Skip to Main Content
The Student News Site of Upper Arlington High School

Arlingtonian

Arlingtonian

Arlingtonian

1978 GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY TEAM
For the first time, UAHS had a girl’s cross country team. The team dominated every meet including the state championship.
Photo Courtesy UA Archives

A Golden History

Abby Oliphant, Sports Manager November 8, 2024

As the leaves start to fall and a chill begins to linger in the air, excitement begins to grow around the fall sports teams at Upper Arlington High School. The 12 varsity sports offered during the fall...

Photo Courtesy Museum of Arts And Science

A painting depicting a medieval Halloween celebration.

A Haunted History

Claire Dungan and Lila Maffett November 8, 2024

In the last days of October, when the final rays of warmth fall under the chill of autumn, a ghostly feeling of loss hangs in the air. The feeling of cooler weather and the oncoming difficult winter led...

Graduation in 1978 was held at the Old Veterans Memorial, near where COSI is today. PHOTO COURTESY UPPER ARLINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

100th Graduating Class

Ezra Liu, Staff Writer May 20, 2024

One hundred years ago, the first graduating class of Upper Arlington High School walked out of our school and into the world. now, one hundred years later, yet another class will walk in much the same...

Graphic by Caroline Kegg, '24.

Who’s On Aux?

Ali Abubakr, Claire Dungan, Elise Karas, and Katie Messner December 18, 2023

Throughout history, music has been a constantly evolving form of art and culture—not only the way it sounds and how it’s made, but also how it’s listened to. How we listen to music is something that...

PHOTO COURTESY UPPER ARLINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

100 Year Homes

Ezra Liu, Staff Writer November 6, 2023

In and around Upper Arlington’s historical district (a region of Upper Arlington stretching from Fifth Avenue to Lane Avenue) are a series of small, oval-shaped signs which read “Homes of History Celebration;...

The Tales that Bind Us

The Tales that Bind Us

Editorial Board November 6, 2023

Folklore is universal, and, while seemingly juvenile, is an important aspect of all communities. It serves as a conduit for transmitting cultural values, knowledge, and collective memory from one generation...

The  Ethics Of Etiquette

The Ethics Of Etiquette

Emily Ayars and Adelaide Petras August 25, 2023

“Keep your elbows off the table,” “say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’” and “hold the door for the person behind you” are all common practices of etiquette that people instinctively abide...

Arlington’s Anniversary

Arlington’s Anniversary

Ezra Liu August 25, 2023

To the first students of Upper Arlington, huddled together to learn in the basement of King Thompson’s house (one of Upper Arlington’s founders), the idea of an iPad, or even of a whiteboard, was utterly...

PHOTOS COURTESY UPPER ARLINGTON ARCHIVES AND MIKE MCCOLLOUGH.

A Commemorative Centennial

Editorial Board August 25, 2023

This year’s senior class, the class of 2024, will be Upper Arlington’s 100th graduating class. One hundred years is not simply a landmark number— it provides an opportunity to consider UA’s past,...

Load More Stories
Donate to Arlingtonian
$1090
$10000
Contributed
Our Goal

Activate Search
The Student News Site of Upper Arlington High School
History