The Columbus Academy Alumni Association is looking ahead. Our goal is to evolve to meet the changing needs of Columbus Academy alumni like you and me. After all, the Alumni Association is our Association.

To help us gauge what's working, what's not and what you'd like to see next, we'd like to invite you to participate in this short online survey, which should take between 5-10 minutes to complete. Your feedback is critical to developing the programs and services our alumni community needs to connect in meaningful ways with fellow Vikings and the school today.

My thanks, in advance, for taking the time to complete this important survey. Should you have any questions, please contact me at alumni@columbusacademy.org.

Go Vikes!
Craig Tann '92
President, Columbus Academy Alumni Association and Alumni Board

 

RSVP to Director of Alumni Relations Melissa Clarke Beckett at 614-509-2290 or alumni@columbusacademy.org. Significant others or partners are welcome to attend.

Columbus Academy's MOSAIC affinity group, which is for parents/guardians of African American students, invites you to participate in its End-of-Year Celebration event! In the spring of each year, MOSAIC celebrates the educational achievements of African American students at CA with a special focus on our graduating seniors. MOSAIC would love to include our alumni as guests in the event to help welcome our graduating seniors into the alumni community!

Our celebration will be held on Saturday, April 18, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. in our Dining Hall. If you are interested in attending and/or helping celebrate our seniors, please contact MOSAIC Chair Diane Chattman P'25 '31 at dccchattman@gmail.com. We hope to see you and your family there!

Join us for the Alumni Networking Reception on Thursday, May 14, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Columbus Academy Dining Hall, where Michael Corey '01 will be honored with the 2020 Young Alumni Award.

 

The event also features an expert panel that will discuss solving community problems through private, public and nonprofit organization partnerships. Guest speakers include Dan Crane '02, Vice President at Crane Group Company, Nick Jones '01, Director of Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families at Nationwide Children's Hospital, and Margaux Munnelly '02, Principal at Mastery Charter School-Pickett Campus. The panel will be moderated by Michael Corey '01, Executive Director of the Human Service Chamber of Franklin County.

All alumni are invited to attend Alumni Weekend, featuring reunion classes ending in 0 and 5, which will be held on  October 9-10. Alumni Weekend begins with a football game on Friday, CA Community Day (including sporting events and a mud run) and alumni-specific programming (think campus tours, mini-classes with beloved faculty members, junior speeches and more) on Saturday, and wrapping up with  reunion class gatherings . A detailed schedule will be announced in the upcoming months but mark your calendars now!

 

 

The 12th Annual Columbus Academy Golf Outing will take place on Monday,  September 21 , with a 1:00 p.m. shotgun start at Columbus Country Club. The golf outing is designed to benefit financial aid in memory of  George N. Corey , former Board of Trustees president and father of  Michael Corey '01 . Registration and sponsorship information will be announced soon.

Last month, Explorers teachers (from left) Deanna Robeano and Grace Gordon and PreK teacher Sarah Penney conducted a webinar for early childhood educators from across the nation. These "change-makers" discussed research supporting the transformative benefits of nature-based learning on young children and how that information is being successfully applied on our campus. "We followed up our presentation by answering great questions from the participants, many of whom seem to be in the beginning stages of developing their own outdoor programs," said Sarah, who also noted that Explorers teacher Mike Weible is a member of the presentation team but had to miss the webinar while recovering from back surgery.

So far, the winter sports season has been highlighted by our ice hockey program winning its first league title by finishing atop the Capital Hockey Conference Blue Division, our 400 freestyle relay squad consisting of Annalise Grammel, Alexandra Butnariu, Mary Kate Prall and Lauren Klinefelter earning a spot on the state swimming podium with a 7th-place time of 3:41.10, Gyvnn Mendenhall repeating as league and sectional wrestling champion at 195 pounds, Sophie Spolter (first team) and Kayla McClendon (second team) garnering All-MSL honors in girls basketball, bowler Vincent White reaching the district tournament and being among five all-league bowling honorable mentions, and our boys basketball team reaching tonight's sectional finals against top-seeded Harvest Prep. Tipoff is 7:00 p.m. at Bloom-Carroll High School.