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NORTH CAROLINA QUILT TRAILS

TEXT AND PHOTOS BY BRITTANY MURDOCK

There’s nothing quite like a classic chicken salad sandwich for lunch. Chicken Salad Chick in Waverly Place is serving up more than a dozen chicken salad flavors alongside signature sandwiches, soups, salads and tasty sides. For a full list of flavors visit chickensaladchick.com.

Cha House in Cary is a popular Asian-inspired tea house and snack bar. This Thai Cap Tea is just one of many flavors there to choose from. Stop in for a Lavendar Matcha, Black Milk Tea or the café’s most popular item: the Dirty Tiger, made with brown sugar and brown sugar boba. Order online at chahouseusa.com.

Whether you’re looking for a quick lunch or a healthy dinner, take a trip to Guasaca. Inspired by South American cuisine, Guasaca has locations in Morrisville, Raleigh and Durham. Stop in for a signature arepa or one of the restaurant’s many bowls. Check it out at guasaca.com.

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education GUIDE special advertising section What a great place to start. We offer nurturing care and creative learning experiences, every day. At La Petite Academy, your child will discover respect, collaboration, and the joy of learning in a safe, secure environment. Our exclusive School Readiness Pathway charts each child’s unique course to elementary school and future academic success, with specialized curriculum and developmentally appropriate programs for infants to school-age students. As a STEM school, science, technology, engineering, and math are part of everything we do in the classroom. Discover enhanced learning opportunities through our enrichment programs, such as soccer, yoga, and Spanish. In addition, our before- and afterschool programs for school-age students provide a great start and finish to every school day, in a program that has a strong focus on character development, plus team-building activities, homework support, and more. At Camp Innovate, your child will find a whole summer packed with excitement and adventure, including camp themes around art, science, games, and more; collaborative projects; and fun field trips. We’re also here for you during winter and spring break, or any other time you need some help. Our Flex Care cards enable you to purchase individual days to use whenever you need them. We also work hard to nurture growing bodies alongside growing minds. With our Grow Fit initiative, we offer healthy meals and snacks, plenty of physical activity, and nutritional education elements in the classroom. Our goal is to help children develop healthy habits for a healthy future. LA PETITE ACADEMY 74 | caryliving.com Your child was born ready—ready to contribute, to experience, to explore, to learn, to know, and to understand the world and how it works. School, as most of us think of it, is meant to help students get ready, to prepare them in many different ways for each advancing step toward success in college and, ultimately, in life. For students, school years are much more than just preparation for “real life;” they are real life. The ways in which our students learn and live today shape the people they will become tomorrow. At MSR—through our vigorous and encompassing program for toddlers through grade 12—our mission is to ensure that our students are ever more ready! We empower them to live their lives to the fullest— intellectually, interpersonally, and with independence— not only in the future but also now, and at every age and stage of their development. Each level of our curriculum has been specifically designed around the needs and characteristics of students to provide the optimal learning environment. MSR is now an authorized IB World School! Schedule a visit today at msr.org or call 919.848.1545 to learn more about The Montessori School of Raleigh and our new International Baccalaureate Program! 7005 Lead Mine Road Raleigh, NC 27615 919.848.1545 msr.org

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Equipping today’s students to succeed in tomorrow’s world. At Ravenscroft, we wondered: Why wait to teach leadership skills to children? Why not integrate leadership learning into everyday classroom education for all children? In fact, why not teach children to use those leadership skills to become better students, artists, athletes, and community members? Can those skills really be taught—to children of all ages? YES, they can! Ravenscroft has joined forces with the Center for Creative Leadership—one of the world’s top-ranked providers of executive education—to teach the citizen leadership skills that hundreds of business, government, nonprofit, and education leaders have identified as crucial. These leadership skills are frustratingly rare in today’s workforce. Together, we have created an innovative curriculum combining the best citizen leadership learning with the excellent academic program for which Ravenscroft is known. And we are teaching it to all of our students, in age-appropriate ways, Pre-K through 12th grade. We call it Lead From Here. As early as pre-kindergarten, our Lead From Here–trained faculty introduces students to a set of fundamental skills that they can apply to their academic, social, creative, and athletic challenges. These citizen leadership skills include being accountable, resilient, growth-minded, empathetic, inclusive, communicative, strategic, resourceful, adaptive, and more. The result? High-achieving students who have a leg up on academics and who possess the real-world leadership skills they need to succeed in the future. Our Ravens are prepared to soar to great heights. How do we do it? The best way to understand how we teach it is to experience it yourself. We invite you to join us for a visit to learn more!

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There’s nothing more enjoyable than a day out on the lake. Allow your lake house to reflect your unique style with decorative pillows and ceramic vases in calming blue tones. Freshen up the walls with nautical-themed artwork from local artists. The possibilities are endless when it comes to decorating your space at the lake.

1 Blue ceramic bowls (set of two), $99 | The Design Haüs

2 “Strolling on the Boardwalk” 23-by-25-inch watercolor by Barbara Rohde, $695–$800* | Cary Gallery of Artists

3 Crab wall décor, $24 | The Perfect Piece

4 “Welcome to the Lake” throw pillow, $30 | Swagger

5 Sectional sofa, $4,569 | The Design Haüs

Above photos courtesy of Beech Mountain TDA Above photos courtesy of Randolph County SWCD

You’ve probably been on a quilt trail at some point in your life without realizing it. They meander through rural areas and are comprised of a series of painted wood or metal squares, each with a different meaning. Some quilt squares represent a building or family, or the history of the land they are on. Other squares are more whimsical, speaking, instead, to the everyday life of a region, or the interests of their sponsors. Two North Carolina counties especially known for robust quilt trails are Avery and Randolph.

Avery County’s quilt trail explores the natural beauty and heritage of the Appalachian region, winding and wending through popular destinations such as Beech Mountain, Banner Elk and Linville Falls. Several squares represent traditional Appalachian quilt patterns, such as “Carolina Star,” “Beech Mountain Blue Belle” and “Mystery Flower Garden.” You’ll also discover quirkier, more modern squares such as “Kaleidoscope,” “Tulips” and even a “Halloween” square. Unique to this trail, a series of three quilts at stop #13—“Albie’s Dream,” “Hiker” and “Biker”—mark the trailhead for the Emerald Outback trail system near Banner Elk.

Randolph County’s quilt trail started in 2010 as a project of the Piedmont Conservation Council. It features 44 quilt squares showcasing local farm families’ heritage that were painted and hung by volunteers from the Randolph County Quilters Guild. The squares include everything from traditional quilt patterns, such as stars and wedding ring designs, to unique icons, such as tobacco leaves, rocking horses and Christmas trees. Visitors are encouraged to stop and take photos from the roadside, and some of the farms offer seasonal produce and goods for sale.