Driver Education available for ECA students at DPS
Here are the upcoming Driver Ed classes for Fall 2024 and the registration dates. Registration is through the DPS website. DPSNC.net>Students>Drivers Education>Non-DPS Student Registration. You should log in promptly at 9:00 am on the day registration opens because of limited space. Fall dates have been chosen for upcoming Driver Ed classes through Durham Public Schools: […]
Excelsior Classical Academy Earns Cognia Accreditation
Durham, NC – July 1, 2024 – Excelsior Classical Academy announced today that it has earned Cognia® Accreditation. Cognia is a nonprofit organization that provides quality assurance for schools, school districts, and education service providers. Cognia, formerly AdvancED, nationally recognizes districts that meet rigorous standards focused on productive learning environments, equitable resource allocation that meets […]
Excelsior Classical Academy’s First Graduating Class
Excelsior Classical Academy first class of seniors graduated on June 1, 2024 at 10 am. The faculty members were led in by a bagpiper playing Highland Cathedral and the graduating class processed in to Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance. The school band led by Vlad Kary played the national anthem, Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott […]
ECA Middle School Bands Receive Superior Ratings
Congratulations to the ECA Middle School Beginner and Concert Bands as they both received the highest grade of Superior at the King’s Dominion Music Festival May 18! Well done, students and Mr. Kary!
Production of Emma! A Pop Musical
Excelsior’s Theatre Department just put on their spring musical, Emma! A Pop Musical. Emma, a senior at Highbury Prep, is certain she knows what’s best for her classmates’ love lives, and is determined to find the perfect boyfriend for shy sophomore Harriet by the end of the school year. But will Emma’s relentless matchmaking get […]
HS Registration for 2024-2025 (for currently enrolled students)
Rising grade 9 students were given their Registration Document before spring break, and for absent students, parents were contacted via email. Documents given to students included course recommendations to be reviewed with Parent/Guardian. We would like for requests to be completed, signed and returned back to school to locked black boxes near rooms 165, 232 […]
Production of Still Life with Iris
The Theatre Department of Excelsior Classical Academy just completed their fall production of the play Still Life with Iris by Steven Dietz. Still Life with Iris is a quirky fantasy that is part drama, part adventure, and part coming-of-age story. It delves into perfectionism, identity, worth, memory, family, home, and abuse of power. It takes place […]
Winter Concert
On December 6th starting at 6:30 pm, Excelsior’s Winter Concert took place in the third floor commons area. Groups from different classes played a variety of music. The Instrumental 1 class played Holiday Rock and Santaland Jam; the Jazz Band played Uncle Milo’s Side Show, My Dinner with Ronald, and Santa Claus is Coming to […]
PTSO Fun Run
The Parent Teacher Student Organization sponsored a Fun Run on Saturday, December 2 at 9:00 am. It was overcast and rain was predicted, but the rain held off until the race was over. One of the PTSO organizers quipped, “Our runners were so fast, we beat the rain!”
Much Ado About Nothing
On Wednesday, November 29, the high school Theatre 1 class traveled to UNC to the Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art to see William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Davina Jadhwani. It’s an Elizabethan RomCom where deception is used to both disrupt true love and promote it.
