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Remembering an Academy Superstar

The lobby outside of our Schoedinger Theatre will be dedicated in honor of the late Susan Neal on Saturday, January 29, prior to the middle school production of “Matilda the Musical Jr.” The program will start at 5:30 p.m. and will include remarks from Susan’s family, a formal dedication of the lobby and a musical performance. Afterwards, a celebration of life will take place in the Morris Hall Art Gallery with hor d’oeuvres, beverages and the chance to commemorate an extraordinary teacher and friend. RSVP for the event by clicking here.

Susan began her Academy career as a kindergarten assistant in 1994 and then spent over two decades teaching music, drama, step and stomp, study skills and creative expressions to middle-schoolers until her retirement in 2016. She directed the middle school musicals from 1995’s “The Wizard of Oz” to 2016’s “The Little Mermaid” and the upper school musicals from “Guys and Dolls” in 2008 to “The Addams Family” in 2015. Her husband Scott re-retired last year after briefly returning to campus as a part-time art teacher and now resides in Athens. They have two daughters who both graduated from Columbus Academy: Jenny ’97 and Miranda ’99

Spirit Day Dress Down Tomorrow

Our division heads have announced a Spirit Day tomorrow, meaning all students and faculty/staff are encouraged to wear Columbus Academy spiritwear to school.

Clothing guidelines for Friday, January 21

Upper School: CA spiritwear on top (shirts, hooded sweatshirts, team shirts) or logo-free shirts, sweaters and fleeces in school colors (maroon, gray) with jeans, track (athletic) pants, nice sweatpants or dress code pants/skirts on the bottom. No pajama pants, leggings, yoga pants or non-dress code shorts.
Middle School: same as Upper School but no shorts allowed.
Lower School: same as Upper School but no shorts allowed.

Re-enrollment Contracts Published Soon

Re-enrollment contracts for the 2022-23 school year will be published on Friday, January 21. Parents and guardians will need to sign the contracts and submit their deposits by February 4. To ensure timely completion of the contract, please make sure you are able to login to your MySchoolApp account and verify your contact information, especially your email address. If you are having troubling logging into your account, or if you encounter any other issues, please contact Nancy Velasquez at velasquezn@columbusacademy.org.

You can now request free Covid tests from the government. If you have not already done so, our Covid Response Team encourages all Academy families to request the four free at-home tests available per household by completing your contact information at https://www.covidtests.gov/.