With the start of the 2026-2027 school year, Upper School teachers Dr. Hilgert (Spanish) and Mr. Wagner (Mathematics) are no longer the newest members of Academy’s upper school. When they first joined CA last fall, we interviewed both to learn more about their pathways to Academy. Here is a look back at our conversation with…

Courtesy/@Columbusacademy/Instagram The roar of the crowd at this week’s pep rally carried new sounds as the kindergarteners attended their first pep rally alongside their newly assigned senior buddies. The highly anticipated event kicked off at the end of the day when seniors made the trek to the lower school wings. You could feel the excitement…

(Courtesy/ Lila P.) Members of the Academy community gathered at Lynd’s Fruit Farm from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, September 27, for the school’s annual apple picking event. Organized by Service Board, the event brought students and families together to collect apples for donation to local food pantries throughout Columbus. Each year, Service…

(Courtesy/ Mr. Haddock) Years ago, a history teacher named Mr. Schultz rolled a cannon onto the Academy campus to show his students what one actually sounded like. He loaded it, fired it, and within moments security vehicles came racing across the parking lot to find out what had just happened. One of the students watching…

(Courtesy/Pixabay) From hands-on laboratory research to project-based geography and artificial intelligence, Columbus Academy introduced five new classes for the 2026–27 school year. While the subjects span science, history, computer science and Japanese studies, the courses are designed to give students more opportunities to investigate questions, apply what they learn, and shape their own learning past…

The air in our Schoedinger Theater buzzed with excitement as the upper school and faculty filed into their seats. Illuminated by an outstanding spotlight, four chairs and a podium sat on stage. The audience animatedly discussed homework, tests, and the weekend, unaware of four nervous students hidden backstage. While similar Thursdays will occur every week,…

@ca_scioly/instagram Rain forced our annual Club Fair out of its usual spot on the Lazarus Courtyard and into the Dining Hall, but the event still drew its usual crowd of students exploring tables and signing up for clubs.  Club Fair runs in the afternoon of Service Day. It is a fantastic opportunity for students–especially freshmen…

(Courtesy/ Dr. Morris) 1200 chairs, 94 seniors, 60 kindergartners, our faculty, staff, guests, and all grades rallied in the Senior Quad for Academy’s 116th Convocation on Friday, August 28. This tradition launches us into the new school year and encourages reflection on the growth to come over the next 280 days. Head of School, Melissa…

(Flickr) Fifty feet up in the air and clipped into a harness with nowhere to go, I had a lot of time to think. Technically, my platform was only supposed to hold three people–but one of them, many platforms ahead, had been struggling on an element for the past twenty minutes, causing a traffic block.…

Courtesy (Wystan C. and Maryam S.) Filing library books, visiting the elderly, packaging hot meals. Whether we were bused to the Mid-Ohio Food Bank, travelling to Sunshine Manor, or upgrading playground equipment, nearly 385 students in 45 Upper School advisories visited over 12 sites on Friday, September 4, to serve the Greater Columbus community on…