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Celebrating the Academy Experience | | | | | All School Book Fair on February 23-27 | Ahoy there! Everyone is invited to set sail in search of Treasured Tales at this year’s Book Fair, a fine adventure that directly supports our libraries. Thanks to the treasure gathered at last year’s Book Fair, over 110 new titles were added to our shelves, including engaging novels, delightful picture books and plenty of high-interest nonfiction that our young readers are already enjoying. This year, we are again partnering with both Literati and Gramercy Books to provide selections for readers of all ages… and yes, even grownups! Click on the following links to volunteer and learn more about a special Preview Night on February 20 just before the fourth grade musical, an after-school shopping opportunity on February 24, a 15%-off coupon for the Viking Corner and an opportunity to have 20% of your purchase at Gramercy Books on February 26 go to support our school libraries! | | | | | Exline Featured at Currier Lecture | For this year’s Currier Lecture Series, John Exline ’64 will be interviewed by fellow alumni faculty member Matt Carter ’00 during a special upper school assembly on Friday, February 27. The lecture series was founded in memory of Phil Currier, former head of Academy’s Upper School, whose zest for life overshadowed his untimely death in 1995. Its mission is to bring to Columbus Academy speakers whose lives and experiences exhibit self-challenge, provoke thought and are agents of positive change. Members of the Currier family almost always attend the event, and a recording of the talk will be shared with our community on social media and in an upcoming newsletter. John will be retiring at the end of this school year, concluding an unprecedented 58-year teaching career at this alma mater. More details will be coming soon about a celebration in the newly named John Exline ’64 Fieldhouse on May 9! | | | | | MLK Honored in Variety of Ways | |
Last month’s celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy included numerous activities in the days leading up to the national holiday and on the day itself. Below are links to coverage from some of those events here on campus.
| | | | | College Counseling Preview Night | Families of Academy students in grades 9-10 should mark their calendars for College Counseling Preview Night from 7:00-8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3. Sophomores and their parents/guardians are required to attend in person. For families of students in grade 9, this event in our Schoedinger Theatre is optional. If you missed the college counseling presentation at last month’s PACA meeting, you can watch it here. | | | | | Jazz Concert Rescheduled to Feb. 24 | |
Please note that the CA Jazz Ensemble Concert originally scheduled for this Friday evening has been rescheduled for Tuesday, February 24, and will be combined with the Upper School Band Concert that will now begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Jones Gym. Click on the following links recent coverage from our fine and performing arts!
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Bravo to our middle-schoolers on their supercalifragilisticexpialidocious performances of “Mary Poppins” this past weekend! Click here to watch the final curtain call, view photos and see behind the scenes as well as on the following links for more school news.
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All are welcome to join us at 3:30 p.m. this Wednesday, February 4, in the dining hall for an Athletic Signing Day ceremony celebrating the following 11 seniors: Harper Boninsegna-Mullins, Dominic Dunkle, Allison Frickel, Cody Hock, Cooper Leibas, Caroline Morris, Henry Pizzotti, Charlie Rubey, Jason Singleton, Bebe Smith and Parker Stoner! Click on the following links for additional sports news.
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To kick off our celebration of Black History Month, we share this group picture from our Black Alumni Holiday Gathering which took place on January 3! A total of 25 alumni were in attendance, including five who joined virtually, in addition to eight Academy faculty and staff members. Special thanks to the host committee led by David Hamlar Jr. MD DDS ’73, Curtis Jewell ’98, Allison Walker ’04, Vanessa Butler ’07, Deven Cobb ’19 and Ryan Wheeler ’10, a current member of our Alumni Board. Click on the following links for more faculty/staff and alumni news.
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