A Good Day

March 13, 2020

Dear Cary Academy Students, Yesterday was a good day. I know what you are thinking, how could yesterday be good? …

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April 11, 2019

A preoccupation with lists and ranking? I’m guilty. In my defense, though, I’d like to say that I’m a product …

December 27, 2018

They call it the Wonder Bus. I’m not sure who coined the phrase, but I first heard it during a …

August 14, 2018

I can’t stop thinking about that smile. It came while I was shadowing Kevin, grade 6, last fall. We had …

March 26, 2018

This weekend I served as a judge for the National Speech and Debate Association Tarheel East tournament. Speech and debate …

September 11, 2017

As I sat down at the middle school lunch table last week, one of the boys plopped down next to …