After an amazing career that spanned over two decades, Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer has announced his retirement from the sport. Federer, who turns 42 in August, made the announcement in a tearful press conference on Monday, stating that his body can no longer keep up with the demands of professional tennis. In his press… Read More Roger Federer: A Fairy Tale Retirement by Rich Zhou
The 2022 FIFA World Cup was a spectacle to behold–stands were filled with chants, flags, and painted faces. The tournament saw 32 countries competing over four weeks, resulting in a sea of colors on display. Despite the falls, fouls, and flops, the World Cup was an unforgettable experience. Argentina and Messi brought home the main… Read More Morocco: The People’s Champ by Salim Alvi
After a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the world language exchange trips have finally returned. This unique experience offers sophomores the opportunity to spend twelve to sixteen days abroad in various countries, ranging from France to Argentina. This year, in addition to sophomores, juniors taking Chinese or German are also invited to join these… Read More Exchange Trips by Maya Gupta
The winter season is an exciting time for many, with holiday celebrations, being reunited with family, and taking a well-deserved break. This time of year is often something many families look forward to well in advance. Although Thanksgiving has already passed, it is always a good time to do some reflection on what you are… Read More Top Ten Ways to Give Back this Winter Season by Anya Jain
Movies are expensive. Really expensive. I mean, if you just look at last year, F9, No Time to Die, and Spider-Man: No Way Home all had budgets north of $200 million. All three of these movies did exceptionally well at the box office, (Spider-Man especially, coming in at a whopping $1.6 billion), but what about… Read More 6 Cult Classics by Henry Lim
No, nobody asked for this ranking, but yes, you will enjoy it. A spur of the moment decision prompted this deep dive. While there might not have been meticulous thought put into every placement on this list, I attempted to provide solid reasoning. Please enjoy. Tier 9: Incredibly Unenjoyable. Painful, even. This tier belongs to… Read More Power Ranking How Much I Like Every NBA Team by Amy Snively
Money affects nearly every aspect of our lives, from obtaining healthcare to turning the lights on in the morning. However, despite its essential role, according to Next Gen Personal Finance, less than 25% of high school students who graduated in the spring of 2022 took a stand-alone personal finance course. While what we learn in… Read More Why Expanding Access to Financial Education is Critical by Ella Gupta
Are you familiar with the “joy to suffering” ratio? If not, it’s time to re-introduce one of the most popular teachers at Cary Academy. Gray Rushin has been a chemistry teacher for over 30 years, many of them in the Upper school at CA. His unique classes and labs are always a favorite for… Read More What a Rush! by Salim Alvi
The CA community is excited to introduce TerraCycling as an initiative to lead to a more sustainable and equitable future on campus. As Chief of Environmental and Sustainability Officer, I have been honored to work with faculty and students to implement TerraCycling. A non-profit organization dedicated to reducing consumers’ waste production by recycling hard-to-recycle materials… Read More TerraCycling by Nina Gupta
For many high schoolers across the nation, sights set on certain colleges come with careful deliberation over that college’s price tag. Unfortunately, these price tags are hefty and, often, unreachable by individual financial means. Thus, many individuals utilize student loans from banks or other financial institutions with the expectation of full repayment on top of… Read More Biden’s Proposed Student Debt Relief Plan by Matthew Corkey and Dhiren Parvathaneni
As seniors bury themselves in applications, conversations about college bubble up frequently on CA campus. Many of these conversations reference the admissions process. Students worry about midterm grades, standardized test scores, essays, and extracurriculars. However, the college process is much more than that, and our discussions surrounding them should go deeper than worrying about our… Read More College Admissions & Affirmative Action by Bela Chandler
On a tremendous memorable evening at the US Open, Carlos Alcaraz defeats Casper Ruud 6-4 2-6 7-6(1) 6-3 to achieve his first grand slam trophy and become the #1 ranked player in the world. It was not an easy win for Alcaraz, though. Before the US Open, the nineteen-year-old had squandered two finals, losing to… Read More Carlos Alcaraz: Road to World’s Youngest #1 by Rich Zhou
On September 28, Hurricane Ian made landfall in the southwest region of Florida and terrorized the state by plowing through infrastructure, flooding homes, and causing chaos. Tropical storm Ian first formed in the central Caribbean on September 23rd and strengthened into a hurricane on September 26. As Ian started to move north, it continued to… Read More Hurricane Ian by Maya Gupta
