Last Friday,on April 27th, a visitor to our school would have noticed groups of students flocking into the senior lounge or huddled in classrooms, captivated by something on the screens. Why? For the first time in Academy’s history, track coach Bob Kirk took a squad of boys to compete at The 2012 Penn Relays in…

Preview of Bye, Bye Birdie Each year around April and May, everything seems to center around one group of people: the seniors; the students who are finalizing the legacies  they will leave on Columbus Academy.  This year, 20 seniors are involved with the Upper School Musical, Bye Bye Birdie, and each one brings his or…

I’m going to let you in on what’s going on with the campaign, and it’s simple: you may as well inaugurate Barack Obama for his second term. He’s an incumbent solidifying his position with a juggernaut of a fundraising operation still in place from his first run for office. While Romney has been slogging through…

On Friday, April 13, parents and students crowded the cafeteria for the school’s annual “All That Jazz” concert. In top form, the Jazz Band did not disappoint the packed crowd. As Chris Nolan’13 explained, this year’s concert included a great mix of traditional jazz songs and more untraditional jazz-fusion: “We’ve got some good stuff going.…

Three dances from the now-infamous decision on grinding (not including last year’s cancelled Winter Formal), dances have become fun again. Prom, which took place on March 31st, included casino games, television screens on which to watch the Final Four games, and, unlike other dances since “the decision,” students dancing. The most obvious change in the…

(Reported on day after Prom) The economy continues to sputter along like a three-legged hippo. People are turning to extreme solutions to make ends meet. This past weekend, for example, strangers from all walks of life lined up around city blocks to buy a ticket for the biggest Mega Millions jackpot in history, a cool…

Columbus Academy’s Latin V class wrote and produced the following skit, earning first-place at the OJCL (Ohio Junior Classical League) Convention in February, 2012. Nine skits were submitted for competition, and three made it to finals. Seniors Clarissa Leickly and Lauren Rials won third-place in the costume contest, which drew many contenders. Congratulations to Mrs. Bening and…