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In this year’s National Merit Scholarship Program, 23 seniors from Columbus Academy have earned either Semifinalist or Commended Student honors!

The 13 Semifinalists – Sam Braveman, Anna Chang, Alicia Deng, Saketh Gudimetla, Grace Luo, Lainie Massick, Kendall McGraw, Adeti Mohanselvan, Alex Nanda, Cory Wu, Nicole Young, Max Zhang and Alan Zhu – are among less than one percent of high school seniors nationwide who have the opportunity to continue…

Nearly 150 alumni, and close to 200 total people, turned out for Alumni Weekend 2022 during a two-day celebration on campus...

“The various paths that you will take to get from where you are now to becoming an accomplished graduate of the school is the reason all your teachers devote so much time and investment in your growth and development,” said Head of School Melissa Soderberg to students during Columbus Academy’s Convocation on August 26. “We love watching each of you becoming who you’re going to be.”

The school began its 112th year on August 22 with 1,170 students…

AP Exams are designed to measure how well students have mastered college-level material, with scores of 3 or higher on a scale of 1-5 often qualifying for college credit. In our Upper School this past spring, 119 students earned AP Scholar recognition by receiving scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams!

In addition, 70 garnered AP Scholar with Distinction designation by achieving an average of score of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken…

Recent graduate Raaghav Malik was named 2022 recipient of the National Merit John M. Stalnaker Memorial Scholarship, awarded each year to the most outstanding National Merit Finalist planning to pursue a career in mathematics or science.

Raaghav was one of eight National Merit Scholars from our Class of 2022. Joining him in that distinction were Davey Agrawal, Spandana Amirneni, Julia DeVore, Soham Joshi, Maddie Kazatsky, Lindsay Sutherland and…