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…

Scholars Photos

Five Academy Seniors Earn National Academic Honors

Five more Columbus Academy students have earned recognition in the 64th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. In addition to the dozen National Merit Semifinalists announced earlier this fall, Academy seniors Eric DeVore, William Mathews and Jacob Rhee have been named 2019 National Merit Commended Students while Sarah Cabré and Callista Popp are Scholars in the 2018-19 National Hispanic Recognition…

NM Semifinalists Group Photo

Twelve Students Named National Merit Semifinalists

A dozen Columbus Academy students were announced today as 2019 Semifinalists in the 64th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented students have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 million that will be offered next spring.

“This is such a well-rounded group of students who are interested in math, music, science, healthcare, athletics, languages,…