Hilliard Darby High School's Student-Produced Newspaper
The athletic directors and administrators here at Darby are raising money to build a brand new weight room right outside of the school. The new room will be constructed in order to ensure safer lifting and training practices for student athletes throughout their high school careers. Darby’s sister schools, Bradley and Davidson, both have newer, larger weight rooms, but Darby
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As the new school year is beginning, Darby art students are jumping into full swing, working on some exciting new projects. A few students, selected by Darby art teacher, Valerie Kulick-Brown, have been given the unique opportunity to create pieces for the Grange Insurance Audubon Center art exhibit. The Audubon Center is an organization that is concerned with the conservation
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On Thursday, May 17, members of Darby Symphonic Choir hosted the annual Farewell Concert to send off their senior members as they graduate this coming Thursday, May 24. The concert is a choir tradition and is a way to honor the seniors and underclassmen who are being inducted into symphonic choir for next school year. Each senior was able to
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On Wednesday, May 9 the Hilliard Darby band program hosted its annual spring concert. The concert was the final show for the Darby band this school year and was an opportunity for the students to show off all of the progress they had made this school year. The concert featured all three of Darby’s bands, starting with Concert, followed by
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On Tuesday, May 8th the Hilliard Darby boys JV and Varsity volleyball teams took on rival Hilliard school, Hilliard Bradley. Both JV and Varsity hoped to continue their successful seasons at the match after Varsity earned their 18th consecutive OCC title this season. The JV team has also had a great season, going undefeated in conference games. JV went head
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As April comes to an end and the weather begins to finally warm up, it is a great time to gather up some friends and have a cookout. From a small get together to a large party, there are endless quick and tasty food options to grill up for a nice end of the school year/ graduation cookout. Here are
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On Saturday April, 14th the wait was over, Darby held the highly anticipated prom night at the Columbus Athenaeum. This magical night was one that Darby staff and students will not soon forget. The prom lived up to its theme, “Red Carpet romance”. Before the dance began many students met up with their friends or dates to take photos and
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Country music fans gathered at the Express Live Pavilion on Tuesday, April 3rd, to see 24 year old singer, Kelsea Ballerini, in her Unapologetically Tour. “Unapologetically” is Ballerini’s second album and includes hits such as, “Legends”, which was number one on the Billboard Top 50 country songs, and “I Hate Love Songs”, which also made an appearance in the Billboard
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This past Saturday, on March 3, 17 students from all around the Hilliard city school district gathered at the Heritage Golf Club for the annual Hilliard Optimist Organization Oratorical Contest. Nine of the most talented public speakers from Heritage middle school and Darby represented the panthers at the contest. In the end, two of the top three girl speakers and
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This past Saturday, March 3rd, the Darby gymnastics team wrapped up an exciting season at the Ohio High School State Gymnastics Meet. Teams from all around the state gathered at Hilliard Bradley High School this past weekend to compete. Friday night, March 2nd, was the team competition. Darby did not compete at the team event, however, the Bradley gymnastics team
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The Darby girls gymnastics team showed off their talents at the Little Districts competition this past Monday. Teams from all across the district gathered at Hilliard Davidson to showcase their gymnasts in the events that they would not be competing in this coming Saturday at Districts. Darby came into the meet with some momentum after placing first at OCC’s and
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Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching and with it comes the pressure to find the perfect gift for the one you love. It is always a safe choice to buy someone candy or flowers, but if you want to be a bit more original, you can make a homemade gift for your special someone this Valentine’s Day. One cute and easy
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On Sunday, January 28th, all of the biggest stars in the music industry gathered together at Madison Square Garden Arena in honor of the 60th annual Grammy Awards show. The show was hosted by late night television host, James Corden, for the second year in a row. The show also featured one of the most diverse sets of nominees in
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The Hilliard Darby boys and girls swim teams both brought their A-game to their meet this past Saturday. Both the boys and girls took on Hilliard Bradley and Hilliard Davidson at the Hilliard YMCA on January 20th. The match up was also the teams final home meet. The girls team wrapped up the season with a victory, placing first, and
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Drawing 3 student, Mia Miller, is in the process of creating a 3D model of her take on the food pyramid of America. Miller is a junior at Darby High School and has been interested in art since it was offered as a class in school, back in sixth grade. Miller has created several other projects throughout her art career
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The Darby girls gymnastics team brought their A game to this year’s 19th annual Hilliard Gymnastics Invitational. On Saturday, December 16th, 16 teams from all around central Ohio gathered to compete at Hilliard Davidson High School. Darby was able to take second place at the meet, beating out schools such as Hilliard Bradley and Davidson, as well as Dublin Jerome
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Are you looking for a cute, homemade Christmas gift, a new holiday decoration, or just something to do with a matchless sock? Then try out this easy, quick, and festive craft this holiday season. Sock Snowmen are a great craft to try out during your free time this holiday break. With a few items that you can find around your
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Some of the most talented students at Darby took the stage on Tuesday, November 21st to showcase their musical abilities and other talents in the annual Hilliard Darby talent show. There were 15 acts, ranging from bands to the marching band drumline, and even a Taekwondo demonstration. Lots of hard work went into this year’s talent show and it is
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As the holiday season quickly approaches so does the stress of finding the perfect gift. Black Friday is the perfect time to help relieve some stress during the holiday season by allowing shoppers to get all of their holiday shopping done in one day at discounted prices. For those who don’t know, Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving where
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This coming Saturday, November 11th is Veterans Day. A day honoring those who have served and are currently serving our country in the United States Armed Forces during both times of war and peace. Veterans Day is a special time for many people who have had or are currently serving as well as those who have family serving in the
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