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
