Welcome to the 2017-2018 T3 edition of The Campitor! It’s bittersweet to write this last letter from the editor, but I feel confident that I am leaving The Campitor in good hands. I feel good leaving Cary Academy knowing that students aren’t afraid to speak up for what they believe in, no matter what they… Read More Letter from the Editor
This advice column features personal advice for Cary Academy students by Princess Bernard-Oti, ’18, in regards to school-related questions. Her responses are meant to be taken lightheartedly, so please enjoy. How do you deal with stressful situations, such as during exam weeks? Princess: It is important to get a lot of sleep; that… Read More Advice Column Responses
By Hope Ferris, ’18 Friday April 27th, Cary Academy participated in the Day of Silence, a day sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) to raise awareness about discrimination against LGBT students. At Cary Academy, students in the upper school had the option to remain silent for the entirety of the day,… Read More Day of Silence
By Cate Pitterle, ’20 April 20th started out like any other day at Cary Academy. But at 10:00 AM, almost 50% of the upper school walked out of class and down to the track for a rally commemorating the 19th anniversary of the Columbine shooting. The rally also honored the victims of gun violence in… Read More CA Walks Out
By Danielle Carr, ’18 It’s often the little things that matter the most, small touches that have a large impact on someone’s day. This was something understood well by Casey Abernethy (’20), whose final service project for her Social Justice Discovery Term was to install free feminine products in bathrooms around the Triangle. The goal… Read More PTAA Feminine Hygiene Project
By Taylor Timinskas and Hope Ferris, ’18 As a part of the senior year English curriculum, all students complete a senior capstone English project on a topic they are passionate about. The guidelines were simple: a research-intensive project, five weeks of work broken down by weekly guidelines, and criteria for success that we wrote for… Read More Senior Capstone Samples
The week of May 7th, Lily Levin (’19), Krishan Guzzo (’19), and Elizabeth George (’19) organized a Mental Health Awareness week full of activities and fundraisers. The students made a website (which can be accessed here) for students to access general information and resources in regards to maintaining a “healthy state of mind”. There are… Read More Mental Health Awareness Week
By Claire Ferris, ’21 With the new building in progress, announcements of retirement for beloved teachers, and the new schedule that was implemented this year, Cary Academy has entered a period of growth and change. The English department will also be updating its curriculum for the 2019-2020 school year, according to English Department Chair German… Read More English Department Changes
By Danielle Carr, ’18 This year, Coexist has once again been the center of student diversity events at Cary Academy. As its own club, it launched the lunchtime Symposium Series to dive into artistic duty and identity, and it established Courageous Conversations to debrief about sensitive topics. Coexist also worked to unite the affinity groups… Read More Coexistence at CA
Welcome to the Winter 2017-2018 edition of the Campitor! As the second trimester comes to a close, we look back on our accomplishments of the past few months: seniors wait for college decisions, previous club events are successful, and the winter sports season comes to a close. We also look forward, as we continue our… Read More Letter From the Editor
By Danielle Carr, ’18 After the devastating attack on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, it was immediately evident that this one felt different. It has been 19 years since Columbine, and finally the students have begun to advocate for themselves, realizing that without constant pressure, pressure no adult seemed to provide, Congress… Read More CA Walkouts
Welcome to the first edition of the Campitor for the 2017-2018 school year! As CA moved beyond its twentieth year and into its twenty-first, the first trimester back was a whirlwind of activity. With four new Upper School teachers, a reorganized schedule, and the start of construction on the brand new science building, there is a great… Read More Letter From the Editor
by Cate Pitterle, ’20 Recent discoveries in astronomy could change the scientific world forever. Almost every space observatory in the world collects light, but some objects in the universe—such as black holes—can’t be seen through these methods, so scientists created revolutionary technology that allowed them to “hear” the universe—and just recently, they got their wish… Read More Gravitational Waves: How Einstein Was Right Again
