Last year’s successful Sleep Out sorted 120 boxes of food and 60 bags of paper, personal, and cleaning products.  (Courtesy/Mrs. Bening) Thanks to everyone who donated to this year’s Food Drive which will help over 30 local families. If you are free this Friday evening, Novemer 5, and would like to help these families receive a…

(Claudia Klingbeil/Media) Athletic Director, Jason Singleton, has made many positive improvements for the athletic department in his tenure at the Academy. One of his most impactful may have been the hiring of Shelby Reichle as our Athletic Performance Coach. Reichle was hired on June 1, 2020, after touring our facilities near the beginning of the…

Academy resumes its annual Begging for Cans Drive (Courtesy/Tim Morford) Although older US students no longer collect candy on Beggar’s Night, they can still enjoy the evening by helping the community by going from door-to-door and asking for canned food items in Mr. Morford’s neighborhood on Thursday, October 28, from 5:45 – 8pm. Up to…

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(Henry Rubey/Media) How’s the job so far? “I’m enjoying it. I think the biggest change is the constant – and this is a positive – the constant interaction with students. And it’s all day every day. As you know, I’m in education because I like kids! So that’s been good.” What part of the job…

Carson James and Eliora Teferi cut tape for their canned foodbox (Milana Biswas/Staff) Community service is an important aspect of our Columbus Academy values, for it allows us to reflect on the ways that we help those outside of our walls. Following the half day on Thursday, October 13, over 15 upper school students devoted…

Working on the sticker table (Julia DeVore/News) On October 11, 1987, a march with over half-a-million participants commenced in Washington D.C. for Lesbian and Gay Rights. In the following months, members of the LGBTQ+ community gathered in D.C. and created a day to celebrate coming out beginning on October 11, 1988, the one year anniversary…

Help your neighbors enjoy the holidays by giving items posted on the flyer. (Courtesy/Service Board) While US students are fortunate to dine on plentiful options every school day during lunch, there are approximately 400,000 people in Franklin County who aren’t as blessed. According to the Helping Eastside And Reynoldsburg Thrive (HEART) website, 25% of Franklin…

Morris Advisory works together to paint a Romanesque “Dr. Morris” (Ashley Tu) Upper School students gathered outside Morris Hall on October 5 for an advisory paint-off in preparation for Columbus Academy’s 2021 Homecoming Dance. Since this year’s homecoming theme is Rome, advisories were challenged with crafting their own unique portraits of their advisors in romanesque…

Caitlynn Hinds and Elliot Schehl at Whithall’s MSL meet. (Courtesy/X-C Parents) Cooler temperatures set in on Saturday, October 16 at Whitehall-Yearling’s MSL meet, with our girls placing 2nd and the boys in 5th. “We have enough girls for a team, and we’re an extremely competitive team that has a chance of going to states,” said…