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Monthly Archives: May 2017

News

CA’s (not-so) Secret Study Space

Lounging and Focussed in the US Library. (Max Dresibach’18/Staff) Do you ever feel like it’s impossible to find somewhere quiet to study? As summer grows closer and the weather become nicer, it can get pretty noisy on campus. One small space that has recently opened with the arrival of spring. If you haven’t been paying…

News

Capstone Projects Benefit Students’ Education

Students share  e-literature capstones and final projects at Computer Science Fair. (Olivia Ryna’18/Media) As the end of the school year approaches, Upper School students are more stressed than ever. Although there is only a few weeks of school left, final exams are the looming obstacle standing in the way of summer break.  Fortunately, most of…

Sports

Girls Track Dominates at Districts

Annalise Grammel’20 starts strong. (Chris Heerman’18/Media) This past week, the Vikings competed in districts at Watkins. The meet took place over 3 days because of its magnitude, so preliminaries and finals were often run separately from each other. Our girls had strong showings each day, leading to a marvelous first place. Those who placed fourth…

Sports

Good Week for Girls Lacrosse

On Wednesday, May 17th, the girls lacrosse team hosted Miami Valley, its first opponent in the tournament. After our team’s disappointing loss against Bexley, the girls were itching to redeem themselves, and they did so in spectacular fashion. The Vikes wasted no time in racking up points, and there was nothing Miami Valley could do…

Sports

Boys Lacrosse Eliminated in District Quarterfinals

The CA boys lacrosse team saw its season come to an end on Friday, May 19, as the Vikings fell to Worthington Kilbourne in the district quarterfinals, 12-5. Feeding off its raucous home crowd, the Wolves began the game with a boost of energy. They attacked Academy’s defense relentlessly and took a 4-0 lead after…

Sports

Postseason Play Continues for Boys Tennis

The CA boys tennis team had its most important week of the year, playing in both the team district final and the individual district tournament. On Tuesday, May 16, the Vikes went up against their archrival Bexley in the team district final, with a ticket to the state tournament on the line. Unfortunately, the Lions…

News

Stunning Mock Businesses by Academy’s Sixth Graders

In an effort to complement students’ learning, the sixth grade team has created a project to teach its students about business.  The project, dubbed the Business Fair, has been described as “an interdisciplinary language arts and mathematics project” by one of the leaders, Ms. Sonam Shahani.  Spanning the entire last quarter, students were given class…

News

In Praise Of Maintaining Peace

New Albany High School started its Peace Week on a sour note this year. On Monday, May 15, students and administrators arrived at the school only to discover that someone had spray-painted profane language, racial slurs, swastikas, and “Trump” on the tennis courts and equipment shed. Almost immediately after the news spread, however, students began…

Sports

Boys Lacrosse Breezes Past Dayton Carroll

The CA boys lacrosse team dominated in its first game of districts, advancing to the quarterfinals with a 16-5 drubbing of Dayton Carroll. Energized for another run at a district championship, the Vikes burst out of the gates and took a 3-0 lead after the first quarter. The Patriots attempted to climb back into the…

Opinion & Editorial

A Note to the French

Dear France,  We thought future history textbooks were already being printed. “The Nativist Revolution” would be the heading. The first subsection would be the United Kingdom. Second, the United States. Third, you guys.  We were positive your presidency was going to to be handed to Marine Le Pen, the far-right and anti-European Union candidate.  Until…