by Princess Bernard-Oti, ’18 The Triangle Diversity Alliance conference is hosted by a local Independent school every year. This year, C.A. students attended the conference on October 25th at Carolina Friends School, with a theme of “Allies and Activism”. CFS Head of School Karen Cumberbatch began the conference speaking on what it means to be… Read More Triangle Diversity Alliance Conference
by Taylor Timinskas and Aesha Desai, ’18 This article is the first opinion article in a series on dining at CA – we will continue with interviews and discussions in the next edition. There is a great variety of non-meat eaters at our school ranging from pescatarians (people who refrain from all meat except fish) and vegans (who refrain from all animal… Read More The Vegetarian Voice
by Taylor Timinskas, ’18 For the 2017-2018 academic year, a new club was introduced to the Upper School. The Entrepreneurship and Business Management club provides a new platform for our students to create their own start-ups. The club uses a year-long process to help individuals or teams to develop, launch, and improve their own businesses… Read More Bring out the Entrepreneurs
by Hope Ferris, ’18 This past summer, I spent two weeks with two CA peers, Evan Ehrhardt and Ziyana Greene, and seventy students from all around the world at the Student Global Leadership Institute hosted by the Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii. We tackled the topic of peace together with field trips, speakers, workshops, and… Read More Student Global Leadership Institute
By Claire Ferris, ’21 This year at CA, we have four new teachers in the Upper School: Naomi Barlaz, Freya Kridle, Jamie Roszel, and Marisa Scoville. Ms. Barlaz teaches history, Ms. Kridle teaches Spanish, Mr. Roszel teaches English, and Ms. Scoville teaches science. Although we’ve already had a trimester to get to know these teachers,… Read More Getting to Know the New Teachers
by Taylor Timinskas, ’18 Starting the year off with the perfect tune, the Glee Club has brought a new singing community to our campus. Inspired by both the television series Glee and their own love for performing, seniors Lucy Daley and Aesha Desai were motivated to make the club happen. The musical group’s main focus… Read More Gleeful for Glee Club
by Danielle Carr, ’18 For students, it seems so difficult to enact change beyond Cary Academy. Our lives are so tethered to what we do at school that it’s sometimes hard to become involved with outside politics; however, Lily Levin, along with a friend, Sarah Beck have started a club called Triangle People Power to… Read More Triangle People Power
Every single edition of The Campitor that I have been able to work on surprises me. Each article moves above and beyond, each story is more compelling than the one before, and each writer brings their own unique perspective. This edition features pieces about local politics, club updates, and opinion pieces. As usual, please feel… Read More Letter From the Editor
by Arman Kassam, ’18 It’s always a bit funny when you investigate CA’s history. A quick Google search uncovers what the very first OneWeek was all about: “The 2009 – 10 academic year marked the beginning of an upper school tradition called “One CA Week.” Upper school affinity groups, through a consortium called COEXIST, planned… Read More One Week Reflection
During a film unit in the Advanced American Literature class, students wrote reviews of classic American movies. We’ve gathered a collection for you here, ranging from thriller to spy to classic ’80s films – enjoy!
by Hope Ferris, ’18 Picture this: a film with an unnecessarily complicated plot line, dizzying chase scenes with near constant motion, international political intrigue driven by cold war tensions, an icy double-crossing blonde, a wealthy British villain with an ultra-posh and secluded lair, an impeccably dressed lady-killer of a protagonist, excessive amounts of expensive alcohol,… Read More Film Review – North by Northwest
by Caroline Brewer, ’18 The Breakfast Club is a brutally honest 1985 cult classic that conveys teenage vulnerability in an unparalleled manner, cashing in and appealing to our society’s concept of what it truly means to be a teenager in America. Five unattended teenagers in a room would typically be considered a recipe for trouble,… Read More Film Review – The Breakfast Club
by Chelsea Fang, ’18 A film that focuses simultaneously on the dark cyclicality of life and on disruptive, stunning twists and turns that leave you shocked and unsettled to the bone, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 psychological thriller, Vertigo, is a whirlwind of an experience that leaves you under its dizzying spell. Following an incident that results… Read More Film Review – Vertigo
by Hope Ferris, ’18 On an unseasonably warm weekend in February, the CA Model UN club attended its second ever conference, and this time around, it was no small endeavor: 16 members attended the Duke Model UN conference in downtown Durham, and two attended UNC’s conference the next weekend. As a mix of upperclassmen, underclassmen,… Read More CA’s Second Year of Model UN
