Jayray Fiene pointed to a picture with yellow adhesive stains and smiled wide. A child with quick blue eyes gawked gleefully back through the years on the decomposing page.

The source of the child’s amusement appeared shining on the floor-a toy car.

“This is a kid who likes this toy,” Fiene said, raising his eyebrows matter-of-factly.

Jordan Jones, an Academy of Math and Science junior from Fort Wright, has two pieces of advice for the new class of academy students accepted last week.

“Study,” she said. “Also, learn to do your laundry.”

The class of 60 high school sophomores will come to the academy next year from 34 counties, Academy Director Tim Gott said.

The scent of egg rolls and samosas filled the third-floor lobby of Grise Hall Tuesday.

Flags from countries around the world hung in the windows, tinting the sunlight red, blue and green as students took advantage of their first official chance to ask questions about a new major.

A neon-green and black tour bus sat boisterously in Circus Square Park Friday. Two men in matching uniforms paced in front, pleading for members of the passing crowd to enter to win free tickets to a Louisville Bats baseball game.