Kids 4 Kids Project

Kids 4 Kids Food & Clothing Drive

Another successful Kids 4 Kids schoolwide service learning project was completed this fall. Under the direction of Service Department Chair Christy Bening and Service Board President Caroline Mallory, the Academy community came together across all three divisions to lend a helping hand to accommodate 32 sponsored families with winter clothing and food.

Our lower-schoolers made trips to Meijer to purchase toiletries and non-perishable food items while the middle-schoolers helped…

Jordan Skilken & Jacob Eismann with Teachers

Viking Pair Signs National Letters of Intent

On November 15, we celebrated two Columbus Academy seniors who signed NCAA National Letters of Intent and have accepted athletic scholarships to compete on the collegiate level!

Jordan Skilken will dive for the University of Texas and Jacob Eismann will swim for the University of Kentucky.

Jordan, the daughter of Karen and Steve Skilken '68, is a two-time state runner-up in diving. She also placed fourth in the state as a sophomore and won the district title as a freshman by…

Fall Play Cast Photo

Upper-Schoolers Stage Thought-Provoking Fall Play

In early November, our upper-schoolers staged two powerful performances of "12 Angry Jurors" in the Schoedinger Theatre.

In addition to a cast consisting of Aylah Mendenhall, Bobby Diller, Sophia Tidwell, Mira Bhasin, Sidney Edson, Cole Raiken, Michael Hoffman, Simon Iobst, Jay Whitney, Sejal Jindal, CJ Leet, Eden Singelton-Tarr and Ryan Reagan, the crew included student director Nikki Turley and stage manager/set designer Katie Anderson as well as Jack Keith, Nate Rausch Spencer…

3YO Classroom Photo

108th School Year Opens at Columbus Academy

On August 20, Columbus Academy opened its 108th school year with 1,120 students from 54 different zip codes in and around Central Ohio. For the first time in school history, Academy offered a classroom for 3-year-olds called the Explorers program.

“We spend so much time and effort planning events and creating spaces, so we can’t wait to see the results,” said Head of School Melissa Soderberg in a back-to-school…