Let me introduce you to a most important group at the Academy that you may not be aware of: the Social Justice and Sustainability Committee. SJSC, led by students Melanie Knopp’13, Andi Li’13, Sarah Poehlman’13, and faculty advisor, Mr. Kyle Tong, has spread awareness about humanitarian issues for a decade. Without flash or fanfare, SJSC…

On November 8, 2011, Columbus Academy students and faculty had the privilege of meeting alumnus Gregory White Smith’69, guest speaker for the school’s eighth annual Celebration of Leadership event. After graduating from Academy and serving as The Academy Life editor-in-chief in his senior year, Smith earned a bachelor’s degree from Colby College. He proceeded to…

Athletes are only as effective as they are healthy, and as the years pile up, good health becomes harder and harder to maintain. The games quickly add up, and the human body can accumulate only so much mileage before beginning to break down. Some of the worst injuries are the ones that simply won’t go…

Members of this fall’s production of The Miracle Worker say the road to opening night was not always smooth, but the cast and crew’s sacrifices for the sake of the production were worth it. Balancing sports practices and other appointments with play practice was a challenge they approached with optimism. “We had a lot of…

Sports is about so much more than the final result: a team record, a championship trophy, an undefeated season. These are the things we remember, the statistics that show up in the archives, the shining moments of victory. Behind this magnificent facade lies the truth about athletic competition: it is tough and takes dedication. No…

Imagine spending a generous part of your summer in the wilderness with a group of people you don’t know and with nothing but a few packed necessities. This doesn’t sound like the summer many of us are longing for at the end of the school year. For students Stephan Kim ’12 and Megan Neubig ’13,…

Last spring the world watched in amazement as the dictatorships of the Middle East were chased by a tidal wave of hope, the likes of which the world has never seen. As the spring buds around campus gave way to the luscious greens of summer the optimism seemed to become a reality, as freedom fighters…