(Photo/Whitney Dankworth’17. Media Team) After months of hard work and planning from students, faculty, parents, and speakers alike, the first TEDx Columbus Academy event took place on February 4. The updated Dining Hall space was decorated with gray curtains and red accents as the audience of more than 100 community members buzzed with anticipation for…

Harnessing energy from the sun while producing little carbon emissions is no small feat. Yet for years, we have been using a technology to do just this: solar panels. These bundles of photovoltaic solar cells have always been praised for being greener than the burning of fossil fuels. Solar power is the quintessential clean energy…

Last Sunday, Tom Brady led the New England Patriots back from 25 points down to win Super Bowl LI in dramatic fashion over the Atlanta Falcons. The game was truly epic. It had the first overtime and the largest comeback in Super Bowl history. While the game lived up to the billing as perhaps the…

The Academy boys basketball team dropped its second consecutive game on Tuesday, February 7, falling to Wellington, 53-42. The Vikings are still an impressive 14-5 on the season and remain in a good position as the playoffs approach. It was all CA at the start. The Vikes surprised the home Dukes with a great first…

  (Photo/Julia Gurewitz’19/Media Team) The CA Glee Club, also known as ReVOICE, was created this year with one purpose: to make music. And on February 3, our school’s talented musicians did just that! Performing a mix of old Disney classics such as “When You Wish Upon A Star,” “Go The Distance,” and “Touch The Sky,…

(Photo/Inji Kang’19/Media Team) Staying up late to grade papers, skipping lunch to teach us material, and being available when we need them, our teachers do so much for us. So, Faculty Staff Appreciation Day (FSAD) is a day when we, the students, show our gratitude. This day also acknowledges former faculty and staff and those…

Upper School Ethics teacher, Tim Leet. This feature is the third in our “Faculty and Staff” column—new to our paper this year—and to which all staff, administrators, and faculty are welcome to contribute views of their choice. It’s hard to talk about politics at school. We’re not very good at it, and strong emotions often…

In 1920, renown American journalist and disputant of populism, H. L. Mencken, wrote, “[a]s democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House…

(Photo/Maggie McCann’17. Media team.) Both the girls and boys bowling teams competed against Grandview Heights on Wednesday, February 1. The boys began this month with a tough loss. On senior night, the Vikes fell to Grandview with a score of 1936-1696. Senior Nick Smith continued his terrific season, as he bowled an average of 163.5.…

On Wednesday, February 1, the wrestling team was short handed because juniors Angus Soderberg and Josh Pearson had no opponents in their weight classes. Without a good showing, the team came away without any wins. On Saturday February 4, the boys travelled to London high school to take on several teams at the MSL Championship.…