Students mix bread ingredients in Dining Hall (Courtesy/ Carolina M.) To further honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 30 of our upper school students prepared 920 rolls from scratch in a Bake for Good event, a national outreach program sponsored by King Arthur’s Baking Company, which encourages students to bake and share bread with others.…

Honoring Dr. King by walking “Miles for Martin” (Vaanika J/Media) All Academy divisions attended an assembly to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his contributions to the Civil Rights Movement on Friday, January 13. Our fourth and fifth-grade choirs began the event performing “This Little Light of Mine,” followed…

Serving and slurping soup from hand crafted bowls made by our ceramics students (Courtesy/Ms. Bening) While many US students spent last Friday after school preparing for upcoming midterms, some savored soup at Otterbein’s Campus Center while supporting a Central Ohio family attain their dream to own a new home. Service Board and Ceramics Club raised…

(Abigail Z/Staff) Dr. Michael Thompson, a clinical psychologist, school consultant and New York Times best-selling author, spoke to upper schoolers about mental health during a special assembly on December 7. Thompson had met with parents, faculty and staff, lower and middle school students and freshmen boys over his three-day visit. Asking students questions–instead of lecturing…

Academy SDLC participants visit the Alamo (Courtesy/Shannon Walter)  From November 30-December 3, over 7800 students and educators worldwide gathered in San Antonio, Texas, for the 35th annual Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC) hosted by the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS). This multiracial and multicultural gathering focuses on making connections, social justice conversations, and self-reflecting.…

The Academy Life co-editors and Dr. Greene (Courtesy/Jeremy Morgan) Columbus Academy hosted Brian Greene, a New York Times  best-selling author and world-renowned professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University on Wednesday, November 16, as the 2022 Celebration of Leadership speaker.  Our newspaper editors had the opportunity to meet with Dr. Greene in the Trustees…

(Ethan K./Media) Joe Eden (staff sergeant) and Mr. Olexio (lieutenant colonel, RET) led CA students on Friday, November 11, in some early-morning military workouts in honor of Veterans Day. Over 30 students and faculty met in the Field House Gym at 6:30 a.m. to exercise in military style. Mr. Eden and Mr. Olexio told us…

Our librarians new display new display features out books that celebrate Native American Heritage Month, introduced in 1990 by President George W. Bush in 1990 as a month dedicated to honoring indigenous lives.  One of our librarians, Ms. N. identifies as indigenous and said, “I am glad this month represents Indigenous People’s heritage. It makes…

(Ethan Kim/Media) Senbazuru (千羽鶴), meaning one thousand cranes, is now displayed in the library as a sign of good fortune, luck, and health, and to wish well to those who need it. In Japanese folklore, the crane is one of the holy creatures that can live for more than one thousand years. The legend said…

Sixth graders are an integral component in the  K-4-K Food Drive ecosystem. (Courtesy/Ms. Forchione)  Just as ninth-graders volunteered on their second Service Day, a new service event for our sixth-graders was established this fall to involve more of the school community. Previously this grade’s participation in K-4-K was spread over multiple advisories or study halls.   By…