Cary High School

Cary High School is one of six high schools in Cary, North Carolina. Established in 1896, it was among the first public high schools in North Carolina. Students in grades 9–12 attend Cary High. Cary High is a part of the Wake County Public School System and operates on a traditional calendar, with a block schedule.

Cary High School
Address
638 Walnut St

Cary, North Carolina
27511

United States
Information
TypePublic
MottoCognitio Vincit
Established1896 (1896)
School districtWake County Public School System
CEEB code340600
PrincipalNolan Bryant
Staff119.74 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Number of students2,071 (2020–21)[1]
Student to teacher ratio17.30[1]-
Color(s)Kelly green and white
  
Fight songNotre Dame Victory March
MascotImp
Websitecaryhs.wcpss.net

History
Cary High School in 1896–1898

Cary High School was established in 1896,[2] as among the first public high schools in North Carolina. The school was originally located in downtown Cary on Academy Street, and moved to its current location in 1960. The schools original site would later house Cary Elementary School, until it reopened August 13, 2011, as the Cary Arts Center.[3]

The school was the first to be desegregated in Wake County outside Raleigh (William G. Enloe High School being the first within the city of Raleigh) in 1963 when six African-American girls, chosen to be bright, outgoing, and "strong-willed enough to take what was inevitably coming to them," came to the school amid intense verbal opposition from whites. Some white parents sued the school system over the integration, and the suit was thrown out by the North Carolina Supreme Court.[4] The original mascot was a White Imp after the UNC White Phantoms (later Tarheels) and the Duke University Imps (later Blue Devils). The "white" was dropped to avoid racial connotations when the school was desegregated.[5]

In 1989, a $4.5 million dollar school construction project brings improvements to the school, such as the addition of Building 10.

In 1996, the school celebrated the centennial of its founding. There was also $3.44 million in school improvements, including new classroom and administrative space, A Building renovations for the performing arts department, and the establishment of the Junior ROTC program.[6]

Renovations of a new auditorium, gymnasium, music classrooms, and a classroom building were completed in August 2008.[7]

Student life
1915 Cary High School Senior Class Yearbook

The Cary High School Marching Band, established in 1920, is a corps-style marching band. The band hosts Cary Band Day, an annual festival featuring marching bands from the North Carolina and Virginia area. The band marched in the 2016 Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in New York.

The drama and choral departments put on a fall play and a spring musical most years.

The Cary High Speech and Debate team is a member of the Tarheel Forensics League (TFL) and competes statewide.

Athletics

State championships
  • 4A Men's Track and Field: 2019
  • 4A Men's Cross Country: 2018
  • 4A Wrestling State Dual Team: 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2018[8]
  • 4A Wrestling State Tournament: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009[8]
  • All Division State Wrestling Tournament: 1977
  • 4A Men's Soccer: 1998
  • 4A Women's Cross-Country: 1997
  • 4A Men's Basketball: 1995
  • 4A Women's Basketball: 1993
  • Class A Football: 1955
  • Class A Men's Basketball: 1954
  • Class B Men's Basketball: 1939

Wrestling

Cary High School's wrestling team under the leadership of former Coach Jerry Winterton (1981–2010), won nineteen state championships (11 state tournament & 8 dual team), twenty-one regional championships, and twenty-eight consecutive conference tournament titles. Including the playoffs, the Imps went 621–16 in his twenty-nine year run as head coach. Winterton coached 44 individual state champions, as well as many All-Americans.[9] Coach Winterton was inducted into the North Carolina High School Athletic Association's Hall of Fame in October 2014, and the National High School Hall of Fame (NFHS) in 2017.[10][11]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Cary High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  2. About Our School / Cary High School 1896-1996. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-15. Retrieved 2011-10-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Nagem, Sarah (February 24, 2013). "50 years ago, six students changed Cary High". Cary News. Archived from the original on March 1, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
  5. "Athletics programs helped integrate Cary | Cary's Heritage | CaryNews…". Archived from the original on 18 January 2015.
  6. About Out School/History of Cary High School - Wake County Public Schools. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  7. Facilities Design and Construction. wcpss.net. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  8. NCHSAA Wrestling Champions http://www.nchsaa.org/sites/default/files/attachments/Tournament%20Wrestling%20Champs_1.pdf NCHSAA
  9. Coach Jerry Winterton - Cary Wrestling. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  10. Release, News. "Cary wrestling coach Jerry Winterton among those joining NCHSAA Hall of Fame".
  11. Cary's Jerry Winterton named to National High School Hall of Fame. highschoolot.com. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
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