After two long and grueling years of COVID and Styrofoam lunches, the dining hall has reinstated plates and silverware, signifying a big step in returning to our pre-COVID routine. This is obviously a huge change, and although we were off to a bit of a rough start (our student body accidentally threw away dozens of… Read More Lunch Protocols by Anya Jain
On Wednesday, September 14, Cary Academy proudly hosted the school’s first ever dialogue conference in association with CA’s Dialogue Across Differences program. Students from Ravenscroft School, Durham Academy, and Cary Academy were in attendance, in addition to panelists Kimberly Shaw, Dawn Osborne-Adams, and Gerald Givens Jr. Designed by Thavish Sindhwani and Thomas George and led… Read More Dialogue Conference by Kate Sandreuter
Dear Reader, Congratulations on a wonderful year! We are proud to bring you the last full issue of The Campitor for the 2021-2022 school year. We are also thankful for a relatively normal end to a year marked by a return to normality. This issue covers everything from the first Grandparents & Special Friends Day… Read More Letter From the Editors
Perhaps you have noticed the prices of items at the grocery store increasing, or perhaps each visit to the gas pump has been taking a toll on your wallet as of late. Inflation, the gradual increase in the price of goods and services over time, is responsible for these higher prices. Today, it costs $168.77… Read More Why Are Prices Rising? by Ella Gupta
On March 25, Cary Academy hosted the first on-campus Grandparents’ & Special Friends’ Day since the beginning of the pandemic. Guests accompanied their students to X Day Activities and had the opportunity to partake in various activities. For example, some grandparents attended Pancake Chemistry Palooza, participating in a “seminar discussion about the chemical function of… Read More Grandparents and Special Friends Day by Ella Gupta
The Supreme Court is one of America’s most hallowed institutions. Made up of one Chief Justice and eight associate justices, it was established in 1789 as the third branch of government and serves as the ultimate arbiter and bastion of justice. It was originally intended to be non-political and independent, not to be influenced by… Read More Ketanji Brown Jackson by Maya Gupta
It’s impossible to put into words the emotions we may be feeling as this year comes to an end. There were challenges and rewards, hard work and late nights, laughter and fun. There are classes that we finish with relief, cheerfully knowing we won’t ever have to walk back into that classroom again. There are… Read More Saying Goodbye by Bela Chandler
Anyone who’s driven on American roads can attest that bumper stickers are a ubiquitous feature of the country’s landscape. In a 2,000 person survey conducted in 2017, drivers across the country were given an opportunity to voice their opinions on bumper stickers, yielding some interesting results. College/Alma mater stickers reigned supreme throughout the South, while… Read More Bumper Stickers by Kate Sandreuter
Relieved. Validated. Thankful. That’s how I felt when I saw that the Browns were out of the Deshaun Watson sweepstakes. In that moment, I didn’t care about the shameless way teams were throwing themselves at, fawning over, and begging for a quarterback who had sat out the last season amidst 22 active civil suits of… Read More Thoughts on Deshaun Watson from a Female Browns Fan by Amy Snively
In almost every cafeteria across the country, you can find a friend or a classmate who skipped lunch each day for an entire month. Sounds strange, right? Not if you are one of the 1.3 million Muslim kids in America, and that month is Ramadan. This year, April 2nd 2022 was the first day of… Read More Fast Forward by Salim Alvi
Just as spring has welcomed new changes on campus, the budding of the trees that line the quad and 75 degree days which occur with increasing frequency, Cary Academy has ushered in an exciting new development. The recent lifting of the school mask mandate has signaled to many students and faculty the long-awaited end of… Read More CA Mask Mandate by Kate Sandreuter
A month or so ago, I became interested in the frequency of online discussion of the short story “Cat Person,” which was published in the New Yorker in 2017. It was not unusual for my social media algorithm to present me with awkwardly phrased, yet ardent, teenaged literary discourse and attempts at cultural analysis. However,… Read More Cat Person by Kate Sandreuter
The first humans on Earth were born around 2 million years ago. The Neolithic revolution began around 12,000 years ago. Since then, humanity has never looked back. Inventions, innovations, and, most importantly, civilization, has evolved to the status it is today. Yet, oddly enough, a favorite pastime certain people have developed is trekking through the… Read More Spring Outdoors Trip by Isabel Chang
X Days are an opportunity for students to discover and pursue passions outside of the rigid class schedule. To date, all students have had the opportunity to select from an array of choices and design their own X Day schedule. However, on the February 2 X Day, all five academic departments- English, Social Studies, World… Read More February 2 X Day
