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1The CA Kaleidoscope—Colors of Excellence annual campaign has hit our budgetary goal of $200,000—Congratulations! However, we still need help from 36% of our families to reach our participation goal of at least 75%. Currently we are at 64%. Please do your part as a CA family and make a gift, any size, to The Cary Academy Fund to show your support of our school. Here is the participation breakdown per grade:

12th grade 63%11th grade 57%10th grade 56% 9th grade 57% 8th grade 70% 7th grade 68% 6th grade 80%

Kudos to the Middle School for its top participation percentages. If your family hasn’t yet made its tax-deductible gift, please either send a check to the school or go online at www.caryacademy.org/myca and make a gift via your credit card. Thank you for your support of Cary Academy in this way.

The Cary Academy Fund Update (as of 5/1/11)

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Learning the international language of songWell-known polyglot singer, composer visits Middle School

Leaning to speak a new language can be tough, but try to sing in it.

The eighth-grade World Language students attempted just that recently with the help of an internation-ally known performer.

Singer and composerOn April 7, singer and

songwriter Elise Witt led the eighth-grade Spanish, French and German students in song. Since 1977, she has been working professionally as a

Women rule golf tournamentRecord-number of women play, win awards at annual fundraiser

new corporate sponsors for this year’s tournament (six of the sponsors did not send players).

Women win long drive, puttingThis year saw the most ever women

take the course for the annual golf tournament. In fact, seven women played, and they played well.

Stacey Schaeffer and Roxanne Hicklin won the longest drives on the Fairways and Meadows courses, respectively. Hicklin also was a

Leave it to the ladies.At the Annual Cary Academy Scholars’

Golf Tournament held May 2 at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary, the women made all the news.

Tourney brings in $65KThe tournament raised $65,175 for the

Cary Academy Scholarship Fund, which enables the school to extend the benefits of its education to an economically and socially diverse population.

With a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m., and a gorgeous sky overhead, 44 teams took to the club’s two courses for 18 holes of scramble-format golf.

Seventeen parents, as well as two alum parents, teed it up this year for CA. RN Rouse served as the grand sponsor for the 13th year in a row. There were six

Stacey Schaeffer

singer, composer, recording artist, educator and community activist around the United

States and the world.“Elise plays with sound and

words to teach language and culture through songs,” said German instructor Margit Lanze.

Witt speaks fluent Italian, French, German, Spanish and English and sings in at least 12 languages.

“My students were mesmerized by Elise’s talent and interactive performance,” said Lanze. “Elise emphasizes the musical aspects of language and sound in her

work with students and uses it as a springboard to reinforce, demonstrate and teach the sound system of languages.”

Open the WindowWitt also employed sign language as a

tool to aid the students in learning the songs they sang.

Spanish student Julia Sawchak (‘15) said, “I loved learning sign language as a part of singing in the language. Even if we didn’t necessarily speak sign language, moving our hands helped cement the meaning of the words we were singing.”

Witt led the Spanish students in a rhythmic song with alternating parts that mimicked instruments like bass and claves,

Elise Witt

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Gen. Shelton speaks at graduation

There are, however, genuine heroes in our midst,

and their stories too often go untold. One of them is

the man who delivered the featured address at our

May 22 commencement, retired US Army Gen. Hugh

Shelton. This decorated soldier is a hero and an

outstanding role model. What a perfect choice to have

addressed our graduates.

Shelton rose from a small, rural town in North

Carolina to become the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of

Staff. Coming from a family with limited financial

resources, he had to work exceedingly hard. Through

hard work, dedication, ethics and integrity, he became

an accomplished student and then climbed the

military’s career ladder to its top rung.

While his monetary resources as a youth may have

been scant, he was blessed with an overabundance of

character resources. His family, especially his parents

and grandparents, bestowed upon him, through their

actions and deeds, the personal tools to be successful.

Inspiring memoir

To prepare for meeting Gen. Shelton I read his

wonderful memoir, Without Hesitation, and I

recommend the book to you.

