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Welcome to Cary Elementary School located in the heart of Cary, NC, an elementary school rich in history, acclaimed for academic achievement, and bright with promise.
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Welcome!
New to the school or area?
Find everything you need to register for school here

Registration Hours:  9 AM - 11 AM Daily 

 Documents required for Registration at Cary Elementary:
  • your child's birth certificate
  • Proof of your Wake County address 
  • PROOF OF RESIDENCY REQUIRED: 
        1. current water, gas, or electric bill in parent's name that is less   than 60 day old or newly signed lease
        2. Homeowners: Settlement page from your home closing (30 days or less) 
           Renters: copy of newly signed lease
  • A photo ID of the parent or guardian
  • Your child's immunization record
  • Any custody documents
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Kindergarten Registration for 2017-2018

Wake County and Cary Elementary Kindergarten 
Your child must be five years of age by August 31, 2017 to register.
During the upcoming 2017-2018 school year all incoming kindergarten students will be assigned to a base school determined by their address.  Base school information is available at www.wcpss.net
·        All incoming kindergarten students will need to register at their base school. (Once registered, incoming kindergarten students are automatically assigned to their base school for the 2017-2018) school year; no additional application is necessary to attend your base school.)
·       All families interested in Magnet or Calendar option schools will need to first pre-register at their base school, then apply on-line at www.wcpss.net during the application periods found at wcpss.net.
o   Magnet Application Period  
o   Transfer and Calendar Option Application 
Cary Elementary will offer kindergarten registration hours on
Thursday, January 5, 2017 , from 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM.
There are also regular registration hours, 9 AM – 11 AM daily.
To register parents must present the following items:
ð Your child’s birth certificate
ð Parent/Guardian must present Picture ID (driver’s license)
  • Proof of residence in your name (your current light bill, gas bill or water bill, or a lease agreement or closing contract signed within the past 30 days.)                                                                                                       
  • Your child’s completed Kindergarten Health Assessment form and immunization record must be provided by the first day of the 2017 school year.  The Kindergarten Health assessment cannot be completed sooner than one year before the first day of school.                                                                                                                                                      
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ART NEWS

We have been very busy in the art department!!! We began the year learning about a variety of abstract artists.  

We had 5 pieces in the State Fair art show, and many pieces of art were on display for Open House.  This week, Students are completing "Pirate Works"  that will be on display during our Fall Book Fair.
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Fifth graders have been working with two artists from the CAC to create Chinese Lanterns.  This project is directly connected to the Chinese Lantern Festival at Koka Booth Ampitheater. Students will be participating in the opening ceremony (with their lanterns) on Tuesday, December 6th.

Supply Lists for 2016-2017

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Kindergarten
First Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
Exceptional Children





Important dates and information for the 2016-2017 school year

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Wednesday, November 23 -Teacher Workday-No School
Thursday/Friday, November 24/25 - No School
Friday 12/2- Early Release
Thursday 12/22-1/2 Winter Break-No School

​Cary Elementary Rocks the Vote!

We know the election season just ended however, on Monday of last week Cary Elementary students had the opportunity to participate in a mock election and voted for their favorite presidential candidate before Tuesday’s election. The process was covered by the News and Observer (view the article here). The 3rd grade team did an incredible job of creating a Guide to Voting Etiquette video for the students.  This too was featured by the N&O. 


Just this past Wednesday, our wonderful school was also featured on NBC Nightly News, who did a clip about voter reaction.  Our own 3rd grade teacher Mrs. Cadman was interviewed, along with a few of our students. 
Way to go Cary Elementary!

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article113121688.html#storylink=cpy


​Teacher of the Year and Teacher of the Month

Congratulations to Mrs. Golden for being named Teacher of the Month by the Chamber of Commerce
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​Teacher of the Year by the Cary Elementary Staff
Summer Practice: click here
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Cary Elementary Homework Plan        

At Cary Elementary we believe homework is an important part of the educational program.  Homework should be purposeful and an extension of the classroom instruction.  Homework is a tool for practicing taught skills, reinforces responsibility, and can serve as a method of communicating learning to parents.  Wake County policy 5510 is followed.

Homework is assigned on a regular basis with the exception of weekends unless it is a long-term project with which a time line has previously been established.  Regular completion of homework is expected and those having difficulty with submitting completed work in a timely manner will have it documented in the work habits section of the progress report.  Following standards based grading procedures, homework is not graded for the purpose of adding to a subject grade on the progress report, but can contain feedback for the student and parent. 

Students develop and work at different rates and a variety of activities are conducted to accommodate this.  Established times are a guide and represent average nightly completion times for an on-task student.  Consistent independent reading is important and is included in the times below.

Kindergarten – 15 minutes

1st grade – 20 minutes

2nd grade – 30 minutes

3rd grade – 45 minutes

4th grade – 50 minutes

5th grade – 50 minutes
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Afternoon Carpool Traffic Changes
We have been working with the Cary Police Department and are making a change to how all parents enter the afternoon carpool lot.  All cars should now enter Harrison Avenue from the south so that right hand turns only are made onto Faculty to then enter our parking lot.  We have had cars turning onto Faculty from both directions which has been causing traffic congestion as traffic backs up and unsafe walking conditions for our students and families.  

In making this change cars can stay over to the right while waiting and no left hand turns onto faculty will be made.  We feel this change will help keep the area safer for our students who walk home from school, safer for other drivers on the road, and more efficient for travel and carpool. 

A Cary Police officer will also be helping with the area and we thank you for supporting this change.
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Open the Door to Reading 
is a new Cary Elementary program and we need your help.

-Every morning teachers and teaching assistants are at carpool to open doors for arriving students. 

*You volunteering just one day from 8:00-8:30 will allow a teacher to tutor students during that time.  180 volunteers will allow a teacher to tutor students every day. 

** Cary Elementary has over 550 students which means at least 1,000 parents, grandparents, and guardians.  180 out of 1,000 should be easy.


Click the button above to sign up to help.