Student Voices Sound Off for 2019-2020
Bolt Advisor, Staff Writer
ODA students arrived for the first day of classes on Tuesday to find campus both sparkling and welcoming yet also dusty and unfinished. Heavy rains delayed the completion...
Have You Considered Being a Three-Sport Athlete? Maybe You Should!
Andrew Chiritescu, Contributing Writer
Seeing teens gathered to play a sport in a neighborhood, or to gather at a nearby field for impromptu ball game is not as common as it once was. Many adults will tell you...
When There’s a Will, There’s a Way
Andrew Chiritescu, Contributing Writer
Did you know that most Saturday mornings our school’s tennis courts are bustling with people, cheers, and many laughs? I didn’t know either, until several years ago...
Chloe Spingler, Copy Editor and Staff Writer
"Usually, during breaks, I work every single day. But during this break, I tried to limit my time working so I could spend time with my family during the holidays." "Usually,...
Patrick M. Olson, Staff Writer
The Gaming Club, headed by 9th Grade Dean, Mr. Roberts, and Senior, Robert Peterson, connect gamers in the Out-of-Door community. These connections are made through playing...
Jack Malcolm, Freelance Writer
May 3, 2017
Understanding truth in government these days is far more complex than many people ever realized it would be. As stressed in my previous article, "The Importance of Informed Citizens," everyday Americans face challenges seeking the truth in politics. In the past year, I have found, while watching the news and reading various articles on political affairs, that consuming news from many sources was critical in my quest to becoming fully and accurately informed about the world. The difficulty was in figuring out which sources to add and who to trust. Fact-checking organizations played a key role in solving this issue for me. The 2016 election presented new challenges to citizens in pursuit...
The Student Struggles of Returning from Break
March 3, 2017
The Importance of Informed Citizens
February 21, 2017
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Chinese Students Will Be Joining Us in January!
December 20, 2018
ODA Students Crack Open a Book For Summer Reading
May 17, 2017
March 15, 2017
Sereena Feeney, Staff Writer
Back to school early for fall athletes! Here are the schedules for upcoming sports: Swimming Head Coach: Michael Salmon “Swim is super fun. It’s a great way...
One of the greatest rivalries in sports history is coming to Miami this summer. The game is set in the International Champions League. The game is at Hard Rock Stadium, home of the Miami Dolphins. The date of the match is set to be July 29. Stephen Ross, owner of the Miami Dolphins, owns the International...
ODA Wins Taylor Emmons Memorial Tournament!
Sarasota- After three years of not advancing in their own tournament, the Taylor Emmons Memorial Tournament, ODA has finally done it. They not only won at their home field, they did so by beating their rival, Cardinal Mooney. A senior-heavy team mixed with just the right amount of youth gave the...
“The teachers will never crack. Purple monkey dishwasher,” Coach Tim Orlosky, on the topic of the Taylor Emmons Scholarship Foundation. Orlosky later admitted that this bizarre line came from the cartoon show, The Simpsons. But he never explained the irrelevance of his response to what I asked...
Taylor Emmons Scholarship Fund Keeps Knocking it out of the Park
The baseball season is in full swing which means the Out-of-Door Academy’s annual baseball tournament, The Emmons Classic, is right around the corner. This year will be the third annual event sponsored by the Emmons family; however, the Emmons have been involved in more ways at the school than...