Throughout the book are examples of a hero and

role model at work. There are multiple citations of

Shelton sticking to his values, never afraid to do the

right thing whether it was unpopular or inconvenient,

or might even lead to a professionally or personally

unhelpful conclusion.

My favorite tale from the book, demonstrating

Shelton’s commitment to his personal values, comes

from his time in the Clinton administration when a

cabinet member suggested intentionally flying an

American airplane on a low pass over Baghdad, baiting

Saddam Hussein to shoot the plane down, thus

creating a natural excuse to retaliate and go to war.

A memorable response

Here is how Shelton relates the episode in his

book:

“… one of the Cabinet members present leaned

over to me and said, “Hugh, I know I shouldn’t even

be asking you this, but what we really need in order

to go in and take out Saddam is a precipitous

event — something that would make us look good in

the eyes of the world. Could you have one of our U-2s

fly low enough — and slow enough — so as to

guarantee that Saddam could shoot it down?”

The hair on the back of my neck bristled, my teeth

clenched, and my fists tightened. I was so mad I was

about to explode. I looked across the table, thinking

about the pilot in the U-2 and responded, “Of course

we can…” which prompted a big smile on the

official’s face.

“You can?” was the excited reply.

“Why, of course we can,” I countered. “Just as

soon as we get (you) qualified to fly it, I will have it

flown just as low and slow as you want to go.”

American hero

A perfect response from a man with values and

integrity. A brave response in the face of possible

professional blowback and condemnation. In short, a

heroic response. A response that one can aspire to

emulate if faced with a similar ethical dilemma.

I cannot think of a better person to have addressed

our students, to have presented them with a life of

qualities to admire and strive to equal, than the man

who made this response, an American hero and role

model, Gen. Hugh Shelton.

Hero. The word itself conjures images of valiant

people making hard choices, overcoming seemingly

insurmountable obstacles, and standing up for what’s

right; maybe even with a little derring-do thrown in.

What is a hero?

But what really is a hero? Ancient Greek literature

defined the hero as a person with a tragic weakness,

but one who possessed strength, honor, nobility and

other qualities we aspire to attain. In this conception

of the hero we see a humanity that is better than

ourselves. I am drawn to the Greek hero because it

presents a figure that is not perfect, yet greater than

ourselves and capable of monumental feats in the

service of others.

We, as a society, need heroes. And our Cary

Academy students, like all youth, need heroes in their

lives, people with qualities they admire and wish to

emulate.

Are there any heroes today? Is it even a

modern-day term anymore? Through the media we

are inundated with pseudo-heroes, people held on

pedestals who are more cult figures or media stars

than heroes: Lebron James, Tom Brady, Brangelina,

and whoever happens to be the flavor of the week on

American Idol.

While promoting these pseudo-heroes is bad

enough, some of the irresponsibility could be

mitigated if they were at least good role models. But

most of them are not: Their values are suspect; they

are self-centered; they possess questionable ethics;

and they give little or nothing back to society. Where

have you gone, Odysseus? Is returning to literature

for our heroes the best that we can do?

Don Berger, Head of School

Heroes are hard to find in this worldGraduation speaker Gen. Shelton man of honor and courage

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Bèbè, you can drive my carVisiting French students spend two weeks with CA hosts

A group of French exchange students visited Cary Academy in April and soaked in all they could about our unique culture.

“So interested in our lives”The group of 21 students and two

teachers from Lycée Sainte-Ursule in Tours, a coed private Catholic school for grades 10 through 12, visited CA April 13-27.

But the students spent the majority of their time with their host CA students and their families.

“The biggest highlights of the visit were just the simple things, like going boating, and showing them our lives at school,” said Jen Kenyon (‘13), who hosted Quentin Nietge. “They’re so interested in our lives as American teenagers.”

Kenyon added Nietge was amazed that she could drive. “I think the most impres-

sive thing (for all the French students) was the fact that we all have our licenses at 16. In France there is a much longer process to go through in order to obtain a license, and the fact that we can be 16 and be indepen-dent enough to drive alone is so impressive to them.”

