ECA Concert and Jazz Bands get Superior Rank at Kings Dominion Festival of Music
The Excelsior Classical Academy Concert and Jazz Bands traveled to Kings Dominion Festival of Music on May 8, 2025. Both bands got the highest rank of Superior! Congratulations to the ECA Bands!
ECA Theatre Production of Something Rotten
ECA’s Theatre department gave four sold-out performances of Something Rotten! over the weekend of May 2-4. The audiences laughed, applauded, and enjoyed! Something Rotten! is a musical comedy that satirizes the world of theater, particularly Shakespeare’s influence. The story follows two brothers, Nick and Nigel Bottom, who are struggling playwrights in the 1590s and want […]
ECA Theatre Students attend PlayMakers’ Little Shop of Horrors
Theatre I & II students and chaperons had the opportunity to see PlayMakers Repertory Company’s Little Shop of Horrors and attend a talkback with the actors on UNC Chapel Hill campus! What a treat! #supportlivetheatre #Playmakers PlayMakers Little Shop of Horrors Trailer
Coffee with Coyle • Thursday, April 10th • 10am – 11am
Join us for Coffee with Coyle! You’re invited to join ECA Executive Director, Dr. Dana Coyle for coffee this Thursday from 10am – 11am. We hope to see you there! For more information, please contact the front desk.
Excelsior Jazz Band at Charter School Showcase
On January 30th 2025 from 11am-12pm, the North Carolina Association for Public Charter Schools hosted a student showcase to celebrate National School Choice Awareness Week! Hosted at the Fletcher Opera Theatre at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts, this event featured students in a variety of performances, and highlighted student art in a show […]
Excelsior is Hosting Durham Police Athletic League (DPAL)
ECA is hosting the Durham Police Athletic League (DPAL) on Saturdays until March 1, 2025. Additionally, ECA Athletics is sponsoring a team, called the Jr. Flying Lions, for current 4th and 5th grade students under the guidance of coaches David Coates and Kim Carpenter. Go Jr. Flying Lions! DPAL is a youth mentoring program designed […]
Save Hamlet performances
Excelsior Classical Academy’s Drama department performed the spoof Save Hamlet! four times from November 22-24, Friday at 7pm, Saturday at 3pm & 7pm, and Sunday at 3pm. Save Hamlet was written by Mark Harvey Levine. Those who have seen Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and most who haven’t, know that pretty much everyone dies by the end of […]
HS Drama Classes at PlayMakers Production
The high school drama classes attended the PlayMakers production of What the Constitution Means to Me.
PTSO’s Latin Culture Family Night
Excelsior families and staff had a fun evening at the Latin Culture Night on October 4, which had been rescheduled due to Hurricane Helene. What an incredible night at Latin Culture Family Night! It was so heartwarming to see our school community come together, with students from all grades joining in the fun. The dancers […]
Excelsior is pleased to participate in Adopt a Western NC Charter School Initiative
The North Carolina Association for Public Charter Schools has organized an effort to help the charter schools whose towns or counties were devastated by Hurricane Helene. Excelsior Classical Academy is participating in the effort and has adopted Lake Lure Classical Academy. LLCA is the only public school in the Lake Lure/Chimney Rock area. We are […]
