Quarterfinals qualifier, Arnav N.  (Abigail Z.) Fourteen Academy Speech and Debate students qualified for states this season. The team competed at the OSDA (Ohio Speech and Debate Association) finals at Austintown on March 3-4. Ms. Hogan, the team’s advisor, welcomed new coaches Ms. Kim Reiner and Mr. Bruce Mann, former high school competitors, to remodel…

Erica D. advocates for bill on reforming the police training system. (Courtesy/Dr. Jacky) Junior State of America (JSA) is a national student-led organization mimicking the United States government. Through debates, problem-solving, and simulations, high schoolers experience the workings of a democracy by being involved in public issues.  Academy is part of the Ohio River Valley…

(Angela H./Staff) Advised by Mr. Compton and led by seniors Tiko B. and Alicia D., forty-nine students travelled to Georgetown Univeristy, which hosted the North American Invitational Model United Nations. Academy’s attendance marks a return to pre-pandemic traditions of overnight trips and rooming with friends. At Model UN students simulate inner workings of the United…

Courtesy/ Jess S. The Lincoln Center Orchestra performs “Happy Birthday.”  Academy’s Jazz Ensemble, directed by Jessica Sneeringer, were guests at Wynton Marsalis’s award-winning Jazz Band on February 9, 2023.   A graduate of Juilliard, Marsalis has won a Pulitzer and nine Grammys. These days, one can find Marsalis leading the premier Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra…

Gabe E. in Boys 200m (CA Track and Field Parents)  Indoor Track is Academy’s latest addition to its activities of winter athletics. Although the club is not yet sanctioned as an official sport, the sixteen-person squad coached by Chris Mealick has regular Tuesday and Thursday practices, with competitions against 57 other teams. In its first…

(Abigail Z/Staff) Dr. Michael Thompson, a clinical psychologist, school consultant and New York Times best-selling author, spoke to upper schoolers about mental health during a special assembly on December 7. Thompson had met with parents, faculty and staff, lower and middle school students and freshmen boys over his three-day visit. Asking students questions–instead of lecturing…

(Ethan Kim/Media) Senbazuru (千羽鶴), meaning one thousand cranes, is now displayed in the library as a sign of good fortune, luck, and health, and to wish well to those who need it. In Japanese folklore, the crane is one of the holy creatures that can live for more than one thousand years. The legend said…

( Abbey Z.) Desi Club, Academy’s South Asian student affinity group, performed its choreography to Kala Chashma and Mauja Hi Mauja for the traditional Hindu holiday Diwali on October 25.  Leaders Vaanika J., Yuvraj T., and Shikhara V. presented facts about Diwali before the boys burst onto the stage. Soon after, the girls joined them…

The Upper School library has created a book display to celebrate October’s LGBTQIA+ history month.  (Courtesy Abbey Z.) October is associated with pumpkins and ghouls, but the Upper school library is brandishing rainbow displays and flower garlands to celebrate LGBTQ+ History month which started on the first. On these displays marked with the pride flag,…

(Abby Z./Staff) Vikings Maren L. and Arman A. greeted all school divisions as they entered the John Mackenzie Gym for the year’s first pep rally on October 14.  In preparation for the football game against rival, Bexley, our Student Council decided to parody Harry Potter’s Triwizard Tournament. While students were getting situated, the Academy band…