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“Look around, this is one of the few times when we are all together,” said Head of School Melissa Soderberg in her opening remarks to students during Columbus Academy’s Convocation on August 25. “Think about the people around you who have helped you to get where you are at this point in life and in school. Your family and teachers are likely to be at the very top. You, too, can commit yourself to acting with kindness and courage.”

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Columbus Academy welcomes 28 employees who either started new roles on campus recently or are joining our community this month! Completing their two-day orientation training today are nine lower school faculty members, four middle school teachers, three upper school faculty, eight staff members and four new campus safety resource officers.

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Columbus Academy alumna Sarah Milks Bethel ’98 will serve as her alma mater’s 2023 Commencement speaker and art teacher David Block will deliver this year’s Cum Laude Address, announced Head of School Melissa Soderberg to senior families recently.

Columbus Academy’s 110th Commencement will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, June 5, on the school’s campus in Gahanna. This year’s graduating class includes 102 seniors who will…

Columbus Academy Student Theatre is staging “Something Rotten” on April 27-29. All three performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the school’s Schoedinger Theatre.

Tickets will be available at the door, and seats can also be reserved in advance at https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/73271. Admission is $7 but free for all Academy students and faculty/staff.…

by Frank DiRenna for The Columbus Dispatch

Richard Roll returned to Columbus Academy to thank the people who gave him a second chance at life.

Roll was officiating a seventh-grade girls basketball game between Academy and Bexley on Jan. 12 when he went into cardiac arrest. Personnel from Academy, along with parents in attendance, immediately went into action to help save…