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During its annual Holiday Luncheon on December 22, Columbus Academy honored its 2017 Distinguished Alumnus Michael S. Crane ’71 and Alumni Service Award recipient Annette Kuss.

“We are thrilled to have so many alumni in attendance to help pay tribute to our special honorees: one a graduate and tireless volunteer to the school, and one a former faculty member of 25 years,” said Alumni Board President Lauren Hilsheimer ’02 to the capacity crowd in the Grand Ballroom of The Westin…

During volleyball season this past fall, Columbus Academy junior Kayla Podgurski organized a successful Dig Pink® fundraiser at a home contest against Whitehall. With a matching gift from Sports Imports, Kayla's event raised over $3,000 to help beat cancer. And for her efforts, the Side-Out Foundation and American Volleyball Coaches Association recently announced Kayla as one of three U.S. high-schoolers…

Twelve seniors at Columbus Academy have been recognized as Commended Students in the 63rd annual National Merit Scholarship Program for their exceptional academic promise. Along with their dozen classmates previously announced as 2018 National Merit Semifinalists, these students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.6 million high-schoolers who took the 2016 PSAT.

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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J.D. Vance, an investor, commentator and author of the #1 New York Times best seller “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis,” will visit Columbus Academy on November 30 as the featured speaker for the school’s annual Celebration of Leadership.

After spending time with Academy upper school students during the day, Vance will present to leadership donors in the evening at the Party Barn at the Wexner Residence.

Raised by his working-class…