Midway through our second trimester, Cary Academy is back in full swing with its busy students, fun events, and excitement for the rest of the year. In the past few months, we’ve had inspiring guest speakers, an exhilarating and competitive Spirit Week, fun holiday festivities, and a shift in the student body, inspired by Ms.… Read More Letter from the Editor
Note from the editor: This article is the first in a continuing series; throughout the year, Upper School students will submit anonymous questions, and our advice columnist will reply here. Stay tuned for more advice in the coming issues, and leave a comment below with your opinion as well! How fancy should your outfit… Read More Anonymous Advice from a Friend
By Jack Lattimore, Campitor Co-Editor in Chief “Maybe we could create a school grounded in nature,” I hear as I stop by to see how one group is doing. Walking to the next table, they seem to be going down a completely different path, talking about how splitting the school into “Harry Potter” type houses might… Read More A STEP from Ideal to Pragmatic – The STEP Forward Conference
By Alexandra Smith You walk up the stairs in the library, unsure of what you’re going to find once you step through the doors to the Makerspace. You’ve heard things about it- after all, it’s where Art and Design is, it has a bunch of science things, and it’s where you really don’t go to… Read More A Typical Robotics Meeting
By Emily Lane and Hanna Saklad The key to a happy life is a happy stomach. Doctors and nutritionists both know that diet is directly tied to health. However, in a culture constantly running from one place to another in the race-like succession of school, homework, sports, extracurricular, and social events, it becomes easy to… Read More Learning to Cook: CA Cooking Club
By Julia Gong Quick Pics Flashback: in October, Key Club sponsored the annual Flash Pink Bagel Sale in support of breast cancer awareness. Our ribbon-shaped bagels were generously bought by the CA community, and our volunteers had plenty of energy and enthusiasm (despite the early hours) and kept the bagels comin’! Up to Speed: Although… Read More Key Club Update: Bagel Sales and Spirit Week
By Micaela Rosen During Trimester 1 break, Peggy McIntosh– a feminist and anti-racism activist– visited CA. She gave a keynote address called “Power and Privilege” that was open to the entire community and also led workshops with CA faculty. Peggy McIntosh received her Ph.D from Harvard University, where she concentrated on Emily Dickinson’s poetry.… Read More Peggy McIntosh: Power and Privilege
By Hope Ferris “If I be waspish, best beware my sting” warns Katharina, the caustic and sharp-tongued leading lady of Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew (2.1.223). In the early 1590s, the Bard completed his clever comedy about a war between the sexes, in which the beautiful Bianca must wait until her sister is… Read More Changing Times: Two Film Adaptations of Shakespeare’s Play The Taming of the Shrew
By Vera Wei This year, the Student Global Leadership Institute (SGLI) hosted by Punahou School at Hawaii gathered students from ten different countries around the globe to explore and discuss the topic of equity. The SGLI crew from Cary Academy has decided to tackle the lack of equity in the scope of education. One concern… Read More Student Global Leadership Institute ESL Initiative
By Audrey Daley Spirit Week seems to get more and more competitive every year, and with this year’s ramping up of the Spirit Cup, competition during Spirit Week seemed to heighten all the more. From Pajama day to Blue and Gold day, Chargers of all ages wore eclectic ensembles to win points for their grades… Read More Spirit Week: Fiercest Yet? And the Future of Student Council Events
By Rosie Hoile Almost every school has their version of it. It comes in many shapes in forms—whether it’s known by the traditional Gay-Straight Alliance or it branches out into more inclusive but edgier labels like Queer-Straight Alliance or even G.L.O.W. (Gay, Lesbian Or Whatever)—but it’s always recognized and avoided by a majority of the… Read More The Gay One: A Look Inside Cary Academy’s GSA