by Princess Bernard-Oti, ’18 On Monday, April 10th and Wednesday, April 12th, an experiment took place to test which drinks Cary Academy students would respond to . This experiment was used to both determine if putting a possible café or pop-up carts should be part of the school’s future and to encourage friendly entrepreneurial competition.… Read More The Great Drink Cart Challenge
by Julia Gong, ’17 For my senior capstone project, Of Common Threads (www.ofcommonthreads.wordpress.com), I’ve created a ‘literary patchwork’ of various personal stories from Cary Academy community members in hopes of documenting and immortalizing their narratives, celebrating our differences and common threads, and lending my voice to others. Through this project, I was also incredibly fortunate… Read More Of Common Threads
by Danielle Carr, ’18 As the Speech and Debate Program nears the last few national tournaments, we’ve reflected on this past year’s accomplishments and are looking forward to what next season holds. The team has seen success in nearly every tournament, local and national, and hopes to see the same type of results in the… Read More Speech and Debate Update
Taylor Timinskas, ’18 This spring season, Cary Academy’s Track and Field team set new school records. Coach Hall has guided the school’s largest athletic team to many victories this season, and he has continued to keep the team motivated and unified. Multiple athletes competed and came out triumphant in a variety of different events ranging from… Read More CA Track and Field
by Cate Pitterle, ’20 Do you know who your local representatives are? Have you met them? Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to interview some of North Carolina’s representatives. The life of a politician is a busy one, stressful for sure, and one of the most important roles to fill– whether… Read More Working for Change: Meeting NC’s Representatives
We are more than halfway through the school year: the ninth grade class is accustomed to Upper School life, the sophomores are eagerly awaiting their exchange students, the juniors are working incredibly hard, and the seniors are counting down the days until graduation. Along with us, the world around us is also facing rapid changes.… Read More Letter from the Editor
by Abigail Hoile (’17) Saxophone-playing, French-fry eating and smooth-talking Bill Clinton was the Democratic counter-offer to old-school and lackluster George H.W. Bush, elected easily in 1992 by utilizing both the young and the minority electorate, typically uninspired and underrepresented by any presidential candidate before Clinton. The Black turnout especially in the 1992 election was historic,… Read More Thoughts on the Election
by Alex Bandong It was the best of times, it was not a Tale of Two Cities. Thankfully. Right before Thanksgiving break, four English teachers, four other upper schoolers and I traveled to YALLFest. I’m still not 100% sure what YALLFest stands for, but whenever people asked, I told them it was a young adult literature…festival.… Read More YALLFest
by Marygrace Stephenson Students for Gender Equality is not just a feminist club; it is an inclusive, collaborative, and innovative group of the Cary Academy community motivated in changing the world for the better. From engaging group discussions to special defense classes, SGE has something for everyone. Back in October the group hosted Cary Academy’s… Read More Students for Gender Equality
by Taylor Timinskas With the variety of language clubs offered at Cary Academy, the Chinese Club introduces a perspective on the different influences, cultures, and lifestyles in China. Kayla Haeussler, a leader of the club, describes it as “a unique and fun approach to learning about Chinese culture through music, food, and crafts.” Chinese club… Read More Chinese Club Updates
by Princess Bernard-Oti The Health Occupations Students of America, known as HOSA to many at Cary Academy, is a health education based club that introduces students to different health professions. HOSA is an organization that is nationally known and recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Health Science Education. This club provides… Read More HOSA
by Taylor Timinskas In celebration of Cary Academy’s 20th anniversary, the Cary Academy orchestra is hard at work to create a concert in memory of the most popular music pieces the orchestra has played since its inception. Mr. Qiao, the conductor for the ensemble, is creating a thrilling composition of these unforgettable songs to be… Read More Cary Academy Orchestra’s Musical Endeavors
by the CA Biotech class In the past few weeks, my biotechnology class has been working on cloning the Herpes Simplex Virus 1 origin of replication using the pUC19 ampicillin resistance plasmid vector with UNC Chapel Hill’s Griffith Lab. This experiment will aid researchers in the field trying to find a way to prevent the replication… Read More DNA, Disease Assays, and Donuts
