It is your holiday season, but there are no lights strung up around your town. No music relevant to your holiday plays in department stores or coffee shops. Your extended family cannot come visit because they are unable to miss work for the week. You must go to school and try to celebrate in the […]
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Exchange students experience American culture in Bexley
You’ve gotten off the plane in a new country with your backpack in hand. Your heart is racing as you realize the thrilling new adventure that awaits you: you are about to start school in a brand new country where you will have to meet new people and learn a new language. This is the […]
Cupcake craze: game attracts student attention
You flip open your Chromebook and that familiar pink grid pops up on your screen. It’s time to play another round of the popular game “2048,” but this time the numbers have been replaced with brightly colored cupcakes. With a click of a couple of keys, two Vanilla Birthday cupcakes transform into a Bubblegum Pink […]
Globally-minded seniors apply to universities around the world
You are in an unfamiliar place surrounded by unfamiliar faces. Your usual friends aren’t with you, and you likely won’t be going home to see your family at 3:25 p.m. After graduating from high school, your new learning environment is completely alien to you. In addition, you are thousands of miles from home, in an […]
Teachers recall their time in class, on the field as Bexley students
Every day, math teacher Keary Ryan walks down the third floor hallway to teach his classes, the same hallway he walked down as a student 31 years ago. When engaging in conversations with students in the Bexley Anti-Racism Project, social studies teacher Anna Schottenstein reminisces about her passion for volunteering as a Bexley student. As […]
Braxton brings passion for DEI to new position
Before school, Marcelius Braxton meets with groups of teachers and students. During the day, Braxton has a combination of meetings, professional development and looking at policies. When teachers are available, he discusses how they can individually address certain topics while being inclusive. After school hours, Braxton meets with parents, PTOs and the community as much […]
COVID-19 leaves lasting impact on classrooms
As the world continues to adjust to changes amidst COVID-19, high school teachers have faced the task of educating students under rare and unforeseeable circumstances. Stepping up to the challenge, teachers have had to maintain the quality of teaching present before the chaos of the pandemic while simultaneously having to permanently change aspects of their […]
New superintendent overcomes adversity, seeks connection with community
At the beginning of each school year, the hallways overflow with new faces. New students and teachers alike are eagerly welcomed into the school community. This year, however, one new face in particular has been in the spotlight of Bexley Schools: Superintendent Jason Fine. Fine, who was hired last spring, said that he grew up […]
Senior follows teaching dream at Cassingham Elementary
The bell rings to start the day for hundreds of elementary students. Some kids that fill the classrooms are energetic, some are shy and some are nervous about learning. Teachers have to take on the task of educating these students and appealing to their needs. Senior Eli Dresbach has risen to this challenge, taking the […]
Junior becomes junior cinephile
Junior Cecil Abbott, like the great director Cecil B. DeMille is ready for his closeup. While some students spend their free time playing video games and viewing social media, Abbott has found his passion in watching and reviewing movies. Abbott said that he has always loved movies ever since the swashbuckling tales of Luke Skywalker […]
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