Congratulations to our Class of 2021! To view and order professional photos from the ceremony, click here and use CAGRAD2021 as the gallery code. USB drives containing the 2021 commencement and senior videos can be picked up the Academy Hall reception desk.

Our dress code for 2021-22 has been set. A pop-up shop of our Clothing Exchange Closet is set up in front of Morris Hall until August 11. There you will find an assortment of school-approved dress code apparel, donated by Academy families who no longer need them and want to pass them down to any of our students. You are welcome to take what you need and can also donate similar items. Thank you to the volunteers pictured for helping to set it up!

Rising seniors Lauren Klinefelter and Gyvnn Mendenhall were named the 2021 Wayne Roller Scholar Athletes for the Mid-State League's Ohio Division. Lauren has been a standout all-state performer in our swimming program while Gyvnn has earned All-Ohio honors in football and been a state-qualifier in wrestling as well as a stellar defender for our boys lacrosse team. The award is named after the former MSL commissioner and hall-of-famer who passed away unexpectedly in 2017.

Columbus Academy's Service Board is once again teaming up with the Westerville Habitat Partnership to assemble the walls of a Habitat for Humanity home. All are invited to sign up for the prep stage from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Friday, August 20, or either of the wall-building shifts on Saturday, August 21, at Otterbein's The Point in Westerville.

Columbus Academy students in grades 2-5 are invited to register for this fall's Youth Sports Soccer Clinic. This four-week clinic ($75 per child) will include coaching from Locker Soccer Academy and will take place from 4:00-5:30 p.m. on three consecutive Sundays in September (12th, 19th and 26th) as well as the first Saturday in October (2nd) on the Carlin Fields Turf.

Yesterday, we completed a successful 2021 Summer Experience program as 300-400 kids per week attended the many classes offered at Columbus Academy! After having to cancel last year's Summer Experience due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this summer was the return of so many engaging offerings from synchronized swimming to skateboarding, woodworking to superhero training, chess to jewelry making, and everything in between. The staff was also able to take kids off campus to enjoy sites around Central Ohio for the first and last weeks as the groups stopped by places like COSI, Cedar Point, Canal Winchester State Park, Hoover Sailing, Royal Arts Fencing Academy and Koguryo Martial Arts, just to name a few. Thanks to all who helped make this the best summer ever! Now Special Programs switches gears to CASE, our after-school program, as registration for the 2021-22 school year is now open at columbusacademy.org/case. Flexible options for after-school care are back, including drop-ins, with the full slate of After-School Activities programming beginning in the winter. Homework Club will be also available in September. For questions or more information regarding CASE/ASA, please contact Alyssa King, director of special programs, at specialprograms@columbusacademy.org.

The Parents Association of Columbus Academy (PACA) is offering the opportunity for ad sponsorship in its annual arts and sports programs. Ads are available for purchase in color or black-and-white (in full-, half- and quarter-page sizes) with a one-time price that gets your business or organization in all four publications for the upcoming school year. Click here to view the ad rate sheet. Each program is printed for the student-athletes, performing arts students and their families, and are made available digitally to the entire Academy community. If you or a business you know of may be interested in placing an ad in this year's programs, email communications coordinator Jeremy Morgan (morganj@columbusacademy.org) to secure a spot.