall athletes have been hard at work since the beginning of August. Though practices began a mere twelve weeks ago, the regular season is already beginning to wind down. The results show that it has indeed been a good season so far for Charger athletes. The Varsity Field Hockey… Read More Fall Sports Update
The Campitor’s Advice Column is back! Whether you’re looking for homework tips or time management strategies, this is the place to be. Ashley Grubstein (’22) answers common questions below: How can you balance extra-curriculars with homework and social life? In my opinion, one of the best ways to balance extra-curriculars with homework and a social life… Read More Advice Column
By Cate Pitterle, ’20 Mr. Rushin’s chemistry classes are known for explosions and endless labs, entertaining lectures and plenty of inside jokes. However, for the first half-trimester of the school year, Mr. Rushin was absent from the classroom, embarking on the trip of a lifetime: hiking the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada. The… Read More An Interview with Mr. Rushin
By Claire Ferris, ’21 On the morning of August 28, 2018, instead of driving to school in the glowing morning light and humid air, all four-hundred sixty-eight Upper School students prepared themselves for their respective class trips. Though the school year had just begun, each class approached their trip with optimism and curiosity, using this… Read More US Class Trips
On the evening of September 7th in the Discovery Studio, an eager audience awaited the lectures of ten speakers, all of whom were CA alumni, current students, and faculty. This event was the second TEDxCary Academy event ever held and was just as, if not more, successful than the first. The theme this year was… Read More TEDxCA Sparks Curiosity
