Donate time to Faith Mission to help people in need. (Faith Mission website) With pre-pandemic life returning, one missed event has reappeared on Service Board’s recurring schedule: serving meals at Faith Mission, which is one of Columbus’s longest, ongoing service initiatives and largest homeless shelters that provides daily meals to about 600 community members. Supplying…
US speakers introduce Middle School students to local service venues (Courtesy/ Ms. Bening) With warmer temperatures becoming more prevalent, you may have begun your summer planning. Besides completing the US summer reading assignment, you may want to consider volunteering if you have not completed the 45 off-campus service hours required to graduate or want to…
LeaderShape is a new program intending to electrify leadership at CA. (Courtesy/ LeaderShape, Inc.) Would you like to be one of the first high school students in America to participate in a four-day retreat about leading with integrity? CA will soon be offering The LeaderShape Institute (Institute) to US students. LeaderShape is a nonprofit organization…
Andrew B and Carolyn V register donors. (Courtesy/Ms. Bening) Students and staff rally to exceed April’s blood drive donation goals by 3 units. Thirty Academy students, staff, and community members assembled in the Athletic Lobby on Tuesday, April12, to surpass the blood drive goal again. Twenty-eight units including 4 units of red…
(Courtesy/Ms. Bening) Congratulations to the newest SHAPERS who will lead our school service events. While you may have been mapping out plans before the break, Service Board (SB) strengthened its ranks with new Shapers, who are SB leaders who exemplify initiative and commitment to service, sit on the board’s steering committee, consult with SB’s elected…
Spring provides additional opportunities to beautify Academy Park like the US students who tended to it last fall. (Courtesy/Emmett L.) Last weekend’s temperatures which soared into the 70’s may have lured you away from your studies to venture outside. If you would like basking in the outdoors primarily on Wednesdays after school or Saturday mornings while…
Like Arnav N., we can pitch donated books into these labeled boxes. (Courtesy: Ms. Platt and Arnav N.) With March approaching and spring cleaning may be the forefront of your parents’ minds, you could assist them by delivering your retired English novels and other gently used reading materials to school from March 7 to 18. Your…
Support SB Hershey kiss sale by exchanging one dollar for 10 chocolates for a friend. (Stephen Ma/Staff) With rising inflation gripping the United States, one dollar may seem worthless to purchase anything. However, spending a dollar at Columbus Academy this week multiplies into a double deal: a bag of 10 Hershey kisses for a beloved…
Please place donated pop tabs in one of these collection bins. (Courtesy/Ms. Penney) Before disposing your next empty soda can into the recycling bin, think about removing the pop tab to donate for a needy cause. Revenue generated from recycling these flip tops goes toward funding expenses of the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) which…
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