Outscoring their opponents 115 to 23, the Lady Vikes had a season to remember. The Lady Vikes worked vigorously this fall, honing their skills with tackles, nutmegs, rainbows, passes, and volleys. “We practiced like we played. And that’s hard,” says senior Jillian Adler. “We didn’t show any mercy towards one another at practice, but afterwards…

In little more than 15 years, the computer science program at Academy has grown from its humble beginnings into a resounding success. A lot of changes have been made to the curriculum. For starters, there wasn’t even a comp. sci. lab. “We were only scheduled to go to the computer lab one out of every…

Let me introduce you to a most important group at the Academy that you may not be aware of: the Social Justice and Sustainability Committee. SJSC, led by students Melanie Knopp’13, Andi Li’13, Sarah Poehlman’13, and faculty advisor, Mr. Kyle Tong, has spread awareness about humanitarian issues for a decade. Without flash or fanfare, SJSC…

Earlier in this fall’s sports season, Anne Horton achieved her 400th career win as a girls field hockey coach. This achievement makes Horton one of the most successful high school coaches in the state! In 1991, Columbus Academy became a co-ed school, and, therefore, needed both an athletic director and coaches for women’s sports. Horton…

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…