Explaining the Easter BunnyThe trip benefitted the CA students

linguistically. Jenna Reilly (‘13), who hosted Marie, said

that small talk helped her French the best.“I loved just getting to talk to Marie and

getting to know her better,” said Reilly. “She pointed out little things as we passed them and asked what it’s called in English, or she asked what it was. I learned new vocab for some everyday things.”

Kenyon found that explain-ing American culture provided laughs as well as erudition. “There were a lot of opportunities for us to explain things in French, and corresponding with them in general definitely increased my French vocabulary,” she said. “I remember the most interesting conversation I had with Quentin in French was when I was trying to explain why American kids went to the mall and sat on a big bunny’s lap in a fake garden to get an Easter picture. It was so much fun.”

The CA students will visit France at the conclusion of this school year.

The French students and their hosts enjoyed a night of bowling.

The art of the attackLacrosse player Landry is all-time leader in points, assists

Josh Landry (‘11) has loved the sport of lacrosse since he was a child.

“It is an exciting game, and it is a game that I fell in love with when I was a little kid, and my feelings have not changed since then,” said Landry. “I have played lacrosse since I was in sixth grade when I managed the Middle School lacrosse team.”

Attack, attack, attackLandry, who is one of three captains on this year’s

team, plays the attack position. And he’s good at it.He is Cary Academy’s all-time (career) leader in

points and assists, and holds the single season assist record. For his exploits on the field, Landry has been named TISAC All Conference and won the CA Charger Award during his junior season.

“The reason I play lacrosse is because I love the fast-paced competitive play. Another reason I love lacrosse is that it was the first sport in which I truly excelled.”

Landry can never get enough lacrosse. In addition to his CA games, he plays on club teams. “I have played on FCA Travel Lacrosse Team and TSL Travel Lacrosse team since my freshman year,” he said. “Both teams travel around the country and play during the summer and fall seasons.”

Raskevitz ravesAssistant Coach Michael Raskevitz is more than glad

to talk about Landry and his play.

“This is my fifth season coaching Josh,” he said. “I have seen him grow in various aspects of the game over the last five years. As a freshman and sophomore he was content to be a role player, following the lead of Connor Smithson (‘09), who now plays for Washington and Lee. As a senior this year, he has really stepped up to the challenges of facing the best defender for every team we play.

“In the offseason, he played with a great select team that raised his level of play,” Raskevitz continued. “To go with this, he pushed himself every day in the weight room last fall and winter, knowing he needed to get stronger and quicker as opponents’ defenses would key in on him. As a player, Josh uses his strength and speed to break down defenders, and he has really improved the placement of his shot. His rigorous conditioning has really lifted him to a different playing level this year as there are few high school players that are able to check him and keep him from putting the ball in the back of the net.”

Rushing the fieldAs one would expect, Landry has many fond

memories of his CA lacrosse career.“My most favorite memory was last season during

the first round of the state playoffs when we had a come-from-behind victory in the final minute to advance to Cary Academy’s first-ever second round playoff game,” said Landry.

“My second favorite memory was my freshman year when, in order to make the state playoffs for the

first time in Cary Academy history, we had to defeat our rival, Ravenscroft, at home on a Friday night. We ended up winning the game by one goal, and the crowd in the stands rushed the field after the game.”

It’s not all lacrosse for Landry at CA. He is involved in the Beta Club and X Factor. As a junior he wrestled and in 2009 participated in the school play, Les Miserables.

“My favorite classes at Cary Academy are my AP Calculus and AP US Government and Politics,” he said. “I like the calculus class because I really enjoy problem-solving, and my teacher, Mr. John Noland, is a great teacher. I like my AP Gov class because my teacher R.J. (Pellicciotta) can make even the most boring subjects interesting.”

In the fall Landry is headed to Chapel Hill to major in UNC’s computer science program.

