| | Carlton zum Brunnen is the new king of the Middle School Geo Bee Carlton zum Brunnen didn't do much to study — not deliberately, anyway — for Durham Academy Middle School's National Geographic Bee. But while he may not have realized it at the time, he'd been preparing for the geography competition for years. "There's not much you can do to prepare for the bee," the seventh-grader explained. "But I love reading National Geographic, and I enjoy learning about geography." Read More Stop Hunger Now effort still needs $1,500 for Monday's event Members of the Durham Academy community will honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by packaging meals for Stop Hunger Now on Monday, a day when school is closed for the MLK Jr. holiday. More than 150 students, family members, faculty, staff and alumni have signed up to help, but the meal-packaging effort is about $1,500 short of its fundraising goal. The meal-packaging event allows DA families to participate in assembling meals of rice, dehydrated vegetables, protein powder and vitamins that will be sent to famine-stricken areas of the world. Read More Jan. 24 WISER A Cappella Jam promises to be 'bigger than ever' Having outgrown Kenan Auditorium a year ago, Durham Academy's eighth annual WISER A Cappella Jam will rock downtown Durham's Carolina Theatre with the sweet sound of unaccompanied voices on Jan. 24. Hosted by DA's two a cappella groups — the 50-plus-member Acapocalypse and the award-winning XIV Hours — and joined by six other local and national groups, the jam will be "bigger than ever," said Upper School music teacher Michael Meyer. Read More DA will upgrade system for weather notifications on Friday Durham Academy is upgrading its Blackboard Connect emergency notification system to an advanced text-messaging platform. Blackboard Connect is the system DA will use to contact you in the event of a school emergency, as well as for weather-related school delays, cancellations or early dismissals. The upgrade will ensure a better receive rate for these text messages. DA will switch to this advanced text messaging system on Friday, Jan. 16, around 4 p.m. When the upgrade is activated, everyone with a cell phone listed in the database will automatically receive a confirmation text from 23177 or 63079. Read More
American Immigration Council chief discusses lessons from MLK Speaking at Durham Academy Upper School's annual Martin Luther King assembly on Thursday, Ben Johnson — executive director of the American Immigration Council — said it's dangerous to try to draw direct parallels from the Civil Rights Movement to the state of immigration in the U.S. today. But taking a step back from the severity of those injustices fought 50 years ago, lessons can be gleaned on a big-picture scale, he said. Read More 2013-2014 Annual Report is online The 2013-2014 Annual Report is now online. Please click here to see the celebratory report of a record-breaking year for the Durham Academy Fund and the school’s grateful acknowledgement to all of our donors in the 2013-14 school year. DA in the News Elle:
DA alumna Sarah Treem '98 and her hit Showtime show The Affair wins the Golden Globe for Best Television Drama NCSU Libraries:
DA alumnus Alex Isley '80 to discuss design work as part of NCSU's Amazing Alumni series Jan. 22 The Herald-Sun:
Varsity boys basketball team 'runs by Quakers' DADebate.com:
DA debate team wins third place in team sweepstakes at Laird Lewis tournament | | This Week's Events 
Upcoming Events and Reminders Middle School Night at the CavDome
- Friday, Jan. 16, (Girls game, 5:30 p.m., boys game, 7 p.m.), Kirby Gym Cavalier Invitational Debate Tournament
- Saturday, Jan. 17, and Sunday, Jan. 18, DA Lower School and Upper School Martin Luther King Jr Day:
No School, Offices Closed
- Monday, Jan. 19 Stop Hunger Now
Meal-Packaging Event
- Monday, Jan. 19,
10 a.m. to noon, Brumley Performing Arts Building WISER A Cappella Jam
- Saturday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m., Carolina Theatre Re-Enrollment Contracts
Emailed
- Monday, Jan. 26 Middle School Preview Day
- Wednesday, Jan. 28, 8 a.m., Middle School Library Lower School Preview Day
- Wednesday, Feb. 4,
8 a.m., First Floor Commons Re-Enrollment Contracts Due
- Friday, Feb. 6
Videos and Photos 
Photos: Third-Grade
Take-Apart Lab
Video: Emerald Pond Bell Choir at Preschool
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