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The Viking Voice
Online Newsletter
End-of-Summer Issue
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Think of the Viking Corner for all your back-to-school needs!
Dress code items, logo T-shirts & more...
Visit us at the LS Ice Cream Social!
Store Hours:
Tuesday, Aug. 26
10am-4pm
Wednesday, Aug. 27
7:30-8:30 & 2:30-3:30
Thursday, Aug. 28
7:30-8:30 & 2:30-3:30
Friday, Aug. 29
"Drop and Shop"
7:30-10:00 a.m.
Drop the kids off and join us in the Dining Hall for coffee and doughnuts!
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August 20, 2008
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Volume 2, Issue 3
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Over 1,000 students attend CA's summer camps
 Columbus Academy's Summer Experience camps wrapped up a
successful 11-week run last Friday. This
year's programs included 324 different classes with 3,034 spaces filled by
1,041 individual students. Click here for
photos of August camps, July camps and June camps. According to Special Programs Director Alyssa
King, this year's camp numbers included around 40 percent of Academy kids and
60 percent non-Academy, compared to a 50-50 split last year.
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Boys soccer to play first-ever game in Crew Stadium
On Saturday, September 6, the Columbus Academy
varsity boys soccer team will play
its first-ever game in Crew Stadium. Everyone is invited to the 3:30 p.m. game
against Cincinnati Mariemont, which will be followed by an optional catered
tailgate in a preferred parking lot just south of the stadium before the Crew's
7:30 p.m. game against rival New England. If you purchase your tickets by August 25,
you get a discounted ticket of $16 (down from $26) for both games. You must present a Crew ticket for admittance
to both games. Also, a preferred paved
parking spot is $10 while an unpaved field parking spot is $7. To purchase tickets and parking passes,
contact any boys soccer varsity team member, the CA athletics department at
509-2253 or Doug McCloud at drmccloud@earthlink.net or 296-3902. Click here for an event flyer.
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College counseling director presents at conference
Darnell Heywood, CA's new director of college counseling, was a presenter
at the Ohio College Access & Success Annual Conference in Columbus on August 14. She presented on the National Association of
College Admission Counseling (NACAC) Statement of Principles and Good
Practice. Mrs. Heywood has served on the
Ohio Association of College Admission Counseling (OACAC) Admissions Practices
Committee for the past two years.
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CA grad vacations in Hawaii with Barack Obama
Marty
Nesbitt, who graduated from Columbus
Academy in 1981 and is currently the
campaign treasurer for Barack Obama,
was recently on vacation in Hawaii
with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. In fact, a photograph of the two friends
walking on the beach together appeared in the August 10 edition of The New York Times. Click here to see the photograph and story.
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Upper School News
All ninth-graders
should have received a mailing last month containing a class schedule. Another copy of their schedule will be
provided to them at Book Distribution on August 26. The rest of the Upper School
families (10th-12th grades) should
have received an e-mail from Upper School Head Shane MacElhiney (pictured) on Monday.
If you did not receive Monday's message, please send an e-mail to bob_lee@columbusacademy.org. For other questions regarding the Upper School,
please contact Jennifer Lange at jennifer_lange@columbusacademy.org
or 509-2281.
Class
of 2009 students and parents need to mark their calendars for
two upcoming College Counseling events. College Application Bootcamp for Seniors
will be held Tuesday, August 26, following Book Distribution (roughly 1-3 p.m.)
in the Dining Hall. This is a mandatory
program where all seniors will learn the nuts and bolts of filling out
applications. Lunch will be
provided. Then, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday,
September 2, senior parents are invited to Schoedinger Theatre for the Senior Parent Program, an evening with
the college counselors where parents can learn about the college application
process during the senior year. If you
have any questions, please contact Darnell
Heywood at 509-2211 or darnell_heywood@columbusacademy.org
or Chris Jones at 509-2295 or christopher_jones@columbusacademy.org.
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Middle School News
 A popsicle party for all fifth-grade families will be held on the Lower School
playground at noon on August 26, following the Fifth Grade Orientation.
Families are invited to come and play with their friends and bring a
picnic lunch. PACA will provide water
bottles and popsicles. Everyone is
welcome. For more information, please
contact Cathy Hile at cdhile@hotmail.com or 563-7539.
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Lower School News
 Lower School science teacher Dianne Griffin will once again be
leading a group of CA students and parents to Mexico during Spring Break (March
14-22). Last year's trip highlights
included visiting the students, teachers and families in Angangueo, hiking and
horseback riding in the mountains, seeing millions of butterflies at the
Monarch Butterfly sanctuaries, climbing the volcanic rock of San Juan
Parangricutiro, shopping the open air market in Patzcuaro, climbing the
pyramids of Teotihuacan, visiting the Museum of Anthropology and exploring the
streets of Mexico City. Click here to view pictures from the trip. For more
details about this year's tour, please contact Mrs. Griffin at griffin@columbusacademy.org or
509-2580. And for more information about
the school's "Magic of the Monarch" program, please click here.All families in the Lower School
should have received a Back-To-School e-mail for each student two weeks ago that
included class lists and other pertinent materials.
If you did not receive such an e-mail, please notify us at 509-2222 or bob_lee@columbusacademy.org.
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Arts & Music News
Artworks by Brad
Rusoff '10 earned recognition at the Westerville Arts Festival Youth Art
Show in July. His works placed first in
the oil painting division, third in the charcoal division and received an
honorable mention in the photography division.