Josh Landry (‘11) on the move.

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Women rule golf tournament (continued from page 1)

Record-number of women play, win awards at annual fundraiser

MEADoWS

First Place • Tony Fisher• Gavin Day• Dave Schwerbrock• Jeff Eakes

Second Place• Ray Rouse• Paul Kent• Craig Rubendall• Chris Castor

Third Place• John McDonald• Eddie Shannon• Roxanne Hicklin• Joe Wilson

FAIrWAyS

First Place• Gary Rhodes• Daphne Rhodes• Matt Poulk• Eric Cox

Second Place• Cecilia Davis• Jim Moye• John Martinez• Brian Germano

Third Place• Paul Lambdin• Stacey Schaeffer• Paul Simpson• Ted Waltz

FairwaysLongest Drive:

Stacey SchaefferMost Accurate Drive:

Rob BurlingtonClosest to the Pin:

Brian Slais

MeadowsLongest Drive:

Roxanne HicklinMost Accurate Drive:

Robin RoseClosest to the Pin:

Matt Bowles

Putting Contest Winner: Jessica Wood

Longest-drive winner roxanne Hicklin, left, and CA Director of Advancement Lynne Fountain.

Putting contest winner Jessica Wood, above.

member of the third-place team on Meadows, and Schaeffer was a member of the third-place team on Fairways. Cecilia Davis helped her team to second place on Fairways, while Daphne Rhodes was part of the winning foursome on Fairways.

Jessica Wood won the putting contest, held at the end of the day on the club’s practice green. She won it in style by knocking the putt dead-center into the hole — the only participant to sink the putt.

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A special thanks to our host, Prestonwood Country Club, and our other sponsors who helped make the 14th Annual Cary Academy Scholars’ Golf Classic a success. We appreciate your support!

42nd Street Oyster Bar

Café Luna

Chapel Hill Restaurant Group

Coca-Cola Bottling Company

Edwards Mill Bar and Grill

Fleming’s

Hendrick Cary Auto Mall

LeBleu Five Gallon of Raleigh

Long Beverage, Inc.

Marriott – Raleigh

Millennium Hotel

Moe’s Southwest Grill

Neo-Asia

Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse

Second Empire Restaurant

Sysco Food Systems

Watts Grocery

Yogen Früz

GrAND SPoNSor

RN Rouse

ENDoWMENT CIrCLE

Atlantic Tire & Service

Barnhill Contracting Company

Davis Kane Architects, P.A.

Hendrick Cary Auto Mall

Precision Walls, Inc.

Preston Development Co.

Revels Turf & Tractor/John Deere Golf

SAS

SCHoLArSHIP SUPPorTEr

Cary Nephrology

lenovo

RATIO Architects

FACULTy FrIENDS

Baker Roofing Co.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

Bonitz Flooring Group

BRADY Services

Brady Trane Sales

Capital Associates

Carolina Hurricanes

Cary Car Care

Classic Graphics

Ernst & Young

John J. Kirlin, LLC

Mario Family Partners

Nufab National Rebar Inc.

Shelco, Inc.

St. Moritz Building Services, Inc.

The Garland Company

BLUE TEE/GrEEN SPoNSor

Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and US Trust

Evan Pike Photography

George Finch/Boney and Associates, P.A.

SAGE Dining Services

CAry ACADEMy FrIENDS

Allied Fire Protection, Inc.

Dave Andrews

Don Berger

Cecilia Davis

Neil Frank

Greg Geyer

Bruce Hamilton

Andy Hartsfield

John Kacvinsky

Parrish Ketchmark

Chuck Leuth

Charles McDarris

Bakul Modi

Leo Nemetz

PBM Graphics, Inc.

Glenn Smith

Southeastern Paper Group

Chris Walker

FrIENDS/NoN-PArTICIPANT

Economy Exterminators, Inc.

Pro-Tec Finishes

Royalwood Associates, Inc.

