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Celebrating the Academy Experience | | | |
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Academy's Eclipse Party on April 8 | Next Monday, April 8, Columbus Academy is hosting an Eclipse Party from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Coffman Park Pavilion in Dublin. The school will provide eclipse glasses to attendees, and members of our science department will have several activities for students to enjoy with their families. While we will have access to picnic tables, shelter and restrooms, it is suggested that families bring lawn chairs and/or blankets, lawn games, snacks and water. For more details, please click here. | | | |
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Memorial Events for Beloved Alumni | |
On Thursday, April 11 at 4:30 p.m. Columbus Academy and Bexley will be playing in the inaugural Madison Cup in honor and celebration of Jack Madison '21, who passed away in January of 2023. All alumni and friends are welcome to join us at the tennis courts for the competition and the Madison Cup trophy presentation. There is no need to register.
On Saturday, April 20, the Columbus Academy community will be celebrating the life of Andy Bowman '16 as a part of the 11:00 a.m. varsity baseball home game at Stahl Field. In February 2023, Andy passed away after a long battle with Ewing Sarcoma. Our baseball team will be wearing yellow patches in Andy's honor, and the Bowman family will be hosting a tailgate in the parking lot. All are welcome to attend, especially alumni from the Class of 2016. If you are able to join, RSVP to haddockm@columbusacademy.org in order to prepare food and refreshments.
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Students Visit Taiwan & Japan | Over spring break, five faculty/staff members traveled with 46 upper-schoolers in our Chinese language program to Taiwan and Japan, providing our students with a deeper understanding of Chinese culture while they developed their language skills and expanded their learning beyond the classroom. Activities in Taiwan included visiting a high school and museums, touring a television station, meeting a former Taiwanese president, seeing dolphins from a whale-watching boat and exploring night markets. In Japan, they experienced a kimono and tea ceremony, walked through a deer park as well as multiple temples and shrines, rode bullet trains, played games in an anime-themed amusement park and looked out over all of Tokyo from atop the famous SkyTree tower. To access photos and student journals from throughout the trip, click here. | | | |
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PACA Connect Meeting on April 24 | All are invited to the next PACA Connect meeting on Wednesday, April 24, at 8:05 a.m. in the school's dining Hall (fireside). We will feature the performing and visual arts at Columbus Academy. Attendees will get to hear from performers from all three divisions and have the opportunity to peruse the Senior Art Show. We hope to see you there! Please note this is a change from the second Wednesday of the month in order to coincide with the Senior Art Show. Click on the following links for last month's minutes and photo gallery. | | | |
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Choir/Orchestra Concert & Trip | |
Enjoy this replay of "Ode to the North," a joint concert presented by our upper school combined choirs and orchestra last month at First Community Church in Dublin.The performance included an array of songs including the world premiere of a brand new piece by Matthew Emery entitled "With My Heart I'll Sing" commissioned especially for our talented vocalists and musicians! View photos and Instagram stories from their spring break trip to Toronto at @columbusacademychoir, and click on the following links for more arts and music coverage.
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Academy Blood Drive on April 10 | April is National Volunteer Month, and the American Red Cross relies on volunteer donors to ensure blood is available to patients all year. Please consider signing up for the final Columbus Academy Blood Drive of this school year on April 10. All who give blood that day (8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.) will receive a $10 e-gift card to a merchant of choice (details available at RedCrossBlood.org/Spring). To schedule an appointment, visit RedCrossBlood.org. | | | |
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National K-12 Ceramic Selections | |
Artworks by Academy upper-schoolers Ella Farrell, Maddie Martin, Grace Romanelli and Alivia Schultz were selected for the 2024 National K-12 Ceramic Exhibition that was displayed during last month's National Ceramics Conference in Richmond, Virginia. Out of 1,169 total entries, their pieces were among the 150 selected as the best student ceramic work from across the country. Click on the following links for more news about our fine arts.
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Joining Forces to Serve Others | |
In mid-March, members of our school’s CASA (Hispanic/Latino/Portuguese students in the Upper School), CAPSA (Columbus Academy Parents of South Asia) and ¡HOLA! (Hispanic Outreach for Latino Awareness) affinity groups joined forces on a community service project to prepare and serve meals at Faith Mission, continuing a monthly Academy tradition that dates back over 40 years. View photos by clicking here and on the following links for more recent school news:
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Wrestlers Place 3rd & 4th in State | |
At last month's girls wrestling state championships, Academy junior Nina Kim finished third at 135 pounds and senior Ceci Reitter placed fourth in the 105-lb bracket, garnering All-Ohio honors for both of them. Watch their state sendoff from lower-schoolers by clicking here and on the following links for more sports news.
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Faculty, Staff & Alumni News | |
Academy alumna Lynanne Gutierrez '05 was recently promoted to president of Groundwork Ohio, the state's leading advocacy organization focusing on the issues impacting the prenatal period to age five. Lynanne joined the local nonprofit in 2017 and most recently served as its chief operating and policy officer. Click on the following links for additional faculty, staff and alumni news.
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