On November 8, 2011, Columbus Academy students and faculty had the privilege of meeting alumnus Gregory White Smith’69, guest speaker for the school’s eighth annual Celebration of Leadership event. After graduating from Academy and serving as The Academy Life editor-in-chief in his senior year, Smith earned a bachelor’s degree from Colby College. He proceeded to…
Athletes are only as effective as they are healthy, and as the years pile up, good health becomes harder and harder to maintain. The games quickly add up, and the human body can accumulate only so much mileage before beginning to break down. Some of the worst injuries are the ones that simply won’t go…
Many fall sporting events occur over long periods of time. Soccer consists of two forty-minute halves. Football has twelve-minute quarters. But cross-country meets (5K) last approximately twenty minutes. The team practiced daily, with Tuesdays and Thursdays being the most strenuous. According to cross-country coach, Mr. Olexio. “[On Tuesdays and Thursdays], we would do 800-meter intervals…
Members of this fall’s production of The Miracle Worker say the road to opening night was not always smooth, but the cast and crew’s sacrifices for the sake of the production were worth it. Balancing sports practices and other appointments with play practice was a challenge they approached with optimism. “We had a lot of…
The Columbus Academy golf team must be the least recognized fall sport. They do not practice or have matches at the school, so, many people know little about the team, including the fact that three girls join the boys in matches every week. The team has seventeen people, nine of whom are freshmen. On varsity,…
The Columbus Academy boys soccer team ended its magificent season with a combined record of 13-4-2 and won the MSL title for the second year in a row with a record of 6-0. This was an especially great achievement, considering the team suffered many losses during this season, due to injuries. Academy earned the thirteenth…
The scene was set. Through the pitch black sky, bright lights shone down onto Marsh field. Students in pink gathered together at the entrance to the grass, making room for players to come through for their last time of the year. Led by senior co-captains, Langston Hughes, Isaac Mallory,Tyler Walker-Terry, R.J. Watters, and Jake Wilson,…
Rained out of three matches and countless practices, this year’s girls tennis team never missed a day to get better. The players were in the weight room, practicing in the gym, or running the dreaded pool balcony. “We always used rainy those days to think we were getting ahead of someone else who wasn’t making…
Sports is about so much more than the final result: a team record, a championship trophy, an undefeated season. These are the things we remember, the statistics that show up in the archives, the shining moments of victory. Behind this magnificent facade lies the truth about athletic competition: it is tough and takes dedication. No…
Each June, the entire Upper School comes together to honor the academic excellence of the highest performing students in the school. Although this tradition has been at Academy for decades, in recent years it has attracted considerable criticism from both students and some faculty. The problems lies not in the talent, but in the fact…
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