Jerry and Barb Yeaney

PoKEr CoNTEST

Yogen Früz

Our Sponsors

At registration, Human resources Manager Belinda Blackwood handed each golfer a golf cooler bag and a pair of morodz alignment sticks.

The golf tournament is always a good place to catch up with friends.

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Language of song (continued from page 1)

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notesAlumniAlumni: Contact melinda_bissett@caryacademy.org with your updates!

Cary Academy Class Agent Listing Class of 2000 Darcy Zorio, darcybethd@gmail.com • Ann Gulley Katsiak, gullas0@yahoo.com • Kathleen Foley-Mason, katmarkle@yahoo.com

Class of 2001 Rose Brown Doyle, ro.doyle@gmail.com •

Courtney Singer, courtney.singer@gmail.com

Class of 2002 Meagan Singer, singerME@gmail.com

Class of 2003 Ashley Parks, ashleybparks@gmail.com

Class of 2004 Nikki Fleming, typingorangutans@gmail.com

Class of 2005 Kelly King, kingofncsu@gmail.com • Alyse Finkel, amfinke@learnlink.emory.edu

Class of 2006 Lianne Gonsalves, liannemg@gmail.com

Class of 2007 Sam Fuchs, sfuchs@brandeis.edu • Sarah Helfer, sch23@duke.edu • Morgan Smith, mesmith1@edisto.cofc.edu

Class of 2008 Jackie Lee, jaclee@email.unc.edu •

Elizabeth Atkins, eliz.atkins@gmail.com

Class of 2009 Jennifer Cash, jenniferbcash@yahoo.com • Michael Kahn, michael.kahn@duke.edu

Class of 2010 Emily Bissett, eebisset@ncsu.edu •

Mary Karasek, mkk941@gmail.com • Tiffany Petrisko, tpetris@emory.edu

Class of 2007

Chelsea Block graduated from UNC in December and has been working at SunTrust Bank. She will start the UNC master’s of accounting program in May.

Amanda Curtiss graduated Phi Beta Kappa from UNC in December with a double major in communication studies and political science. She is working at Google in Ann Arbor, MI, as a global online advertising associate. Her responsibilities include building relationships with, offering support to, and optimizing online advertising campaigns for key clients of Google’s AdWords application.

Morgan Smith will graduate from the College of Charleston in May with a double major in accounting and business administration with a concentration in finance and a minor in economics. This summer she will be interning for the Forensic Accounting and Financial Litigation Department in the Charleston office of Dixon Hughes Goodman and begin the master’s of accounting program at NCSU in the fall.

Mandy Stein graduated from Johns Hopkins in December with a degree in public health studies. She received the Belle and Herman Hammerman Award as a graduating senior who “combines academic excellence with outstanding qualities of leadership” and is now working full time in the Undergraduate Admissions Office. In the fall she will be attending law school at Washington University in St. Louis with a Scholar in Law Award.

Lauren Viehbacher completed her thesis on labor rights consciousness in China and will earn an Asian studies certificate along with her major in May. She has accepted a consulting job and will be in either Shanghai or Singapore in the fall. Lauren is currently interning with Ashoka Youth Venture, and they held a TEDx event in November with both young and professional social entrepreneur speakers. She also danced in Rangila, Georgetown’s annual Indian themed performance.

Class of 2008

Elizabeth Atkins spent spring break in Paris and Prague and is planning to graduate in May.

Mark Easley will be interning at Texas Instruments this summer in Dallas, where he will be writing software for smartphone microprocessors. He will return to Notre

Dame in the fall to finish his B.S. in computer science.

Class of 2010

Austin Cooper received a summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship from the UNC Office of Undergraduate Research, which will allow him to travel to London and conduct research on the development of UK underground dance music between 2004 and 2007. Cooper also presented a paper, From Cook to Chef and Back Again, at the first annual UNC Food Studies Symposium. His essay, Who Invented Jane Austen’s Style?, has also been nominated for the Best Undergraduate Essay in Comparative Literature prize.

