(Flickr) From Senior-Kindergarten buddies to advisory challenges, Academy provides opportunities for inter-grade connection and mentorship. Middle School Dean, Ms. Berkley, added two more grades to the mix: eighth and eleventh grade.  Ms. Berkley noticed middle schoolers’ anxieties around the transition to high school and wanted them to gain perspective from current students. She paired eighth…

(Audrey L./Staff) Columbus Academy hosted psychotherapist and author, Lynn Lyons, a specialist in anxiety disorders on Tuesday, December 12. Lyons’s The Anxiety Audit: 7 Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them, provides practical steps for individuals to break free from uncertainty and reclaim their emotional well-being.  Using an informal yet engaging style…

(Courtesy/Zoya A.) From Wednesday, November 29 to Saturday, December 2, Columbus Academy students and faculty attended the annual Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC) in St. Louis. Operated by the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), SDLC draws in thousands of diverse student leaders from across the country and abroad. The event includes keynote speakers, affinity groups, general assemblies,…

Winners at December 2 Olentangy Liberty Tournament (Photo/Staff) After weeks of training, Academy’s Speech and Debate team competed at Olentangy Liberty on Saturday, December 2, placing 5th out of 17 central Ohio schools. Several students earned podium rankings in their respective events, with Dilin G. receiving a fourth-place individual sweepstakes out of 43 total competitors.…

(Melanie Q./Staff) On Friday, December 8, from 5-7 p.m. Academy hosted its annual Empty Bowls event at Otterbein. For the cost of $20, guests received unlimited soup, bread, and their choice of a handmade bowl created by Academy ceramic students. Profits were donated to Habitat for Humanity which builds homes for families in need around…

Seniors headed to the Dining Hall during advisory on Tuesday, December 5 to participate in fun math games with their Kindergarten buddies. The pairs played a spin-off of Go Fish. In this version, the kindergarten students matched numbers adding up to 10, instead of finding cards of the same number, as in the original game. …

On Monday, November 4, Columbus Academy welcomed Priya Parker to share her work about social gatherings and conflict resolution as a joint Celebration of Leadership and Currier Lecture. She is the author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters and studied organizational design at M.I.T., public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and…

(Caroline M./Staff) by Ellie T. On Monday, November 13, Academy ‘s DESI students treated the upper school to its annual Diwali celebration during assembly. Choreographed by Arya C., the performance featured members from the affinity group dancing to Chogada by Asees Kaur and Darshan Raval, a popular 2018 Bollywood song. Diwali is a holiday centered…

Faith D. and Adi S. listen to Charlie S.’s CAApS presentation. (Abigail Z./Staff) Columbus Academy’s Applied Science Program (CAApS), headed by Jen Conti, celebrated months of analytical research with students’ poster presentations in the Dining Hall’s Fireside on Thursday, November 16. Academy began a partnership with The Ohio State University’s College of Engineering in 2015…

ISACS Conference (Courtesy/Dr. Jacky) School was out on November 2nd and 3rd, much to the joy of CA students. However, faculty and staff were not exempt from work on those days. Instead of the usual three professional development days spaced throughout the year, administrators chose to put two of these days together so that the…