For students and teachers, a devastating but necessary cancellation. By Lily Bastin ’23 Although both students and faculty in the Cary Academy community have already faced many changes and adversities during the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s loss of the exchange trips induced a whole new feeling of sadness for many. Personal exchange trip experiences vary,… Read More Exchange trip cancellations
Grades collaborated to create a new take on socially-distanced festivities. By McKay Lucas ’21 Weeks before October 31st, many students all had the same realization: what was going to happen to the traditional CA Halloween festivities? Group chats became frantic, and anxious FaceTime conversations ensued. Unsurprisingly, teachers, students, and parents found a way to celebrate… Read More Spooky season re-imagined: Halloween porches and spirit week present new opportunities
Students and faculty aim to create unity in a year of election confusion. By Claire Ferris ’21 For the 2020 election, Cary Academy is once again serving as a polling place. Quite literally, our school embodies the democratic process, the edifice of Cary Academy embracing and sheltering voters as they exercise their right to vote.… Read More 2020 Election prompts student discussions
We should keep these details in mind after the election. By Bela Chandler ’23 I am sure many people watched the debates. The main consensus on the first debate was that it was either entertaining or too painful to watch. But, for those that want a recap or didn’t watch, here are the main points… Read More A recap of the first presidential debate
This hot topic was especially crucial in this year’s election. By Isabel Chang ’24 With the election, along with the ever-increasing threat to our planet’s health, people have begun paying attention to the potential sustainability of our ways more than ever. Many voters have begun to factor environmental awareness into their ballots but have no… Read More A rundown of the environment and what you can do
Student entrepreneurs create skin-friendly products. By Ella Gupta ’23 Founded in 2019 by Mila Patel (’21), Sonia Shah (’22), Ella Gupta (’23), and Natasha Sachar (’22), Blōra Beauty is a growing CA student-led company. Mary Esposito (’21) has also joined the team, bringing her experience from founding and leading her startup: Purple Pear Co. This… Read More Students win big in entrepreneurial endeavors
By Isabel Chang ’24
By Emma Esposito ’23 Despite the pandemic, students’ creativity manages to shine in artwork created through multiple mediums. From ceramics to Photoshop to painting to drawing, upper schoolers enjoy their art classes and create pieces reflecting themselves and their environment. Connecting with these artists, selected pieces are collected here to demonstrate the widespread talent of… Read More Student Artwork
Technology companies present surprising numbers in the face of adversity. By Brooke Wu ’23 The Coronavirus has had many devastating impacts on humanity during the past several months. Despite the perils and devastation that COVID-19 has caused, though, a few positive things have come. Notably, many businesses have rather unexpectedly found meteoric success thanks to… Read More Tech businesses flourish in spite of COVID-19
The focus on health and well-being is multifaceted and collaborative. By Claire Ferris ’21 It’s no secret: CA students are stressed. Despite the mental and physical tribulations that the first few months of COVID-19 posed, students were exposed to a short schedule with the first prototype of a flex day introduced on Fridays. Though students… Read More Navigating mental, emotional health during COVID
Dear Reader, While everything about this year will be different, we are excited that The Campitor will provide an outlet–both for our readers and staff. We look forward to bringing you the latest news for the 2020-2021 school year. From the beginning of in-person classes to the election, The Campitor has you covered. Despite the… Read More Letter from the Editors
By Ella Gupta ’23 A key part of Cary Academy’s schedule overhaul for the 2020-21 school year, Flex Days have given rise to the familiar school saying: Own your own learning. They take place on Wednesdays, when students have no scheduled classes or set commitments. Flex Day is essentially a blank canvas on which students… Read More Flex Day embodies key CA goal: own your learning
The transition has proved difficult for tactile classes like orchestra and ceramics. By Brooke Wu ’23 With the end of the COVID-19 pandemic still far from our reach, Cary Academy has been continuing to adjust certain aspects of its pedagogy for this new virtual school year. As a majority of the art courses offered by… Read More Art classes adapt creatively to the virtual schedule
