(Regan Cornelius and Luke Nester/Courtesy Bob Lee) (Zach White/Courtesy Josh Tu’21) Our baseball team shined in district semifinals with a 10-0 victory versus Northmor, yet ended its season at districts on Wednesday, May 26 districts, losing 0-4 to Liberty Union. Winning districts in doubles, seniors Jack Madison and Arie Tuckerman secured second at states in…

(Courtesy/The Ohio State University) On May 24-May 25, Patricia J. Zettler ‘98 joined Dr. Lester’s ninth-grade biology classes for Q&A sessions about Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR), a family of gene sequences transforming gene therapy.  Zettler, who earned a BA and JD from Stanford, pursued law school because of her interest in science…

Seniors Ellie Vasilkov, Sona Santry, Chloe Gouhin, Evelyn Olexio, Tsega Seleshi, and Olivia Pierre-Louis participate in the the Senior Scavenger Hunt in downtown Columbus. (Courtesy/Olivia Pierre-Louis’21). Because our seniors missed many traditional activities, such as the Senior Lock-in, PACA parents planned enjoyable events for our class of 2021, called Senior Sundays and included a movie…

(Courtesy/Rachael Gorsuch)   With the fate of having a prom uncertain this year, once Ms. Izokaitis approved the dance, students were thrilled to attend the 2021 “Starry Night” and socially reconnect with classmates.   The prom committeee took critical precautions in its planning: the event had to be on campus, masks were required at all times,…

(Courtesy/Pixabay) On Wednesday, May 26, Dr. Losambe announced that our Disciplinary and Honors Committee’s current junior, Russell Ahmed (elected last year), will be joined by seniors Claudia Klingbeil and Charlie Belford and by juniors Arman Arora and Katie Wu. In the application process, students had to respond to a series of short essay questions that…

Project Harmony Wants You! (Courtesy/Project Harmony Facebook page) Do you want to be part of something bigger than oneself? Do you want to give back to the Columbus community? Are you willing to donate an hour for at least 10 weeks to flex your vocal chords and serve? If you answered “yes” to these questions,…

The Columbus Academy boys tennis team picked up two big victories this week, including a shutout on Senior Night.  The Vikes kicked off the week with a 3-2 victory over the Golden Bears on Monday, April 26. Ryan Panley’22 conquered his first singles opponent 6-1, 6-0, before Saagar Arya’23 sailed by his competitor 6-0, 6-3…

The Columbus Academy girls track team had a dominant performance on their April 27 the Senior Night. Olivia Archibald, Hannah Clay, Regan Cornelius, and Olivia Pierre-Louis were recognized for their dedication to the track program. This was far from the only thing to celebrate about this meet, however.  The Vikes took on London and Delaware…

Academy had its Senior Night against Delaware Christian and London on Tuesday, April 27. With four years of hard work, Vaughn Armour, Manny Eribo, Jake Huddleston, Sam Huyghe, Luke Nester, Skyler Simpson, Gabe Taub, and Vinny White were honored. Huyghe, Zech Kim’23, and Jack DeLuca’24 sprinted to second, third, and fifth place finishes, respectively, in…

Academy opened up its week by hosting Marion-Hardin on Monday, April 26. The game was a fight from the start, prompting extra innings as the 7th ended in a tie. Academy triumphed 7-6 with a walk-off in the 9th.   The next two matches proved more difficult, as Academy fell to Buckeye Valley twice, first…