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The Darby Boys Tennis season has come to a close, and it was a great season for our Panthers. Darby season ended after a whopping three players made it to the District competition, Senior Adam Shrock and Juniors Tom Ohler and Krishna Revur. One highlight of the Darby tournament was a surprise win over Gahanna. Darby also had one of
Read moreAs the school year is almost coming to a close, many students are excited for summer break. However, students often do not know what to do with all of this free time that they find themselves with. There are many things teens can do to keep themselves busy during the summer months. The most obvious thing to do is go
Read moreThe 2016-2017 school year was the first year for Hilliard Schools to give iPads to every student in high school. At the beginning of the year there were mixed opinions about using iPads. Now that the school year is almost over, I wondered if students opinions had changed. I surveyed 20 students about iPads. The first question I asked was,
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On Thursday, May 18th Symphonic Choir said goodbye to their seniors with their annual Farewell concert. Soloists and ensembles took the audience’s breath away with their creativity and talent. Next, no one had a dry eye during the senior slideshow. Then the choir took the stage and performed their pieces. The concert closed with the Senior sendoff and the robing
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The first day of May was senior skip day, which created a four day weekend for skippers with no school on the second. AP testing was the first two weeks of May and these scores will be released this summer. The academic awards for underclassmen were on the 11th. On the 12th, senior awards were given out. This wasn’t
Read moreOn Friday, May 12th and Saturday, May 13th, a double feature of the X-Shows, “I Never Saw Another Butterfly” and “MC One Acts” was put on in the Darby X-Theatre. “I Never Saw Another Butterfly” was performed first at 7:00 pm, and Matthew Connell’s original show, featuring three skits, followed. The two shows were performed in front of a full
Read moreThe last month of the school year many were honored for their work in the past year and may performers had their final concerts. On the fifth, five seniors were awarded by the district for being Catalysts for Positive Change. Karoline Betteridge, Daniel Bibler, Megan Ford, Amir Peerbhoy, and Anna Tahir were recognized that morning. The baseball team
Read moreJunior Anna Wallace has played the violin for ten years, and the dedication she has to her instrument really shows. She has been a part of six musical groups, including Darby’s Symphony and Chamber Orchestras. Wallace even plays the electric violin in Threat Level Midnight, a band that formed in the ILC’s Academy Vibe class. Wallace’s lifelong love for the
Read moreLife advice from someone who has a lot of life left to live. As a senior, I thankfully do not have to take any more standardized tests, apart from my A.P. tests. It seems that the underclassmen have to take more and more tests every year. Gone are the days where we can take finals and go home at 11
Read moreLife advice from someone who has a lot of life left to live. May is often a time of reflection for students. We remember all the fun things we did throughout the year with our friends and classmates. We realize how much we’ve learned and grown not only as students but as people. It is especially a time for seniors
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Wednesday, May 17th was the second to last choir concert of the year. The Concert Choir and Women’s Chorale performed several numbers last night, each bringing a new sound to the production. The concert featured a variety of pieces, including selections in other languages and traditional American folk music. Women’s Chorale jumped right in with a performance of “Nigra Sum”
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The last band concert of the year took place this past Thursday, May 11th. With English folk songs like “Vesuvius” and” Danzig Number Two”, Darby band’s last performance was a successful night. After many weeks of in-class preparation, the musicians put on a well- performed concert. Senior and field commander Brittany Lewis gave her thoughts on the night. “We performed
Read moreHappy- Karoline Betteridge It has arrived. After 13 years of hard work, the class of 2017 will finally get to walk across that stage in front of the parents, family, and peers, receive their diploma, and never have to return to Hilliard Darby High School ever again. The anticipation is killing me. A lot of people are sad that
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The last Darby Orchestra concert of the year took place on May 15th, and it was fantastic wrap-up to the year for the musicians. While it was a fun concert, it was also a bittersweet one, as it was the last concert for Darby’s senior orchestra members. The theme of the concert was Broadway. The orchestras included songs like “Memory”
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Theatre seniors performed for the last time on the Darby stage in the Senior Cabaret Tuesday night. The theme was “Miscast”, in which everyone was encouraged to sing a song from a role that they could never get, like a women singing a man’s song. The May 17th event was free for everyone and started at seven. The tone of
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In the lead-up to the much anticipated state tournament, Darby men’s volleyball has reached the coveted number one state ranking. The Darby Panthers were able to surpass Cincinnati Elder after beating them handily by a score of three sets to none. The Elder game was a “Code Blue” affair for Darby, and all students were encouraged to come. This brought
Read moreThere aren’t any big amusements parks in Central Ohio, but thankfully for Ohioans there are still two big parks to visit this summer that aren’t too far away! Kings Island and Cedar Point are both great parks that will help create awesome memories for anyone who goes. But which one is the best to go to? Kings Island is in
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On Friday, April 28th, 95 Darby seniors attended the second annual Academic Signing. To be involved in this event, seniors had to earn at least $5,000 in scholarship and grant money per year, or $20,000 over four years. The 95 students who participated earned a total of about $14.2 million in scholarship money. During the signing, groups of ten seniors
Read moreIn Hilliard, it’s always been a tradition for seniors to have the privilege of ending their school year a week earlier than the rest of the student body, and on top of this they get to participate in many activities that end their high school career on a memorable note. The first activity exclusively for seniors is Senior Tag, in
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On Wednesday, April 26, the Varsity Panthers Baseball team went against the Thomas Worthington Cardinals. The game took place at home and after a hard-fought game, the Panther’s team took the victory 5-2. 30 minutes after the game started, Thomas Worthington scored a point leaving the Darby team with one against. Darby was losing, but Junior Nick Pizzuti helped them
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