Freshman Hannah Clay explodes out of the blocks. (Chris Heermann’18) The Academy girls track team traveled to Fairfield Union for the regional meet on Wednesday, May 23 and Friday, May 25, and took third out of fifty teams. The Vikings continued their brilliant postseason campaign, qualifying for states in four different events. Junior Sammie Kass,…
Junior Hayden Compton takes a vicious cut. (Sarah Neltner’20/Media staff) After edging Archbold, the CA baseball squad’s incredible postseason run came to an end on Friday, May 25, as Coldwater topped the resilient Vikings in the regional finals. Academy traveled to Elida Middle School on Thursday, May 24, for a clash with Archbold. Sophomore Noah…
Junior Sydney Hill slashes towards the goal. (Inji Kang’19/Media editor) The Academy girls lacrosse squad matched up against the stiffest competition in Ohio this past week, as the #2 seed Vikings looked to preserve their state title hopes. CA hosted #3 seed Worthington Kilbourne on Tuesday, May 22, and trampled the Wolves, 17-10. The Vikes’…
Junior Liam McCann darts around the turn. (Chris Heermann’18) The CA boys track team continued its postseason journey with a second-place finish at the regional meet on Wednesday, May 23, and on Friday, May 25, at Fairfield Union High School. Numerous individuals and relays qualified for regional finals and states, making the performance even more…
Los Guachos gringa. (David Cooperman’20/Staff) If you are looking for a place to grab a bite after exams, take a short, mile-long trip down Cherry Bottom Road to Los Guachos, a classic Mexican restaurant, and a central Ohio staple that has been recognized on Yahoo’s “America’s Best Taco Spots.” The restaurant’s famous massive wheel of…
Senior Harry Zaye will be sorely missed next season. (Sarah Neltner’20/Media staff) After an intense district tournament eliminated the remainder of the Academy boys tennis squad, the doubles duo of senior Sam Vogel and junior Suriya Sundaram traveled to Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason for the state tournament on Friday, May 25, and…
Summer reading books from our library libguides. (Courtesy/Gwen Nzimiro) As customary during our final week of classes, students met with their summer reading groups to discuss the assignments. Academy’s summer reading program provides a unique opportunity for students to engage in literature over the summer. Many of the group assignments involve sharing and discussing certain…
A section of the mural in various stages of progress. (Grace Harrison’20/Staff) Beginning mid-May, a group of teens were hard at work painting four panels of a mural at the home of Laurie Van Balen, director of the Columbus Crossing Borders Project, the organization who featured an art exhibit at Academy last December. Van Balen…
Two of the Falcon Heavy’s side boosters successfully land. (Unsplash, CC0) The Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, more commonly known as SpaceX, has made it publicly known that allowing humans to live in an interplanetary fashion—along with making space travel more efficient—is its main goal. As of late, the company has experienced an unprecedented amount of…
Junior Ryan Milbourne enjoys Sophomore Hanna Yakoob’s Where’s Waldo game. (Jenny L’Hommedieu’19/Media) As students and faculty packed into the Dining Hall for Academy’s fifth annual Computer Science Fair on May 23, they observed the end results of computer science students’ weeks of hard work. In between bites of Whit’s custard, students viewed projects ranging from an 80’s…
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