| | Middle School celebrates beloved teacher Marian Saffo-Cogswell, dedicates fountain When a woman described by students as "a second mom" and by fellow teachers as "a gift to colleagues" plans to retire after 33 years of teaching at Durham Academy, what do you do? You get the entire Middle School community together for a surprise celebration. You invite a couple dozen of her former colleagues and students, family members and friends to join in. You create a video montage of students and teachers singing her praises. You set the stage for a ballroom dance number in her honor. And you let this woman — the one-of-a-kind Marian Saffo-Cogswell — know that she'll be thought of often after she leaves campus, thanks to a beautiful new fountain dedicated in her honor. Read More | |
| | Chess program ends school year with string of successes In two straight weekends of tournaments — the National Elementary Chess Championships and the North Carolina State All Girls Championships — Durham Academy's chess prorgram has again shown its mettle. Read More Faculty Spotlight: Second-grade teacher Karen Lovelace Karen Lovelace vows she was never good at math. In fact, she credits college-age tutors from Wake Forest with helping her through geometry and algebra when she was a student at Winston-Salem’s Reynolds High School, but three numbers instantly come to mind about her career. This school year marks her 10th year in second grade, her 24th year at Durham Academy and her 37th year of teaching.
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Book buyback/rental return set for June 8 Class of 2018 raising funds for WISER
via Rent-A-Junior program
The Hollywood Reporter:
Alumnus Ward Horton '94 gets green light from CBS; new drama Pure Genius to air in the fall on network The Herald-Sun:
Senior Cha'Mia Rothwell sets three records at TISAC track and field championships; boys and girls teams place third Chapel Hill Magazine:
Senior Veronica Kim reflects on her formative years in Chapel Hill The News & Observer:
Cavaliers well-represented in NCISAA playoffs
 
 
| | This Week's Events 
Upcoming Events and Reminders Seventh- and Eighth-Grade Chorus and Movement Concert
- Thursday, May 19, 7:30 p.m., Taylor Hall Spring Varsity Athletic Awards Program
- Sunday, May 22, 6:15 p.m. Fifth- and Sixth-Grade Band and Chorus Concert
- Thursday, May 26, 7 p.m., Taylor Hall Early Dismissal for
Grades 1-12
- Friday, May 27 (11:45 a.m., LS; noon, MS & US) No Extended Day or Enrichments
- Friday, May 27 Class of 2016 Commencement
- Friday, May 27, 3 p.m.,
UNC-Chapel Hill's Memorial Hall No School: Memorial Day
- Monday, May 30 Preschool Closing Exercises
- Friday, June 3, 8:30 a.m., Brumley Performing Arts Building Lower School Closing Exercises
- Wednesday, June 8, 10 a.m., Brumley Performing Arts Building Book Buyback/Rental Return
- Wednesday, June 8,
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
Kenan Auditorium Lobby Middle School Closing Exercises
- Thursday, June 9, 8:30 a.m., Middle School Gym |
