Governor Mike DeWine (Wikimedia Commons)\ Earlier this year, I had more faith in my Governor’s response to the pandemic. More than a week before President Trump declared a national emergency, Governor DeWine had banned spectators at the Arnold Classic. Ohio had not reported a single case of the coronavirus. Just a week…
Sydni Ratliff’21 claims the state runner-up title. (Josh Tu’21) After a dominant victory at districts, the Columbus Academy girls tennis team traveled to Mason, Ohio for the Division II state tournament. On Friday, October 23, and Saturday, October 24, senior Sydni Ratliff dominated in singles, defeating her first opponent 6-0, 6-0, before claiming a 6-3,…
A large Garba celebration for Navratri in Gujarat, India in 2016 (via Wikimedia Commons) From October 17 to October 26, 2020, the Hindu community in Columbus and worldwide celebrated Navratri, a festival dedicated to Durga, the Hindu goddess of war, strength, and protection. Although the religious tales behind the festival vary across India’s culturally…
Upper School students participate in the Kids4Kids Bike Repair. (Courtesy/Skyler Simpson’21) It’s not too late to help feed 30 families with donations to Food Drive 2.0. Please bring at least two shelf-stable items by Wednesday October 28. A 2nd grade class has already collected over 100 cans! “Tidy Up Tuesday” is back on October 27.…
(Wikimedia Commons) Netflix has been coming out with a plethora of new shows and movies this week, including The Haunting of Bly Manor, Yes God Yes, new episodes of Unsolved Mysteries, The Queen’s Gambit, Rebecca, and Emily in Paris-with weak writing that manages to tether viewers to their screens and keep watching. Emily in…
Apple’s iPhone 12 with 5G capabilities (CourtesyApple) Apple recently released its newest and most highly-anticipated iPhone 12. From a peripheral view, there appear to be no modifications compared to its previous mode. But let’s take a closer look. Apple’s iPhone 12 comes packed with a variety of features, withits most impressive having the ability to…
Sam Huyghe ’21 mosses a Harvest Prep defender. Academy hosted Harvest Prep for round 3 of playoffs on Saturday, October 25. The Warriors were looking for revenge after Academy snapped their 38 game winning streak and handed them their only loss earlier in the season. The game started off slowly as neither team put…
Junior Julia DeVore paces the course. Freshman Caitlynn Hinds. Senior Regan Cornelius advances to regionals (Courtesy/TomDeVore) On Saturday, October 24, our girls cross country team continued its stellar postseason performance at districts, hosted by Hilliard Darby. Senior Regan Cornelius bolted to 7th place in with outstanding 19:53, clearing the 12th place individual cutoff to qualify for…
District champ; senior Luke Nester. (Julia DeVore’22/News) On Saturday, October 24, the boys cross country team had a heartbreaking 4th place finish out of 8 teams just two points behind third at districts at Hilliard Darby (only 3 teams advance from districts). Seniors Luke Nester and Jake Huddleston qualified individually. Nester dominated the field, with…
Senior Katie Schiano. (Sari Shocket’22/Media) Our girls started off the postseason facing off against Madison Plains on Monday, October 19, on Hondros. The sixth-seeded Vikes were fired up for the first round and came out strong, with goals by Zoya Arnold’24, sophomores Claire Cahall and Jasmine Evans, junior Diana Ulbrich, and senior Katie Schiano.…
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