The class combines discussions on American history, ethics and personal morals, and modern social movements. By Kate Sandreuter ’23 Throughout August and September, Cary Academy students and faculty alike have found themselves deprived of the standard happenings of a new school year, instead reconvening on Teams meetings and Zoom calls, subsequently leaving campus relatively empty.… Read More “Leadership during Crisis” brings stimulating discussion
Isabel Chang walks you through methods for defeating procrastination. By Isabel Chang ’24 Something many of us are finding particularly hard this quarantine–or school year in general–is motivation. Whether it’s a project deadline you know is coming up, or a test tomorrow which you really should study for, motivation has fallen and is nowhere to… Read More Advice column: motivational boosters in tedious times
The complex plot begets lessons that lend themselves to adaptation into daily life. By Claire Ferris ’21 Back in March, I wrote about turning to a familiar source of comfort – Netflix – during trimester breaks. At the behest of my unrelenting yet endearing friends, I had embarked on a journey through the popular comedy… Read More German Netflix Drama Dark offers philosophical insight
By Isabel Chang ’24
Arnav Ahuja’s brand ChngTheWrld strives to provide a voice for environmental activists. By McKay Lucas ’21 Schoolwork, sports practices, and college applications—for most high schoolers, these pursuits are more than enough to make for a full schedule. Not for Arnav Ahuja. This Cary Academy senior has figured out how to balance all aforementioned activities, as… Read More Senior combines activism and business
Compiled by McKay Lucas ’21 and Claire Ferris ’21 These quotes are parts of a collective whole that attempt to capture the oddities, pleasures, and difficulties that students encounter while navigating the world of virtual learning. Many highlighted the weirdness of being on campus after having [been at home] for so long, some spoke to… Read More Snapshots of student life in a virtual world
From ideation to assembly, Sara Martin details the process that produces this publication. By Sara Martin ’21 Since virtual learning began, every Cary Academy student’s inbox has been flooded with emails: Zoom links, assignment reminders, club updates, and for the seniors, dozens of colleges urging them to apply. It’s easy to get lost in the… Read More How The Campitor is made
By Claire Ferris ’21 Patriotism is a complex word. It evolves over different periods of history, and it takes on new meanings and connotations with each person that claims it for themselves. I cannot claim to know all of its definitions, I cannot expect parts of my definition to match yours, and I cannot promise… Read More Opinion: Trump’s 1776 Commission should worry you
Cross country is already competing, while sports like soccer have a no-competition policy for this season. By Dhiren Parvathaneni ’24 and Matthew Corkey ’24 Conducting sports in the climate of 2020 proves to be a challenge and a whole new experience for athletes participating in fall sports. With new, stringent safety protocols that athletes must… Read More Sports teams find innovative ways to proceed
Dear Reader, Welcome to the final edition of the Campitor for the 2019-2020 school year. We-Claire Ferris (’21) and McKay Lucas (’21)- are excited to be your Campitor editors for the upcoming 2020-2021 school year. Just like all of you, we have no idea what the school newspaper is going to look like next year.… Read More Letter from the Editors
By Kaela Curtis (’20) A senior shares her perspective on the BLM movement. 2020 just won’t give us Black folks a break. In January, Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi died in a helicopter crash. As a community we mourned. Then February came, but by then of course the deadly Coronavirus began to creep towards… Read More A Tale of Two Pandemics
By Claire Ferris (’21) Why the next school year is the optimal time for CA students to make a difference. “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” -Oscar Wilde This quote has had the pleasure of gracing nearly every email I’ve sent since the middle of sixth… Read More A Letter to CA Students
By Mary Esposito (’21) The message our President’s actions send to the nation. Hundreds of thousands of people are dead from a new virus sweeping across the globe. Millions of people everywhere are facing unemployment and dipping into retirement funds. It seems the worst thing that could happen in the middle of a global pandemic…… Read More Opinion: The New American Revolution
