page_title: Cary Academy
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Cary Academy / History
caption_attribution_description: English: View of Cary Academy's main quad between the administrative building (center), Upper School (left) and Berger Arts Hall (right).
context_page_description: Cary Academy is an independent, coeducational, nonsectarian, college-preparatory secondary school located in a 65-acre campus in Cary, North Carolina established in 1997. The school places an emphasis on the use of technology in the classroom, with tablet computers issued to all students. In the 2019–2020 academic school year, Cary Academy had 774 enrolled students, 46% of whom were students of color.
context_section_description: Cary Academy was founded by Ann and James Goodnight and Ginger and John Sall in 1996, though the first classes were not held until 1997. (Goodnight and Sall are co-founders of SAS Institute.)
  As a school established by the founders of SAS, the school has placed a heavy emphasis on the use of technology. From 1997 until 2006, the school had desktop computers located in every classroom.
  In 2003, the Sports/Education Annex was completed, allowing more space for both athletics and Foreign Language classes with a second gym and additional classroom space.
  In September 2004, the United States Department of Education named Cary Academy one of 255 public and private schools that had won its No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon award since the inception of the program.
  Starting in the 2006–2007 school year, the school transferred from desktops to a Tablet PC program for all students.
  Architecture for the school buildings is neoclassical, with ornate columns at entrances. It was modeled after the University of Virginia, and was designed by Cherry Huffman architects of Raleigh, North Carolina.
  In July 2011, Head of School Don Berger announced his stepping down after the 2011–12 school year.
  In January 2019, the Center for Math and Science was completed, providing a makerspace, expanded study spaces, an environmental laboratory and greenhouse, two new physics labs, two new biology labs, and two new chemistry labs for the Upper School.
caption: Cary Academy's main quad, highlighting the neoclassical architecture, modeled after the University of Virginia.
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