Kayvan Daragheh just played his first real show in Nashville, where he is starting up his own independent record label. He is also a member of the Iota Phi chapter of Alpha Tau Omega.

Ian Dohm was recently invited to join the UNC Honors Program; additionally, he was selected to participate in the Carolina South East Asia Summer Program, which provides rising sophomores with a fully funded opportunity to travel to and study in Singapore, India and Brunei. He will also be spending the fall 2011 semester in Xiamen, China, studying Chinese language and culture.

and in an original song she had written, Abran la Ventana (Open the Window).

“It had become a class favorite since we had practiced singing it for her visit,” said Sawchak.

The multilingual Witt emphasized to all the classes the importance of listening in learning a language, and relayed her experiences at learning English to accentuate the point.

“Her story about learning English as a second language taught us that listening is also an integral part of learning a language,” said Sawchak. “She moved from Switzerland when she was 3, and said she didn’t understand anything anyone said when she was thrown into preschool. But after listening for six months, she magically began talking to the other kids.”

This wasn’t Frère JacquesFrench student Sydney Tucker (‘15) said

Witt, who played the guitar on many songs, enjoyed working with the students.

“She made it exciting, and you could tell she was very passionate about what she does,” said Tucker.

For the French students, Witt pulled Ratatouille, La Vie En Rose and Le Carillon out of her repertoire.

“The singing helped me with my French because Ms. Witt had us pro-nounce all of the French words in the songs and made sure we understood all of the words in the songs,” said Tucker. “It also helped that she made us speak French the whole time!”

Witt makes a point to the students.

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Cindy Laughlin likes making those around her smile.

“I love helping people whether it is children or adults with the everyday things

in life,” said the Middle School administrative assistant who has been with CA since May of 1997.

“It is especially nice that at the end of the day

to know you brought a smile to someone’s day, and someone cared enough to take the time to offer me a smile or shared a moment of their day with me.”

The Middle School’s heart“It’s a joy to work with Cindy, and I feel

very fortunate that we have worked together over the past 15 years,” said Head of the Middle School Marti Jenkins. “She is the heart of the Middle School in so many ways. She helps and supports parents, students, employees and visitors on a daily basis while juggling numerous other responsibilities. All of this is done with a smile on her face and a twinkle in her eye.

“Cindy is a master of multi-tasking as well as a wonderful listener whose caring attitude makes everyone feel special,” Jenkins continued. “Cindy’s dedication, hard-work and compassion contribute greatly to the growth and success of Cary Academy. Simply put, Cindy is always there for anyone. It would be hard to think of the Middle School without thinking of Cindy Laughlin.”

Stained glass businessFor many years Laughlin has been

interested in stained glass. In fact, she has turned her hobby of staining and fusing glass into a business with her sister, Belinda Brockington. They call their venture LABS Studio.

“LABS Studio is a stained glass design company,” explained Laughlin. “We design and create stained glass windows, cabinet

doors, lamps, ornaments and yard art incorporating both glass and metal. My sister and I work together in the design, selection of glass and metal throughout the construction of the project.”

Laughlin, who was born in Germany and raised on military posts throughout the South, lives in Cary with her husband, Len. They have two sons, Todd and Aaron.

Her extended family includes her daughter-in-law, Lindsey, and “the most supportive parents and best siblings, Belinda, Gwen and Mark; as well as the most wonderful Labrador Retrievers, Henry, Wrigley and Beau.”

Katy Allen is dedicated to giving her students the best.

“I treasure my students,” said Allen, the Upper School science department chair who is in her 12th year at CA. “We are blessed to have such wonder-ful, inquisitive students, and I want to be the best I can be for them! As a teacher, my responsibilities and passion are to see that my students gain the maximum experience in their particular course.”