Dear Reader, Welcome back to school and to the second issue of The Campitor! We hope you are able to catch up on recent Cary Academy and community news with this issue. The last few months have marked new developments in the return to normalcy. Before heading off to spring break, the whole Upper School… Read More Letter From the Editors
The world unites once again. Seven billion pairs of eyes watch the 2,871 athletes with bated breath as the quadrennial Winter Olympic games commences. Of the 2,871 athletes, only 109 can emerge with glittering gold medals shimmering around their necks. Rather than the spotlight being fully focused on these wonderful athletes, however, this year’s Winter… Read More 2022 Winter Olympic Games by Isabel Chang
Author’s note: This article discusses a past article that I wrote for The Campitor: https://blogs.caryacademy.org/campitor/2020/12/18/why-you-shouldnt-be-jealous-of-child-prodigies/ Over a year ago, I wrote an article for The Campitor titled “Why You Shouldn’t Be Jealous of Child Prodigies” (The Campitor Issue 3: December). In hindsight, as an improved writer, I believe that there are several misinformed views and… Read More Correcting My Previous Article “Why You Shouldn’t Be Jealous of Child Prodigies” by Brooke Wu
Walking onto the Cary Academy campus, one is greeted with lush expanses of bright green grass, trees heavy with virescent leaves, and students commuting between buildings wearing shorts and t-shirts. Without context, one would likely guess this particular day to be some time in late spring, perhaps even early summer. The flourishing lawn and commuting… Read More 70 Degrees in December…What’s Going On? by Isabel Chang
The Omicron variant has led to an unprecedented wave of new coronavirus cases, with hospitalizations surging. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been contentious debate surrounding the extent to which the government has the right to regulate personal health choices, including masks and vaccines. Biden’s nationwide vaccine mandate for large companies was overturned… Read More Vaccine Mandates by Ella Gupta
In August 2021, the Upper School students at Cary Academy made their way back to school. The first few days of school are a time to see everyone again, catch up with friends, talk about your summer, and meet your new teachers. This has never been more true than this past fall when we returned… Read More A View Into the Future by Salim Alvi
Galentine’s Day (February 13th) celebrates platonic love over romantic love, emphasizing that one doesn’t need a romantic partner to celebrate love! It is celebrated holiday on February 13th inspired by the show “Parks and Recreation” On this day you can give gifts to friends or work on self care! However, this holiday also has… Read More Galentine’s Day by Nina Gupta and Bela Chandler
It was a chilly Tuesday when, unbeknownst to most students, the Indoor Track team headed to the JDL Fast Track for a state meet. Competing against other talented athletes, Cary Academy did well, placing 6th overall for the girls and 4th for the boys, with some athletes even receiving medals. Both pole vaulters – Colin… Read More Indoor Track to States by Maggie Su
Qian, a Chinese immigrant disillusioned with his art career in America, a mob of angry buyers and scammed art experts, and the closing of the prestigious Knoedler art gallery. These incidents are seemingly unrelated but connected through the wiles of Glafira Rosales, who duped expert dealers into buying forgeries made by Mr. Qian, thus prompting… Read More Why Scams Aren’t Bad by Maggie Su
Imagine a world in which you have the freedom to pursue higher education of almost any kind. All you have to focus on is school- no part-time job and no crippling stress about paying off $250,000 of student loan debt for the next thirty years. You finally have the right to do what you want,… Read More Why We Should Give Free College to Everyone (Opinion) by Jack Robson
High achieving, ambitious, competitive. Many associate these words with Cary Academy’s students and environment. While creativity, social awareness, and kindness act as prominent forces in Cary Academy’s community and should not be overlooked, those three adjectives often describe the marks of CA’s culture. In rigorous academic environments, outlets without a competitive nature that both serve… Read More Dialogue Facilitation at Cary Academy by Kate Sandreuter
The pandemic has led to myriad changes in the daily lives of Cary Academy students. Notably, the school adopted “Flex days” during the 2020-21 school year each Wednesday. However, this year, with all students on campus, Wednesday Flex days have turned into X Days and C Days. On C Days, students attend each of their… Read More Flex Days vs X-Days by Isabel Chang
On October 21 the entire Cary Academy community congregated on the Quad on a sunny afternoon to enjoy a series of musical performances from students and faculty members. Performers sang, danced, and performed skits on the stairs of the library. Cary Academy’s Student Council organized the event. Nitya Nalamothu, a member of Student Council, comments,… Read More Quadchella by Ella Gupta
