February 8, 2024

Dear Columbus Academy Families,

We hope this new month – February 2024, also known as Black History Month – finds you well! Throughout the month, MOSAIC (an organization for parents of students of African descent interested in continuing Columbus Academy’s diversity efforts) is excited to share this month while we all learn and reaffirm the history of Black people and their countless contributions to the world! We hope you will join us!

Our theme for Black History Month 2024 is “Celebration of the African Arts.”

What is happening this month?

There are events planned campus-wide and across each division to celebrate, and all are welcome to participate.

Tuesday, February 20, to Friday, February 23

All lower school parents and caregivers are welcome to come to classrooms to read books and stories by and about people of color. The book selections have been compiled by faculty member Davida Arnold and are age-appropriate, so all you have to do is decide to participate and sign up for a time by clicking here!

Tuesday, February 20, at 6:30 p.m.

We will kick off our campus-wide celebration with an engaging dialogue with the one and only Mr. Carl Smallwood, the executive director of The Divided Community Project housed at the OSU Moritz College of Law. This event will be hosted virtually via zoom. The zoom link will be emailed to registered attendees the morning of the program. RSVP here.

Sunday, February 25, at 2:00 p.m. 

We are so excited to bring you a fashion show to celebrate the African Arts with the Columbus Academy community. This event will take place in the school's dining hall. All members of the community are welcome to participate and have fun with us. We are fortunate to be joined by guest speaker Paula Penn-Nabrit for the event. We promise there will be food! Please click here so that we can get a general headcount.

Wednesday, February 28, at 6:30 p.m.

We will wrap up the month of celebrations with what promises to be a fun, energetic and joyful hip hop/afrobeats fitness class led by Ade Afolabi, owner of Rhythm Musique Fitness (RMF). Come with your families dressed in your workout gear and sneakers. Bring water bottles and be ready to dance in The Mack gym! Click here to sign up.

We look forward to seeing the school community come out and enjoy these programs. To register for any of the events, click here.

Theresa Ankamah P’26 ’31 | President

Kimberly McCalla P’35 ’37 | Vice President

Franklin Davis Sr. P’30 | Treasurer

Fanta Labitue P’33 | Secretary