Volume 11, Issue 13
LET'S GO ALL IN, #ALLDAY4CA

 
The excitement is building for this year's All Day 4 CA on April 10-11. In celebration of Academy's 107th school year, the first $107,000 will be matched dollar for dollar! Eight alumni and current school families contributed generously to this matching pool to inspire all of us to be all in. Additional grade-specific matches will be available for Grades 1 and 8, and others are in the works! Find your source of Viking pride at All Day 4 CA and get ready to share with grandparents, friends and family why you are all in #AllDay4CA.
 
You will receive an email with the link to the special 25-hour giving day donation site on April 10 at 10:00 a.m.
 
Don't forget your "all in" spirit wear on Tuesday, April 10! To help you gear up before the big day, the Viking Corner will be open an extra day this week. You can shop for spirit wear and accessories during these special hours: 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday (April 4) and 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Friday (April 6).   
HEAD OF SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS UPCOMING PACA MEETING

Mark your calendars for 8:00 a.m. this upcoming Wednesday, April 4, for the next Parents' Association meeting that will feature Head of School Melissa Soderberg as guest speaker, a teaser scene from the upper school musical and updates on the Spring Gala and #AllDay4CA community event! Click below to watch last month's presentation on "Adolescent Mental Health in the Digital Age" by Dr. Ryan Hansen.  
LATIN STUDENTS EXCEL AT OJCL CONVENTION

At the 68th state convention of the Ohio Junior Classical League, Academy senior Taylor McGowan (Torch Editor) and junior Marcus Grewal (Central Gubernator) completed successful years on the OJCL Board while Marcus joined sophomore Andrew Cahall in winning state offices for 2018-19. In addition to placing second in the skit competition with "Off to See the Emperor," Academy students earned 54 top-10 placements in a variety of categories, including first place in the state by sophomore Carolyn Zhang (colored pencil drawing) and eighth-grader Ethan Weiser (sight Latin reading) as well as runner-up marks by freshman Bea Sull (watercolor) and eighth-grader Rosie Gruber (sight Latin reading). A contingent will travel to the national convention July 23-28 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. And next fall, Academy will host the OJCL Fall Forum/OCC Latin Conference on October 6, where the keynote presenter will be Dr. THM Gellar-Goad from Wake Forest University.
ACADEMY HOSTING FAMILY MATH NIGHT ON APRIL 19

Save the date! All lower school families are invited to Family Math Night from 6:30-8:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 19. Come and enjoy an evening of math fun along with your child. Hands-on learning activities and games for students in grades PreK-5 will be available in the Dining Hall. Look for more details closer to the date.
JOIN US SATURDAY AT COLUMBUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

 
Thanks to a partnership with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, the CSO has offered our parents the opportunity to attend a concert on Saturday, April 7, at a discounted rate as well as a pre-concert reception with the conductor of the Columbus Symphony himself, Rossen Milanov! The reception will start at 7:00 p.m. in the Ohio Theatre and will offer light appetizers, desserts and nonalcoholic beverages. Maestro Milanov and musicians of the orchestra will stop by to give brief remarks and welcome us before the concert.
VOICES OF REFUGEES SHARED AT CURRIER LECTURE

 
This year's Currier Lecture focused on "Voices of Today's Refugees" and featured speakers from the Community Refugee and Immigration Services agency. Accompanying CRIS Executive Director Angela Plummer were former refugees and current CRIS employees Tara Dhungana and Sowdo Mohamud, who both shared their stories during assemblies and a public presentation earlier this month.
SPRING GALA IS COMING SOON

Come one, come all! Step right up for an evening of high-flying fun!

PACA presents Spring Gala 2018: Cirque Du CA - Reaching New Heights. Feast your eyes on the thrills, chills and spills of aerial acrobats, jugglers, magicians, contortionists and much more at this one-night-only performance. Mark your calendars. This will be a night to remember!
 
Saturday, May 12
7:00-11:00 p.m.
"The Mack" Gymnasium 
SPRING AFTER-SCHOOL OFFERINGS

 
Don't forget to spring into the new offerings for ASAs. There are multiple choices for PreK through Grade 6 from cooking to swimming to choir. Registrations are due this Wednesday, April 4. Also, several of our Summer Experience offerings already have waitlists so be sure to register soon. Please visit columbusacademy.org/summer for everything you need to get started.  
NOTES FROM COLLEGE COUNSELING
Our college counselors enjoyed a sneak peek of The Point at Otterbein University earlier this month. To access materials from their College Counseling Preview Night, click on the following links: Presentation Slides, Handouts and Naviance Tutorial. Also, all juniors are automatically registered to take the SAT exam at Academy on Tuesday, April 10. Contact office manager Joan Young with any questions or concerns.
ARTS & MUSIC SCENE

Columbus Academy eighth-grader Anna Linder is a violinist in the DAJJ Quartet that won third place in the junior division of last weekend's prestigious Coltman National Chamber Music Competition in Austin, Texas. They were also one of just six quartets selected to perform in the St. Paul Chamber Music Competition and are an alternate for the M-Prize, an international chamber arts competition that aims to identify and showcase the highest caliber of international chamber arts ensembles. On top of all that, Anna has been awarded the prestigious Interlochen Orchestral Scholarship to attend Interlochen Arts Camp's six-week Advanced String Quartet Program this summer!  
Upcoming Performances 
  • April 9: Second Grade Concert, 8:15 a.m. in Schoedinger Theatre
  • April 10: 5th-6th Grade Coffeehouse, 7 p.m. in Theatre Lobby
  • April 12: 7th-8th Grade Coffeehouse, 7 p.m. in Theatre Lobby
  • April 13: US Cabaret, 7:30 p.m. in Dining Hall
  • April 19-21: US Musical, 8 p.m. in Schoedinger Theatre
  • April 24: US Band Concert, 7 p.m. in Schoedinger Theatre
  • April 25: Senior Art Show Opening in Morris Hall Gallery
  • April 26: MS/US Orchestra Concert, 7 p.m. in Schoedinger Theatre
  • April 27: "All That Jazz" Dinner Concert, 7:30 p.m. in Dining Hall
SERVICE LEARNING
 
Just before Spring Break, our middle school boys tennis team prepared a thousand food bags and placed them at the front doors of homes in five neighborhoods near campus. They then collected those donations and delivered them to GRIN (Gahanna Residents In Need), which helps provide food, children's clothing, rent and utility assistance, school supplies, weekend help for children, holiday gifts and meals, and summer lunches for Gahanna students.
SPORTS REPORT

Our varsity baseball team opened its season by going 2-1 against teams from Pennsylvania at the Ripken Experience Tournament last weekend in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. After falling 13-10 to Valley High School (New Kensington) in the opener, the Vikes bounced back to beat previously undefeated Deer Lakes (Russellton) 9-3 followed by a 10-0 win over Friends Select School (Philadelphia) on a three-hit shutout by senior pitcher Matt Saling. They start league play on the road today at London and then host the Red Raiders in their home-opener at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday. Before then, our JV baseball squad hosts London at 5:15 p.m. today on Stahl Field and our girls lacrosse teams host Olentangy Liberty on Tuesday (JV at 5:30 p.m., varsity at 7:00 p.m.) on Hondros Field.
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