Category Archives: Features

Feature stories from our staff, including profiles of people and places of interest to our community.

Hallie Balcomb: Second Year as an Upper School Math Teacher

By Anna Grace Shaia Upper School math teacher Hallie Balcomb, new to Collegiate last year, is excited for her second year at…

Derek Podolny: Naval Officer Turned Calculus Teacher

By Ashwin Aggarwal “My submarine could be sinking; I’m going to die…” This remark comes from new Upper School math teacher Derek…

Spring Lunch Slideshow 2023

A few weeks ago, on a warm and beautiful day in April, the Match staff wandered outside during lunch to talk to…

Collegiate Track and Field: Coaches’ Edition

By MK Myers Including 170 athletes, the Collegiate spring track & field team has always been one of the largest sports team…

Collegiate’s Hidden Facts and Talents

By Amani Kimball-McKavish Do you dread awkward icebreaker activities at the beginning of meetings? Do you have trouble coming up with facts…

Echo The Gecko And Friends

By Walker Clemans If you had recently ventured into Upper School science teacher Sandra Marr’s room, you may have noticed a new…

Student Athletic Trainers Learn From Experience

By Emily Deskevich The sun beats down as the Collegiate varsity football team takes to Grover Jones field for another home game…

New Faces: Baseball Coach JT Domalik

By Coley Alvis Collegiate School recently added a new young coach to the baseball program. John Thomas Domalik, more commonly known as…

Steroids and PEDs in Sports

By Hayden Rollison Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva recently failed a drug test for the use of trimetazidine, a medication that increases…

Missy Herod’s Final Semester

By Lauren Lucy In August 1982, Missy Herod decided to return to her hometown of Richmond, Virginia, and work at the school…