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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
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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
Read moreProm: Written by Edleen Nieto It is the time of the school year where all you can hear in the hallways is, “Do you have your dress for prom?” or ” Where we going to take pictures?”, and “Who are you going with?”. Juniors and Seniors are preparing for Prom which is happening Saturday, April 29th at the Columbus Athenaeum,
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This year, Senior Capstone is not only for the Seniors. Some Juniors have started this project with great ideas, and now the Capstone project is for Juniors too. Junior Shannon Devitt is already working on her capstone project as an Assistant Director to The Heritage Middle School’s production of “Fame Junior” and the Hilliard Arts Council’s production of the “Jungle
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February has been a great month for Darby! With so many awards and competition happening Darby has been achieving a fabulous job and has accomplished many things. Christopher Ludban, Athletic Director, has been recognized by The National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) as a Certified Athletic. Christopher is one of an elite group of interscholastic athletic administrators nationwide to attain
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Senior Week was this past week from February 6th to the 10th. All seniors are excited to graduate and they are not afraid to show their pride. With only about three months left until graduation, seniors are going all out during their week. The week started off with pajama day on Monday, where seniors put on those cool pajamas and
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Love is in the air because of Valentine’s Day. Everyone is excited to give and receive gifts, but who really spends the most money? Is it the doting boyfriend who buys his girl those diamond earrings, or is the loving girlfriend who spent an arm and a leg for a signed football helmet? While most people would probably say the
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Senior Mikayla Ellis is part of the Girls Varsity Competition Cheerleading team. Ellis has been cheerleading since she was five years old. After trying and failing at many sports, her parents decided to sign Ellis up for cheerleading. She found herself loving cheering and has done it ever since. Ellis has done cheerleading all of her high school years. “I’ve
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The Darby gymnastics season started this month. The team scored higher in their first meet than their highest score from last year. The gymnastics team is preparing for this season. All Hilliard schools practice in the same venue at Bradley High School where they have all of the equipment to practice with. On Saturday, December 10th, the team came in
Read moreCheck Please, written by Jonathan Rand, was performed in the Darby X Theater on Friday, December 2nd. The play was directed by Seniors Ryan Untch and Cara Crowley. There were two performances, one at 6:00 p.m. and the second at 8:00 p.m. The play was the story of a girl and a boy who go through a lots of dates
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It was the last football game of the season and the players were nervous to play against Dublin Scioto. With a tough session Darby won with a score of 9-7 against Scioto. On October 28th, Darby was in the lead on the first half time by 7 points with 5:17 left on the clock. When the second half came, Scioto
Read moreThe blood drive will be taking place Thursday, October 27th. Students can sign up everyday in the lunch tables until the 24th. One can donate at 17 on their own, or at 16 years old with parent’s permission. English teacher and PAWs club advisor Erica Golden encouraged everyone who is able to donate to do so. “If people donate
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Once a year the Darby Symphonic Choir has a choir retreat where they spend a day together singing and bonding. The retreat is at Hilliard United Methodist Church and it lasts all day. The retreat is to welcome new members of Symphonic Choir, and to learn new music for the Celebration Concert and polish off the fall concert literature. Dr.
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The annual Homecoming bonfire on Wednesday the 21st of September, and was lit, just like the bonfire wristbands states. Wristbands were sold for $2 during the lunches. The event took place at the North fields at 7:00pm where the administrators were building the bonfire, which was made of wooden platforms that could burn easily. Assistant Principal Chad Schulte tells us
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On Thursday, September 1st, the varsity girls soccer team played a rough game against the Davidson Wildcats. This was the lady Panther’s second game of the season. At the end of the first half, the Panthers were down by one goal. The girls recovered when Freshman Naomi Walters scored a goal. Walters, as well as the rest of
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Throughout the first week of the school year students in all four grades were introduced to R-Factor, which is a new way of thinking positively and practicing above-the-line behavior. Tim Kight, a dynamic speaker who graduated from The Ohio State University, brought us this concept of the R-Factor and shared it with us. Administrator Chad Schulte shared his thoughts on
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