By McKay Lucas (’21) A glimpse at calendars filled with big red X’s across family vacations and camps has caused fear in families who dread even hearing the word “unprepared.” However, the predicted continuation of social distancing doesn’t mean that we must languish this summer. Instead, it provides an opportunity for rest, a few deep… Read More Summer Isn’t Canceled, Just Re-Imagined
By Clay Thornton (’21) Throughout my high school experience, I have gained passion, experience, and leadership skills for equity, diversity, and inclusion in the Cary Academy community and beyond. While advocacy work is always a focus for me, I believe that there has never been a better time to use my passion, experience, and leadership… Read More Raleigh Protests: Taking Steps Toward Justice
Dear Reader, This isn’t the senior year anyone dreamed of. We haven’t been to school since February 28th. That’s more than one entire summer vacation, 9 and a half weeks. We missed out on the spoon game, College Shirt Day, saying last goodbyes to many of our classmates and teachers, and a hundred… Read More Letter from the Editor
By Cate Pitterle (’20) Uncertainty still pervades, with a variety of options available. . As the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect Cary Academy, slowing the administration’s decision-making processes and making planning events stressful, administrators are working within the unknown to gather data and prepare for an altogether uncertain future. The release of… Read More Admin optimistic for summer events, 2020-2021 school year
By Sydney Nguyen (’20) “It’s the ‘Etc.’ that’s the operative word.” . Hair Etc. is the name of the Vietnamese-run hair salon near my old house. It lies in Morrisville Square, surrounded by Chinese, Indian, and Vietnamese restaurants, just a minute walk away from a Kumon center. It seems normal from the outside,… Read More Hair Etc.: A local symbol of Vietnamese culture
By Loren Troan (’20) Pet owners are happier and healthier. . Note: This story is satire! According to the 2017 American Housing Survey, 49% of American households have pets. Now, I know what you’re thinking – that few? And it is a terrible reality. The Independent found that pet owners were more… Read More Opinion: Why everyone needs a pet (and how to do it)
By Claire Ferris (’21) During social distancing, hiking can be calming. . Despite having a myriad of ways in which we can communicate with each other without physical interaction — FaceTime, Snapchat, and Zoom are enjoying colossal success right now — it seems easy to feel disconnected from the world. Though we can… Read More Pandemic Shines New Light on North Carolina Greenways
By Cate Pitterle (’20) In just a few weeks, everything about shopping has changed. . I walked up to Trader Joe’s on a Thursday. It was the first time I’d been inside a store during the pandemic, and my mom and I slipped on our disposable masks–priceless commodities acquired from a friend of… Read More Shopping during corona: a story of surrealism
By Mary Esposito (’21) Everyone is in the same boat, after all. … Read More Opinion: Lockdown won’t actually hurt your college applications
Are you more Berger Hall or CMS? These 8 questions will decide! . During Club and Community time you… Fill… Read More Quiz: What building on campus are you?
By Addie Esposito (’20) Esposito sequels her poem, “thoughts from self-quarantine,” from last edition. who knew that so many chipmunk cherubs with chubby cheeks call my garden home that sipping a myriad of teas throughout the day would set me at ease—raspberry, please that sleeping in a hammock under moonlight and tree branches… Read More Poem: thoughts from quarantine part II
Dear reader, We finally made it to April. The last few weeks have been insanity for everyone, and at the Campitor it’s no different. News is updating almost hourly—we quickly found that when covering Covid-19, something written just a day ago might be inaccurate by the next morning. It’s been a bit of a scramble,… Read More Letter from the Editor
The Covid-19 pandemic has shuttered campus indefinitely. What happens now? By Cate Pitterle (’20) School is cancelled. Sports seasons,… Read More The virus shut down everything. What’s next for Cary Academy?
From schools to food banks, everyone is feeling the strain. Here are the updates. By Claire Ferris (’21) and McKay Lucas (’21) The state of North Carolina is closely monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic, but since the situation is evolving so rapidly, some North Carolina news sources and government websites are providing updates almost hourly.… Read More With NC cases growing daily, economic losses and panic spread
