Academy Students Shine at Annual State Latin Convention. (Courtesy/Mrs. Bening) Each year, hundreds of Latin and classics’ scholars, along with sponsors and chaperones gather in a central Ohio hotel for the annual Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL) convention. Twenty-three Academy students attended the 2018 convention, held at DoubleTree Worthington from Friday March 9 to Sunday…

During parent group MOSIAC’s Black History Month celebration, members of the Academy community listen to COSI President and CEO Dr. Frederic Bertley speak about diversity in STEAM fields. Text and photo/Courtesy CA Facebook post) On Sunday, February 25, our MOSAIC parent group hosted a successful community event called “Our Hidden Figures Revealed: The Color of STEAM”…

Juniors listen to seniors’ comments. Julia Gurevitz’ 19/Media At the end of last semester, Charlie Sabgir‘20 was considering the classes that he wanted to take as a junior but soon became overwhelmed with all of the possibilities. The lack of details in the online course descriptions, such as specific homework loads and frequency of tests…

Senior Neena Baliga invites Ms. Garita, teachers, and staff to lunch. Riley Hennessy’20’/Media With busy schedules and daily distractions, it can sometimes be easy to take our faculty and staff at Academy for granted. From helping us with our learning to making us better citizens, Academy’s wonderful teachers, coaches, staff, and administrators are the foundation…

National Mall. Paul Hansen’19/Media Over four days this past weekend, thousands of the world’s hopeful future leaders travelled to Washington D.C. to attend the 55th annual North American Invitational Model United Nations, or NAIMUN. Among them were a handful of delegates representing Columbus Academy. NAIMUN is a prestigious United Nations simulation for high schoolers hosted…

Little Dribblers Awe the Crowd. Paul Hansen’19/Media On Friday, February 23, students packed into “The Mack” bleachers to celebrate the end of our winter sports season and to hype up for the upcoming spring term.  To the raucous cheers reverberating through the gym, senior Vikings Luke Tiberi and Ruby Moss listed off the numerous impressive…

Honors Chinese 4 students kick off  assembly with dragon dance. Julia Gurevitz’19/Media Earlier this month, millions of Chinese people around the world welcomed the beginning of a 15-day long celebration of the new year (based on the Lunar calendar) with gatherings, festivals, and of course, delicious food.  According to Chinese astrology, each year is represented…

(Pixabay) On October 17, 2017, a group of Columbus Academy upper schoolers launched into an annual series of 6 separate contests, collectively known as the Ohio Math League Competition.  The rules are as follows: Each contest is composed of 6 questions, covering material from basic algebra to calculus. With the optional use of a calculator,…

The universal symbol for bitcoins. (Unsplash, CC0) In 2008, a person with the pseudonym of Satoshi Nakamoto published a paper about a payment system that was independent of any central authority and was semi-anonymous. This payment system and its currency was and still is referred to as Bitcoin. Traditional online payment methods and the Bitcoin…

Quad in Lights for Seniors. Esther Lawrence: “Some of my best CA memories were made tonight.” (Courtesy/Ms. Reifeis) When Upper School Head, Cory Izokaitis, approved a Senior Lock-in for 2016, little did she know this event would be a favorite of the senior class. With hours of behind-the-scenes planning, Izokaitis and Student Council advisors, Freda Eden and…