Upper School 2017 Discovery Term Blogs

  US Faculty and Students Cary Academy Discovery Term is a two-week opportunity that allows students to investigate areas outside of the regular curriculum. By immersing themselves in learning for its own sake, students have the opportunity to test new ideas...

Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Campaigns- PSAs

Bill Velto, World History – Slavery and Human Trafficking, Upper School History This large scale project involved three parts: 1.) Student groups selected a type of slavery in the United States – sex trafficking, farm workers, domestic labor, industry/factories,...

Macbeth Revisioned in Modern Movies and TV Shows

Donna Eason, Kara Caccuitto, and Palmer Seeley, 10th Grade English, Upper School English Department In English 10 student groups worked in acting troupes to re-create a scene from Macbeth.  Students had to perform a scene in the play after creating a script, drawing a...

Band Soundtracks!

Eric Grush, US Band, The Arts- Music “The purpose of the project is for students to develop skills in creating music to be used as the soundtrack for a video. Most students simply record themselves playing with the original soundtrack, mute the original...

GoAnimate in French- Animating “The Subjunctive”!

Sam Goeuriot, Intermediate French, Upper School World Language In this project students in Sam Goeuriot’s Intermediate French Class were to create animation using the subjunctive as they wrote their scripts.  Students used GoAnimate for their animations and in...
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