Claire D. for the finish! (Abigail Z./Staff) On Sunday, September 23, Pickerington Central’s Tiger Invitational yielded Academy a girls 3rd place, a boys 4th place, and new personal records. Melanie Q. led the girls in 4th with a season-best 21:10:53, followed by Sophie L. in 13th place with a personal record of 22:29.30. Claire D.…

Jiaqi L. (Courtesy/Abigail Zhao) The X-C performance at Olentangy Berlin on Saturday, September 30, placed our a girls in 3rd and boys 13th in the varsity B division. Leads from Clara S. with 21:18.25 to get 2nd and Melanie Q. with 21:36.04 to get 3rd, plus an 8th-ranked, season-best 22:19.53 from Sophie L. and 23rd-ranked,…

Dungeons and Dragons, one of three winners at Club Fair (Melanie Q./Staff) Ian C. and Melanie Q. announced Club winners for their well-decorated tables at the September 1 Fair held on Lazarus Courtyard after a morning of all upper-school community service. Club Penguin, Dungeons and Dragons, and Pickleball Club received $100, $50, and $25, respectively.…

The pack heads out. Girls get ready. Honored Seniors and their Kindergartener Buddies (Abigail Z./Staff) Our Vikings walked away with first place in all categories in a de facto win on Wednesday, September 13 at Cross Country’s Senior Invitational against Newark Catholic at 5:00 p.m. for a 2-miler.  Melanie Q. and Clara S. placed 1st and 2nd…

(Courtesy Melanie G. & X-C parents) A 7th place, 21:22.87 from Melanie Q. and 10th place, 21:49.49 from Clara S., led the girls to a bottom-half finish amongst seven teams at Watkins Memorial on september 9. Freshman Claire D. improved her season best to 24:46.03, the team’s third-ranked and the competition’s 37th-ranked score. Our boys…

Sophie L. (Courtesy/Alester X. ) and Chris H.  In their second meet of the season, the cross country Vikings traveled to Marengo, for the Highland Fighting Scots Invitational to compete against fifteen other teams on Saturday, September 2. Our boys placed 11th, with standout runs from Dane C., who came in 34th at 17:54.73. and…

Nelson lavishes among tennis balls and other toys. (Courtesy/Paws With a Cause) For the past five years, Ms. Brelle Farrenkopf has worked with Paws With a Cause, a nonprofit that trains assistance dogs, and our school’s administration to secure a community dog for Academy. During the May 8 assembly, the announcement that an accomplishment had been…

Warithat demonstrates the Dabke dance.(Abbey Z./Staff) For April’s Arab American Heritage Month, MENA (Middle Eastern and North African Affinity), Ms. Chahal’s Modern Middle East class performed alongside Warithat, a dance troupe, on May 1. MENA members Nousha A., Zaina A., Sophia C., and Aliya S. introduced the assembly with Arab American Heritage Month’s significance and…

Churros from CASA, falafel from MECCA, and more! (Abbey Z.) United Columbus Academy (UCA) held its second annual End-of-Year luncheon to honor affinity and alliance group leaders and students on April 26.  Each affinity brought cultural food to the table: EAST (East Asian Students Together) brought dumplings, DESI (South Asian) Club offered samosas, BOS (Black…

Alexis C., Grace H., Sophie L., Clara S., Colin H., and Emma S. (Courtesy/Colin H.) Academy’s JSA (Junior State of America) chapter traveled to Columbus’s Sheraton Hotel on April 15 and 16 for its annual Spring State as part of the Ohio River Valley (ORV) region. JSA bears many similarities to Model UN, according to…