Schools Win Brains & Bodies Awards
Cary, NC – Nine Wake County schools were recently recognized for their work promoting healthy lifestyles in their daily curriculum. Read more
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1000 Attend Cary Y’s One Day Without Shoes
Story and photos by Lindsey Chester.
Cary, NC – The average American owns 10 pairs of shoes, and the average person in a third world country owns none. Read more
2013 Earth Day in Cary
Story by Lindsey Chester. Photo by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Cary, NC- Earth Day is officially celebrated each year on April 22, but this year that’s a weekday. In Cary, our official town-wide celebrations will be observed as part of Spring Daze on Saturday April 28. But what is Earth Day all about? Read more
Summer Camps, Part 3: Overnight
Story by Lindsey Chester. Photo by Seth Youngblood.
Cary, NC – This is the last in our 3-part Camp Series for school age children. This story focuses on overnight camp options in our area.
Education: Summer Learning Camps
Story by Lindsey Chester. Photo by Sascha Grant.
Cary, NC – This is the second in a 3-part series that highlights camp options for families in Cary. Camps aren’t just about games and campfires. Learning camps are a very popular in competitive Cary. Here’s a listing of 12 summer learning camps in Cary to give your kids that competitive edge before next Fall. Read more
Hagan: Service Academy Nominations in Wake County
Part 2 of the Service Academy Nominations series.
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kay Hagan (NC) announced her 2013 nominees to the U.S. Service Academies. Here are her nominations from Wake County. Read more
WakeMed and Wake Tech Pitch In for Read & Feed
Story from staff reports. Photo by Brooke Meyer.
Cary, NC – WakeMed and Wake Tech have partnered to help Read and Feed, a non-profit child literacy organization in Cary. The partnership includes significant financial support and increased volunteer hours. Read more
Triangle “Education Startup” Weekend
Story by Ian Henshaw from TechnologyTank.org in Cary.
The “Triangle Startup Weekend – Education” will be held at Hub Raleigh from March 8-10, 2013 and will be the first Education themed Triangle Startup Weekend event ever. Read more
Badge of Merit: 35 Eagles
Left-> Right: Roy Carlsen, Ben Dallas, Nick Henson, Matthew Wassel, Michael Rodgers
Story and photos by Lindsey Chester.
Cary, NC – Our area has an active scouting culture, with many parents signing kids up in elementary school. But few stick with the scouting commitment all the way to Gold Projects or Eagle Scout status. But Boy Scout Troop #316 at St Andrews Catholic Church in Apex has had 35 members achieve Eagle Scout status, the highest honor in Scouting.
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Education: NC Pays for Juniors to Take ACT Mar 5
Story by Christine M. Hall, Ed.D., president of CMH College Consulting in Cary. Photo by Christine Zrust.
Cary, NC- On March 5, 2013, all North Carolina Public School Juniors will take the ACT test at their home school. And the state of North Carolina is paying for it! Read more