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Partnership with NC Foundation Enhances, Expands Community Engagement at Durham Academy

Thanks to the generosity of a local foundation, Durham Academy has secured a Community Engagement Grant in November to enhance and expand schoolwide community engagement initiatives. The returns of such an investment, DA wrote in its official grant application, are exponential: The project aims to foster civic responsibility, critical thinking and real-world problem-solving skills among students through hands-on participation and leadership in community-based initiatives.

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Cleo, one of the 2025 This I Believe speakers

On Jan. 24, five Durham Academy Upper School students and a Middle School faculty member delivered This I Believe speeches in Kenan Auditorium as part of an annual assembly to honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The speeches — inspired by radio essays from the CBS program This I Believe, which aired in the 1950s — adhere to simple yet powerful criteria: Tell a story about yourself, name one core belief, be personal and be vulnerable.

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‘It’s Not All Bad, And It’s Not All Good’: Five Social Media Takeaways with Dr. Mitch Prinstein

In a daylong visit to Durham Academy on Wednesday, Jan. 15, Prinstein shared his most salient findings and insightful tips at three separate events: a Community Day assembly with Upper Schoolers, a professional development session with Upper School faculty and a presentation to more than 110 parents and caregivers as part of DA’s Family Matters Speaker Series.

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Jason Mundy, DA’s Incoming Middle School Director, Has Never Lost His Inner Middle Schooler

Mundy — who will take the helm of Durham Academy Middle School on July 1 — has served as DA’s Director of Diversity, Equity and Engagement since 2022, overseeing the launch of the school’s three-year DEE action plan in 2024. But before he made an outsize imprint on diversity work, Mundy was, first and foremost, a middle school educator

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author Raúl the Third posing with elementary-age children

Raúl the Third's highly anticipated arrival at Ridge Road came, at last, in early December. The high-profile author and illustrator's visit to the Durham Academy Preschool and Lower School had been preceded by several months' worth of academic and joy-filled activities that prepared students and faculty to hear from the author himself.

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Fall Signing Day: Three Cavaliers Celebrate NCAA Commitments

For three Cavaliers, Thursday afternoon’s DA Fall Signing Day festivities marked the culmination of early mornings, long practices and the ups-and-downs of the recruiting process. This fall’s trio of commits to NCAA athletics programs authored singular journeys to their eventual collegiate destinations. Meet DA’s Newest Golden Bear, Wildcat and Hoosier.
 

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At Innovation Sprint, Durham Academy Educators Find Time, Space to Dream Big

Amid the lesson plans and report card comments, between grading and emailing and serving their students, Durham Academy educators have dreams. Ideas. Innovations. Yet they face the same predicament that besets instructional staff across education. Rarely do they have the time to launch those innovations, or explore their ideas, or achieve their classroom-adjacent dreams.

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