Sophomore Sydni Ratliff heads to National Level Three Competiton. (Andrew Barren’22/Media) How long have you played tennis? Since I was three. How do you balance being a nationally ranked tennis player and the travel that comes with it with your schoolwork? Well, I would call myself very self-disciplined. I go to practices from four to…
Sara Abou Rashed wears an American flag scarf as she delivers her final words, “I am America.” (Jenny L’Hommedieu’19/Media) On Friday April 5, Sarah Abou Rashed performed her one woman show, “A Map of Myself” for the Upper School. Rashed grew up in Damascus, Syria, and since the age of eight, she has been a…
Local and farm fresh. (Wikipedia Commons) Although popular, franchised grocery stores offer an assortment of fresh fruits and vegetables, nothing compares to the produce grown and sold at Doran’s Farm Market located on Babbitt Road in Blacklick. This family-owned business has existed for decades and stays open throughout summer, fall and spring. Summer at Dorans…
Buying ghost followers has become a common practice among those trying to grow their social media accounts. (Public Domain Pictures) Almost everyone wants more followers on Instagram. In today’s digitalized world, online popularity can have a direct correspondence to real life popularity, and the more followers you have, the more important you can seem. However, some…
Attendees at Academy’s Internship Workshop received many tips and resources. (Carolyn Zhang’20/Staff) On Thursday, February 28, Columbus Academy’s Director of Internships, Jennifer Conti, hosted a workshop for upper school students who are looking to participate in the new internship program. Students learned about the benefits of an internship, interview etiquette, how to write a resume,…
Eric Dozier. (Eric Dozier/flickr) In honor of Black History Month, on Monday February 25, Eric Dozier, the former director of the Harlem Gospel Choir, co-founder and National Director of Arts and Education for One Human Family Music, Inc., spoke to our Upper School about music’s impact on society, especially African-Americans, and how it connects people.…
Academy’s Morris Hall Gallery features works by Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson. (Andrew Barren’22/Media) Eric Dozier, an activist and singer-songwriter, visited our school last week in celebration of Black History Month, and he taught the community an important word: Sankofa, which was coined by King Adinkera of the Akans and translates to “Go back and get…
Ginnie at the Simons Summer Research Poster Symposium. (Courtesy/Shili Lin) Last summer, senior Ginnie Ma spent seven weeks at Stony Brook University as a Simons Summer Research Program Fellow, along with 50 other high school students from across the country. Ginnie worked under Dr. Richard Moffitt in Biomedical Informatics, which, as Ginnie says, “. . .involves…
Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair’s warnings about “Tech Addiction.” (Ella Morris’22/Media) Academy students heard from Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair, author of The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age, on Thursday, February 21. Dr. Steiner-Adair’s research focuses on the psychological effects of technology on children and adults alike. Aiming to bring student awareness to…
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