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Sports News
 As mentioned last week, the varsity girls tennis season is already underway
and the early results are impressive (see this week's press clips). The Vikings are off to a 5-0 start, including
a 3-2 victory over 2007 state champion Lexington
last Wednesday. Since junior Christiana Raymond has moved into the
No. 1 singles spot, CA has posted 5-0 shutouts against both Hathaway Brown and
Cincinnati Sycamore as well as a 4-1 win over Dayton Chaminade-Julienne over
the weekend. In boys golf, senior Byron
Viets tied for fourth with a 76 at the Columbus Academy Shootout at the
Columbus Country Club on Monday. The
remaining varsity fall sports open their seasons this week: cross
country today at the New Albany Invitational, boys soccer tomorrow at Northland, girls soccer tomorrow at Amanda-Clearcreek, football on Friday at Linden McKinley, volleyball on Saturday at Delaware Christian and field hockey at home Tuesday against
Olentangy.
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PACA News
The Parents' Association of Columbus Academy
(PACA) will once again be collecting donations for the "Kids for Kids" Holiday Clothing Drive. So if you are cleaning closets and don't want
to store the unused items until November, a truck will be located in the Art
Entrance/Lower School turnaround on September 4 from 7:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
so that you can drop off your gently used clothing (sizes infant through
adult), toys, books and bicycles. We ask
that you separate dress code clothing from other clothing and encourage you to
bring winter coats of all sizes. For more
information, please contact Ann Boeckman
at 253-3108 or rpboeckman@aol.com.
 Also, please mark your calendars now for the 26th
Annual Charlie David Dinner on October
10. It will be an evening of food, fun
and games for the kids culminating in the football team's 7:30 p.m. home game
against Heath. Over the next two months,
keep an eye out for more details on this very popular event.
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Two-Week Calendar
 With the first day of classes just one week
away, there are a lot of important events coming up for students, parents and
faculty. Here is a rundown of activities
for the next two weeks:
Thursday, Aug. 21
New Faculty
Orientation, 8:30 a.m. (Trustees' Room)
Friday, Aug. 22
Full
Faculty/Staff Meeting, 8:30 a.m. (Dining Hall)
Lower
School Faculty Meeting, after lunch (LS Library)
Monday, Aug. 25
Band Day,
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (Band Room)
New
Parent/Student (Grades 5-12) Orientation, 5:00 p.m. (Theatre)
LS
Meet-The-Teacher/Ice Cream Social, 5:30 p.m. (Bus Circle)
Tuesday, Aug. 26
US Book Distribution, 8:00 a.m.-noon
(Schoedinger Theatre)
Fifth-Grade
Orientation, 9:00 a.m.-noon (Gym)
Fifth-Grade
Popsicle Party, noon (LS Playground)
Senior College Application Bootcamp, 1-3 p.m.
(Dining Hall)
Wednesday, Aug. 27
First Day
of School, 8:05 a.m.
PreK and
Kindergarten half-day
LS New
Parent Orientation, 8:15 a.m. (Schoedinger Theatre)
Convocation
Ceremony, 10:00 a.m. (Senior Quad)
Lunch:
chicken tacos, cilantro rice, sautéed vegetable medley, bean burritos, roast
beef sandwiches, quesadilla bar, black bean and corn salad, stuffed pepper
soup, Texas
carrot soup, fresh fruit
Thursday, Aug. 28
PreK and
Kindergarten half-day
Lunch:
Italian beef (French dip), baked potatoes, fresh green beans, perogies, corned
beef sandwiches, pasta bar, pasta salad, chicken tortilla soup, vegetable rice
soup, jello parfait
Friday, Aug. 29
PreK and
Kindergarten half-day
Lunch:
scrambled eggs, baked tater tots, broccoli cheddar quiche, sausage links,
broccoli florets, French toast sticks, roasted turkey sandwiches, assorted
cereal bar, seafood pasta salad, pasta fagolli, potato leek soup, fresh fruit
Monday, Sept. 1
Labor Day -
NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, Sept. 2
PreK and
Kindergarten half-day
Senior
Parent Program, 7 p.m. (Schoedinger Theatre)
Lunch:
gyros, couscous, mac and cheese, roasted baby carrots, peas, vegetable pita,
honey baked ham sandwiches, cereal station, Greek salad, chicken noodle soup,
hearty vegetable soup, assorted cookies
Wednesday, Sept. 3
Trustee
Meeting, 4:00 p.m. (Trustees' Room)
Lunch:
lemon pepper tilapia, roasted new potatoes, broccoli, orzo-stuffed peppers,
chicken salad sandwiches, hot dog bar, couscous salad, New England clam
chowder, split pea soup, seasonal fruit
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Current Volunteer Opportunities for CA Parents
Viking
Corner - The Viking Corner sells school logo apparel and other spirit
merchandise. Volunteers are needed to staff
the following special events:
August 25 - Ice Cream Social (need
4)
August 27 - First Day of School
(7:30 a.m. shift, need 2)
August 29 - Football Game (6:30-9:30
p.m., need 3)
September 5 - LS Conferences (8-10
a.m., need 2)
September 10 - MS Parents Night
(6:30-8 p.m., need 2)
Charlie
David Dinner - This is a fundraiser for the athletics department prior to the
football game on October 10. Both general and silent auction volunteers
are needed.
Lower School Publishing Center
- Volunteers are needed to assemble and bind teacher materials and student
projects for the Lower
School.
Clothing
Exchange - Volunteers are needed to wash and sort donated dress code clothing
and lost & found items.
Please
contact Rachel Lichten, PACA volunteer coordinator, at rachelgordonlichten@yahoo.com for
more information.
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