Bowling’s season ended in districts at HP Lanes on February 15. The striking vikings came in 9th, which wasn’t high enough to advance to regionals, But they put on a solid showing with 2368 in 3 games. Jacob Mowery’23 led the way with 202, 172 and 191, followed by Ryan Reagan’22 who put up 188, 188…

Were you able to shower last night? Wash your face? Brush your teeth? This morning, were you able to make yourself food? Or watch your parents brew their daily cup of coffee? For almost 4.5 million Texans, the answer to those questions would be no as they experienced a massive power outage due to the…

When Whitney Wolfe Herd created a female-focused dating app (Bumble)–which allows women to make the first move in an online relationship–her start-up became a global hit. At 31, Herd is both the youngest female CEO of a public US company and  a female self-made billionaire. Herd began working with online dating apps at Tinder, helping build…

Senior Service Board President and varsity tennis co-captain, Lauren Motta, spoke with me about Buddy Up Tennis, a national organization that welcomes volunteers to coach tennis and fitness drills to Down Syndrome children and adults. Lauren says that tennis works to not only improve physical activity but also teaches life skills for greater independence. She first…

In the first month of 2021, Netflix has already come out with several new movies, including The Dig. Ranked in the top ten in the U.S. this past week, it stars Lily James, Carey Mulligan, and Ralph Finneas. I was anticipating a heartwarming movie with interesting characters and a plotline that told the true story…

Academy’s Speech and Debate team will send 12 students to the March 5 and 6 state meet this year. Results will post  in our mid-March newsletter. Pictured left to right: Rehya Satish, Aleeza Yakoob, Sam Braveman, Alex Nanda, Yashu Tanneru, Ethan Kim, Alexis Cunningham, Lindsey Butler, Cory Wu, Ceci Reitter, Jaswanth Vandrasi, and Tara Hoffmann.…

February 12, 2021 marked the start of the Lunar New Year, according to the lunisolar calendar which uses the orbit of the moon and the sun’s position to determine the monthly cycles, unlike the Georgian calendar which starts the new year on January 1. Over 1.5 billion people, mostly in China and other parts of…

CA students may have spent Valentine’s Day with their immediate family, but the seniors at Sunrise of Gahanna stayed sheltered in due to COVID. Thanks to Ms. Bening and Dr. Losambe, they oversaw a delivery of over 400 cut and decorated cards by 30 upper school students to Sunrise’s house-bound residents. Senior shaper, Alison Bergmam,…

The wrestling team hosted Buckeye Valley during its Senior Night on Thursday, February 11. Although the matches were competitive, with Ethan Stahl’21 and Gyvnn Mendenhall’22 taking away victories, the meet resulted in a loss. The Vikings look to bounce back this week against Bexley on Tuesday, February 16 and against Whitehall on Thursday, February.

The girls swimming team kicked off the postseason by securing a victory at the home sectional meet on Saturday, February 13. Due to COVID restrictions, the girls only raced against six other teams. However, the Aquavikes were also competing against swimmers at six other meets to claim a spot in districts.  Alexandra Butnariu’22 nabbed gold…