(Courtesy/@academyvikings Instagram) Q: How is Elle V. better than the Kansas City Chiefs?    A: She just secured a three-peat championship. Facing a crowd of fourteen competitors on Tuesday, February 11, senior Elle V. dominated the Division II Central District diving championships inside the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion at Ohio State University to clinch her third…

(@caswimmies Instagram) Junior Aubree M. and senior Elle V. represented the Diving Vikings at the Central Buckeye League Championships on Friday, January 24, at CSG. Elle secured her second consecutive championship title with a score of 450.56, and Aubree earned a seventh-place finish.  The team competes in Gambier on Saturday, Feb. 8.

Courtesy/@caswimmies Instagram) On Saturday, Jan. 11, senior Elle V. secured third place among nineteen female divers from the Columbus area with a score of 214.00 at a meet held at CSG. Elle, who serves as dive team captain, was also celebrated during Senior Night as one of thirteen seniors on the 2024-25 swim and dive…

Dr. Olay Alonso performs. (Coutesy/Katie V.)   The delicious smells (of hamburgers and cookies) wafting through the Dining Hall during lunch period were accompanied by beautiful strains of music on Wednesday, Oct. 9. Columbus Academy’s Spanish Affinity group (CASA) enlivened Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations by inviting Dr. Orlay Alonso, an accomplished pianist in the CA…

(Courtesy/Miranda B.) On Saturday, August 24, our girls cross country team placed seventh out of 15 teams in the Silver 5000m at Pickerington North. 137 runners competed in the event. Other runners were from Fairless, Newark, Tuscarawas, Unioto, Waverly, and Westerville South. Clara S. claimed 19th with a time of 22.34. Miranda B. placed 26th…

Word search puzzles are part of my childhood. I found them everywhere: inside magazines in the doctor’s waiting room, on the backs of kids’ menus, and even class worksheets. But despite the initial thrill of a word treasure hunt, these brain teasers can quickly get old and repetitive. The New York Times reignited my interest…

(Audrey L./Staff)   Music swelled in the air in the Schoedinger Theater on Thursday, Feb. 8, as the Jazz Band performed their second concert of the year from 7:30 to 8:00 p.m.  The band’s twenty-seven members have been preparing a five-song program for the regional Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival held…