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Darnell Heywood, the director of college counseling at Columbus Academy since 2008, recently attended her first Board of Trustees meeting for the College Board in New York City.

Later this month, she will return to the Big Apple as the new chair of the Guidance and Admission Assembly Council at the College Board Forum, the preeminent annual gathering of K–12, higher education and college access professionals from all areas of expertise.

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“Welcome to the 107th school year at Columbus Academy,” said Head of School Melissa Soderberg at the start of Convocation on August 22, 2017.

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Chris Bolognese, chair of Columbus Academy’s math department, has been selected as the state math teacher of the year!

“The biggest thing I have learned in my career is the importance of being able to learn, try and reflect on new ideas, all for the betterment of enhancing a student’s learning experience,” he said about this honor from the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics that is formally called the Buck Martin…

At the beginning of July, Columbus Academy welcomed Mark Hansen as its new Head of Lower School.

Hansen was hired in February 2017 after an extensive national and international search. In addition to his previous role as Primary School Principal at Copenhagen International School in Denmark, he led elementary schools in Lithuania, Germany and Wisconsin as well as Sewickley Academy, a PreK-12 independent day school near Pittsburgh.

"I am very excited and honored to be joining…

Bob Kirk ’67 has been honored with the 2017 Lou Berliner Award for his lifetime contributions to high school athletics.