The Academy Road

Editorials and Opinion
2:20 Dismissal Time
December 11, 2022
Lorelai Smith and Bashir Praileau
Everyone knows that all students must stay on campus until 3:00 pm, but many of us don’t see why. The Albany Academies is a college preparatory school, and the school should allow us to manage ourselves as we will in college. We argue that students who do not have other academic or extracurricular...
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Academy News
Top Five Track Or Treat Booths
December 8, 2022
Alex Field, Erin Huban, and Kyra VanDenburgh
#5 - Writing Center Being a smashing success this year, with lots of increase in attendance and reputation at the school, the newly formed class decided to participate in track or treat. Disclosure: Decorations: They had to prove they were very scholarly, placing...
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December 11, 2022

In case you haven't heard, the biggest event of the year at the Albany Academy for Girls occurred Friday, October 21; Bacon Bat. The first standard BB since Covid, only the...

People of Academy – Kent

February 17, 2022

Kent (12th Grade) 3 years at Academy “I’m a Chinese student and people in China watch a lot of Korean dramas. I’m a big fan of Korean dramas. There...

People of Academy – Angie

January 17, 2022

Angie (12th Grade) 3 years at Academy “So after I graduated from Middle School in China, I decided to study abroad. I joined the exchange organization...

People of Academy – Ma

December 15, 2021

Ma (12th Grade) 7 years at Academy “I was 7 years old. I used to live in a refugee camp on the border of Thailand and Burma. Burma is now called...

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Editorials and Opinion

Don’t Look Up Review

Kendall Olszowka

February 17, 2022

On December 5th, 2021, Adam McKay’s film Don't Look Up hit Netflix. The film follows astronomy professor Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Ph.D. student Kate Dibiasky...

He Does Whatever A Spider Can

January 17, 2022

End of Season NFL Awards

January 17, 2022

Ten Days of Christmas Movies

December 15, 2021

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Sports

Volleyball Grows Over Season

Mackenzie Pavelka and Alexis Safranko

December 11, 2022

From start to finish, the volleyball team had an interesting season. They started the season with a lack of communication that seemed to put the team behind their competitors...

Solar Terms Countdown – 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

February 18, 2022

The NBA All Star Game: Revamped

February 17, 2022

End of Season NFL Awards

January 17, 2022

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News Beyond The Road

Invasion of Ukraine Continues

Sofie Lucas

It’s hard to turn on the news without hearing about the ongoing war in Ukraine. Although it's upsetting, one cannot just switch the channel and ignore what is happening...

Solar Terms Countdown – 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Angie Jin

Beijing’s National Stadium hosted an Olympic Opening Ceremony for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games on February 4th, 2022, nearly fourteen years after the iconic spectacle of...

Business No Longer Boomin? – The Downfall of Antonio Brown

Kendall Olszowka

In 2010, with the 195th pick of the NFL draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers selected Antonio Brown, a wide receiver from Central Michigan University. Although he went into his...

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Arts and Culture

Solar Terms Countdown – 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

February 18, 2022

Beijing’s National Stadium hosted an Olympic Opening Ceremony for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games on February 4th, 2022, nearly fourteen years after the iconic spectacle of the 2008 summer ceremonies. Beijing...

Don’t Look Up Review

February 17, 2022

On December 5th, 2021, Adam McKay’s film Don't Look Up hit Netflix. The film follows astronomy professor Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Ph.D. student Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) as they...

He Does Whatever A Spider Can

January 17, 2022

Note - I have not yet seen Spider-Man: No Way Home, so there are no spoilers included in this article. On the other hand, please excuse how this missing piece might have impacted my analysis of the Tom...

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