Amy McLaughlin has served as a dedicated music educator in the Lower School at Columbus Academy since 2005. Prior to joining the Academy community, she was a traveling elementary music teacher in the West Clermont School District near Cincinnati and a graduate teaching associate while completing her master’s degree at The Ohio State University. She is the recipient of several prestigious awards at Academy, including the Milt Taylor Innovation Grant, the Putnam Grant, the Anasis Grant, and the Dream Big Grant, as well as numerous music-based honors recognizing her professional excellence. Amy graduated summa cum laude with both her undergraduate and graduate degrees and holds membership in the national honor societies Sigma Alpha Iota and Mortar Board. Outside of Academy, she remains actively engaged in music as a member of her church's praise team and choir and also as the director of the Creative Notes and Rainbow of Voices ensembles with the Columbus International Children’s Choir. She is also known among colleagues as the school’s unofficial meteorologist, with a particular interest in tracking winter weather. Amy and her husband, Matt, a Service Manager at Crown Chrysler, are the proud parents of two sons, Daniel Solis ’28 and AJ McLaughlin ’35.
Amy’s favorite thing about Columbus Academy
“I love that CA is committed to nurturing and encouraging the development of well-rounded citizens. While there is a definite commitment to academic excellence, I am proud to be a part of this “Renaissance” philosophy with all of my students’ educations. They will graduate with a strong sense of morality, a knowledge of and an experience with many different sports, a recognition of the importance of kindness, and a love of and an appreciation for the arts.”
Little-known fact
“I am a self-proclaimed, amateur meteorologist. I absolutely love tracking storms, especially of a winter nature, and I even have my own Facebook page where I offer my predictions and thoughts on impending weather systems (and whether or not I think we’ll have a snow day).”
Favorite sports teams
Ohio State Buckeyes, Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Indians and Columbus Blue Jackets
- B.M.E. The Ohio State University , Elementary Music
- B.M. The Ohio State University , Vocal Performance
- M.A. The Ohio State University , Elementary Music