Allen, who graduated with highest honors with a B.S. in biology and chemistry from the University of Tennessee, started at CA as a biology and electives teacher then “morphed” into chemistry. She began the Human Anatomy and Physiology class in 2002 and became science department chair in 2003.

you can count on her“Ms. Allen’s ability to teach anatomy,

chemistry, biology, genetics and forensics illustrates her love for learning and exploring new ideas,” said Head of Upper School Mitch McGuigan. “Her classroom is filled with plants, animals, skeletons, vats of specimens awaiting dissection and students up to their elbows in science.

Outside the classroom Ms. Allen models leadership, community participation, friendship and caring. She is a “you can count on me to help you” teacher, and she has been instrumental in establishing the CA culture. Katy makes a difference at CA and motivates others to do the same.”

As department chair, Allen oversees staffing assignments, implementation of curriculum, budget, evaluation of staff and hiring responsibilities.

“I also represent the US faculty as a member of the PTAA board and have done so since 2005. As a part of that role, I initiated the PTAA-sponsored Community Scholarships in 2007, awarded by the PTAA to deserving sophomore and junior students each year.”

The busy Allen is also the current advisor to the US Student Council, the faculty producer of the US Variety Show, and coordinates the Community Builder program for students.

“A personal zoo”Outside of school, Allen, who lives in

Cary, likes to read murder and legal mysteries/thrillers and forensic science mysteries/cases. She also follows local trials when she can.

But what keeps her busiest is maintain-ing her “personal zoo,” consisting of Bashir, a 29-year-old Arabian horse that she has trained since he was 3 months old; a 10-year-old Golden Retriever, Cassie; cats, Toby and Rufus; and a lizard.

“I would love to resume playing tennis,” added Allen, who had hip replacement two years ago. She coached tennis during previous science teaching stints in Tennessee and Florida and for two years at CA.

Allen has two children. Her son, Todd, 34, is an optician with Sam’s Club in Sunrise, FL, and her daughter, Leslie, 32, is a real estate broker with D.R. Horton Homes in Tampa.

Allen plans to be at Cary Academy for many years. “CA has reenergized me for the career passion of my life, and I can only hope that I’m still contributing to the CA community, hopefully in multiple ways, for a long time to come.”

A faculty/staff spotlight

Shining examples of Excellence

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1500 N. Harrison Avenue

Cary, North Carolina 27513

Telephone: 919-677-3873

Fax: 919-677-4002

www.caryacademy.org

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i mportant dates

CommencementMay 22

7th/8th grade class tripsMay 26-27

Memorial Day — No schoolMay 30

Last day of schoolJune 3

Eighth Grade CelebrationJune 3

SAT I and II examsJune 4

Each April,

your PTAA

honors the

many heritages represented by the

members of the CA community with the

much-anticipated Ubuntu Celebration.

Working in concert with the Office of

Diversity, the PTAA uses this unique

international festival to expose students

to the traditions, customs, foods and

languages found among fellow students

and their families.

The festival’s most popular event —

the International Café — occurs thanks to

countless PTAA volunteers and the

stellar efforts of the PTAA’s hardworking

Diversity Committee. Booths staffed by

parents representing countries that span

several continents serve yummy ethnic

treats ranging from wontons to trifle. By

the time students navigate the perimeter

of the Fitness Center gymnasium, they’ve

learned about dozens of cultures and

combined flavors in ways no historian

could imagine.

But Ubuntu, which means I am because

you are, goes well beyond flavors. In

fact, for Middle School students, CA

parents and US students teach workshops

highlighting unique aspects of their

cultures, like how to wrap a sari.

Thanks to PTAA funding, the April

celebration also included a performance by

Helium Aerial Dance, a troupe that

gracefully performs in mid-air using slings

and silks. For CA, an Aerial dance duo

performed for both Middle and Upper

School students a specially-choreographed

version of A Traveler in a Stranger Land.

I am because you are certainly applies to

your PTAA, which exists as an integral part

of CA thanks to each member of our

diverse community. And when it comes to

creating a successful Ubuntu Celebration,

it’s the combination of PTAA volunteers

and PTAA funding that allows us to

showcase the best of our unique school.

— Manju Karkare, PTAA President,’10-‘11

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