Kevin Reeves’22 and Dorothy Dell at Work on Food Drive (Courtesy/Christy Bening) Many communities have food and clothing drives. But few schools have a food and clothing drive that serves as an opportunity for students to learn using the items that are collected before being shipping to meet need in the greater community. Thanks to…

Juniors Caroline Mallory and Rekha Marar Prepare for a Round. (Courtesy/Darnell Heywood) The Academy Debate Team kick-started its third season with a successful performance at the Fourth Annual Kenyon College Forensics Classic on Saturday, November 18. Forty-two teams attended the match, hosted by Mt. Vernon. The team’s co-president, junior Kyle Channel, and first-year debater, Ezra…

DESI Club performs a group dance to cap off its Diwali Assembly. (Chris Heermann’18) Candles lit the edge of the stage as seniors Kareena Aurora and Neena Baliga, leaders of Academy’s DESI club along with fellow senior Shreyah Mohanselvan, hosted the Diwali Assembly on Monday, November 6.  The extraordinary talent among these upper school students…

Google’s search engine uses previous searches to provide topic that are catered to your interests.  (unsplash.com) Amid the commotion over cutting-edge phones, refined software, and augmented reality’s promise, the evolution of artificial intelligence has been outshined by more convenient technologies. Without people noticing, artificial intelligence has managed to permeate itself into most everyone’s daily tasks.…

Upper School students “beg for cans” on Beggar’s Night in Gahanna. (Chris Heerman’18/Media editor) Academy’s “Kids for Kids” drive is always a major achievement, with students, parents, and the school’s staff pitching in to serve 32 central Ohio families. From clothes stacked high in the athletic lobby to tables holding canned food items in the…

Academy students fill carts. (Chris Heerman’18/Media editor) Academy students participated in yet another Halloween event to beg for cans on Tuesday, October 31. Begging for cans began over 20 years ago, when former history teacher, Kyle Tong, wanted Academy to get involved in collecting food on the night of trick or treat in his neighborhood, close to…

Apple’s newest rivals: Google’s Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. (Unsplash, CC0) Google announced its newest phone to rival Apple’s iPhone 8 and iPhone X: the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL on October 4. The Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL boast 2700 mAH and 3520 mAH batteries respectively, and a 7-hour battery life…

Avoid overusing your hand by spreading work out across multiple days. (Unsplash, CC0)   According to National Health Services (NHS), repetitive strain injury (RSI) is muscle pain due to constant overuse. This includes repetitively doing a task or doing a high-intensity task for a long time without rest. For example, writing or typing an essay…

Hispanic Outreach for Latino Awareness. (Chris Heerman’18/Media editor) Annually from September 15-October 15, in lieu of recognizing the histories and cultures of various Latin-Americans’ contributions to our nation, we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.  Through the efforts of ¡HOLA! (Hispanic Outreach for Latino Awareness), our Hispanic affinity group (led by a team of Academy’s parents), organizes activities ranging from…