After Hurricane Harvey ravaged Texas’s southeast and and the southern part of Louisiana, Academy’s Service Board, led by Mrs. Bening, Angel Watkins, and Neena Baliga, placed donation carts all around the school to collect items ranging from bottled water to new towels, following the recommended list provided by the American Red Cross. Items were sent…

Habitat Humanity”s Re-Store. (Flickr) Classrooms filled with chatter and excitement on Friday, September 8, the 2017 Service Day at Academy, promised to be the “best day of the year” by the Service Board. The day provided us with an opportunity to work with our advisees as we gave back to the community. Some advisories got…

Art Society booth. (Inji Kang’19/Media) From Spike Ball to Future Leaders in Healthcare, this year’s Club Fair had it all. After participating in a morning of Service work, students returned to the Senior Quad to take in all of the student-run clubs offered this year. Junior Class President, Kyle Channel, organized the event. With over…

(The completed version will be coming out this fall.   (Unsplash: CC0) During 2017’s World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple announced its upcoming version of MacOS, High Sierra. With High Sierra comes a new file system called Apple File System (APFS). The previous file system, Hierarchical File System Plus (HFS+), could only fit 32 bits…

The new app switcher, dock, and control center iOS 11, coming out later this month, will bring drastic changes to Apple’s mobile devices, especially iPads.  iOS 11 gives the iPad a dock resembling a Mac’s dock. Users can put as many apps (within reason) as they want onto the dock. It’s possible to access the…

(Unsplash.com) This year, Apple’s September event, well known for revealing the newest iPhones, will take place on Tuesday, September 12. Apple’s anticipated iPhone 8, along with updates to the Apple Watch and Apple TV, will be revealed at this summit. The modification that is most discussed right now is the “bezel-less display.” Like the Samsung…

Convocation, 2017. (Courtesy/Andy Morris) The sun shined, and birds chirped during Convocation on Tuesday morning, August 22. Instead of the background scenery of my sophomore year that included in-process various construction on campus and a lone, incongruous column, we listened to Shreyah and Mrs. Soderberg’s thoughtful words surrounded by first-rate completed buildings.  The first week…

Family, friends, faculty, and all of Academy applaud a tribute Mr. Exline. (Inji kang’19/Media) Convocation is one of Academy’s most valued traditions, gathering the entire student body, staff, and faculty to celebrate the beginning of the school year. From the student body president’s welcome speech to the widely anticipated introduction of seniors and their kindergarten…

2017-18 Schedule. (Courtesy/Craig Dow) With a slight extension to the day, along with some exceptional scheduling manipulation on Mr. Dow’s part, an efficient and accommodating revision of our day begins this fall. After students were informed that ten minutes would be added to their school day, they were unhappy and frustrated by the changes. This…

(Neena Baliga’18/Staff) To honor students and faculty who have passed away while in the process of learning or teaching at Academy, a designated garden has been created to ensure they will not be forgotten.  Located in the Lazarus Courtyard,  Academy’s Memorial Garden presently features a series of grass shrubs among fifteen people, who are recognized…