The Columbus Academy Jazz Band held its fall performance on Friday, November 20. Jazz Band concerts are unusual in terms of musical performances at Academy, due to the relaxed, slightly more casual vibe. The concert certainly showed the students’ dedication to their music, with seven songs on the program and countless solos among those songs.…

As Black Friday attracts more consumers every year, American retailers are opening earlier and earlier for the most important retail day of the holiday season. While nearly every large retailer is opening its store as early as possible for Black Friday shopping, outdoor retailer REI is not opening at all.

Columbus Academy’s first debate team in decades made its anticipated debut on Saturday November 21st at Kenyon College. The team placed 6th out of the ten schools that participated, an impressive result for our young team against the packs of veterans at Kenyon.

Going on 28 years of fall food drives and clothes collections, this year’s effort netted 54 carts of food and served 33 central Ohio families. With each of Academy’s three divisions involved in this event, warm clothes, including a coat for every family member, along with new toys made their way into the lawn bags…

Apple’s new iPad Pro isn’t simply a larger iPad. Image Courtesy of Apple. Since the release of the jumbo iPad Pro, professionals and consumers alike have wondered for what exactly the product was designed. The tablet’s laptop-like price turns away most average consumers, and the lack of a professional app ecosystem breaks the deal for…

43 dead and 239 wounded in Beirut, Lebanon, but that doesn’t mean the world is paying any attention. Even prior to the horrendous Paris attacks, which have made their way onto essentially all major news sources, the Beruit attacks were receiving hardly any notice.

After two Middle School ensembles, the Upper School Contemporary Ensemble played three pieces in last Tuesday’s concert. The first work, “River Flows In You,” has a melody that’s delicate yet strong and often used in wedding ceremonies. The next song, “Violet’s Tango” is darker because it is in a minor key, yet still slightly whimsical. The…

The CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) recently shared great news regarding cigarette smoking: the percentage of US adults who smoke cigarettes declined from 20.9% in 2005 to 16.8% in 2014. This report shows real progress in reducing tobacco smoking, as the deadly drug kills over half a million Americans a year. A variety…

By now, it’s likely that you’ve seen the striking new symbol that will surely be associated with the Paris attacks of November 13, 2015, for quite some time. The simplicity of the image somehow captures the yearning for Parisian peace delicately enough to rock you to the core.

An ethereal weight pulled the skies to the earth, and a foggy heaviness curled around pillars and pressed against the dewy grass. This mist hung over the silhuouttes of somber students and staff, who stood together on the morning of November 11th to commemorate the sacrifices of our Academy veterans.