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Student Spotlight...
Elissa Bening
Class of 2013
Elissa (pictured atop her horse JD) recently won
the Northeast US Regional Championship and was named Rookie of the Year for the
13-19 age group in the western riding discipline called reining. Currently ranked third in the nation in an
event that involves precision horse control and high-speed maneuvers, Elissa
will compete for the national reining championship in Oklahoma City in December.
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September 19, 2008
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Volume 2, Issue 7
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Academy still adjusting to loss of school days
The unexpected power outage and resulting days
off earlier this week have caused several changes to the upcoming school
calendar. Please be aware that the Late Start Day planned for this upcoming
Wednesday has been cancelled, so classes will begin at their normal 8:05
a.m. time that day. Upper School Parents Night has been rescheduled for this upcoming
Wednesday (7 p.m. in Schoedinger Theatre) and the Annual Fund Parent Note-a-thon has been moved to Wednesday, October
15 (6-8 p.m. in the Dining Hall). The 7th Grade Parent Forum and 5th Grade Parent Forum have not yet
been rescheduled. Keep in mind, though,
that Picture Day, MS Parent Conferences and US Service Day are all still on
schedule for next week. Another calendar
change down the road is that the US theater department's fall
production of "See How They Run" has
been moved to November 7-8. For an
up-to-date school calendar, please click here.
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Mark your calendars for 2008 Reunion Weekend
The
following events will highlight Columbus
Academy's 2008 Reunion Weekend:
Friday,
October 10
11:00 a.m. Registration begins in
Academy Hall
11:30 a.m. Golden Alumni Luncheon in the Dining Hall
1:30 p.m. Reunion Buddy Reception in the Dining Hall
2:30 p.m. "The Academy Stream" in Schoedinger Theatre
3:15 p.m. State-of-the-School (location TBD)
4:30 p.m. Former Faculty Reception in the Senior Quad
5:00 p.m. Charlie David Dinner in the Dining Hall
6:45 p.m. Athletic HOF
Induction of Maxwell Stevenson '95
7:30 p.m. Vikings' home football
game against Heath
Saturday,
October 11
CA's sixth annual OSU Tailgate three hours before kickoff
Individual class parties in the
evening
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Become a Charlie David Dinner sponsor
The 26th annual Charlie David Dinner will be held from 5:00-7:30 p.m. on Friday,
October 10, in the school's Dining Hall prior to the Vikings' home varsity
football game against Heath. The
much-anticipated event - which includes great food, free Boardwalk games for
the kids, a silent auction and raffles - raises funds for the athletics program
at Columbus Academy. Please consider
becoming a Charlie David Dinner sponsor.
For more information and a "wish list" to designate where your
contribution will be spent, click here. Anyone
wishing to donate items for the silent auction should call Jim Miller
at 614-280-4043. This year's raffle item
is a Mac Book Computer. Tickets are $5 or five for $20. If you are unable to attend and would like to
purchase raffle tickets, please send cash or check (made out to PACA) c/o Tim Dickes, 689 Stag PL. Gahanna, OH 43230.
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CA alum's documentary premiers on History Channel
A documentary co-produced by Greg Jacobs, a 1987 graduate of Columbus Academy, had its world premier on the
History Channel last Thursday night.
Titled "102 Minutes That Changed America,"
the film reconstructs the morning of 9/11 in real time using only audio and
video from that morning - no narration or after-the-fact commentary. Click here to see an early review of the
documentary.
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Upper School News
Upper School Parents Night has been moved to
Wednesday, September 24. The evening
starts at 7 p.m. in Schoedinger Theatre.
After opening remarks from various administrators and parent
representatives, you will have an opportunity to meet your child's teachers and
advisors as you follow their schedule through a condensed academic day. The purpose of the night is to put "a face
with a name" and to get a brief sense of what your child's "teacher is like,"
NOT to create opportunity for individual discussion about individual
students. The school will provide you
with a copy of your child's schedule when you sign in on the 24th in the
Schoedinger Theatre lobby.
All ninth-grade parents are invited to a Ninth-Grade Parent Coffee at 8 a.m. on
September 23 at Caribou Coffee (1370
N Hamilton Rd in Gahanna).
New parents are especially encouraged to come. If you have any questions, please e-mail
grade mom Donna Simmons at psimmons10@aol.com.
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Middle School News
If you have not
already signed up for your Parent
Conference on September 25-26, please do so by contacting Tina Cantrell at tina_cantrell@columbusacademy.org
or 509-2264 (phone lines are working now). The conference format remains unchanged,
including no classes for the Middle
School on Friday, September 26.
The first meeting of the MS Tutoring Café has been moved to Wednesday September 24. The Tutoring Café is a free service available
to all Middle School students on Wednesday afternoons from 3:15-4:00 p.m. in
the MS library. Upper
School students and representatives
from both the US
and MS faculty will be available during these times to assist Middle School
students with any academic area. Please
make your children aware of this service and encourage them to use this
valuable resource. Arrangements can be
made with coaches if your child needs to miss part of a practice for academic
reasons. For more information, please
contact Michelle Platt at michelle_platt@columbusacademy.org.
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Lower School News
School
pictures will be taken on September 23-24. Students in grades PreK-3 will have their
pictures taken on Tuesday while fourth-graders will be photographed on
Wednesday.
The Lower School Library is proud to announce
that the Parent Resource Collection
is now conveniently located in the Lower School Lobby. The collection contains books devoted to
general parenting, homework, social development and many other topics. The check-out procedure is simple and is
found on the bookshelf. Please stop by
and browse at your convenience!
Also, anyone interested in finding out more
about the Spring Break trip to Mexico
should plan on meeting in Dianne Griffin's
lower school science lab (Room C-008) at 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 25.
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Arts & Music News
Academy eighth-grader
Michaella Cipriani (pictured center)
is currently starring in the Columbus Children's Theatre production of "Charlotte's Web" at their
Park Street Theatre through October 5.
Michaella plays the role of Fern in the musical version of E.B. White's
beloved classic. For more information,
call 614-224-6672 or click here.
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Sports News
 All parents, students, faculty and staff are
welcome to pick up extra copies of the Fall
2008 Sports Program (click here for online version) at the reception desk in Academy Hall. The additional copies are available on a
first-come basis. The volleyball program's Volley for the
Cure night will be this upcoming Tuesday, September 23, with a JV game at 5:00
p.m. and the varsity match at 6:30 p.m. Team
members sold shirts and hoodies to help raise money for breast cancer
awareness. Tuesday also marks the only
home cross country meet of the
season for the Vikes. The Middle School
and varsity races will begin at 4:30 p.m. next to Marsh Field. Girls
tennis is the top-ranked Division II team in the state. As an example of their domination, the
Vikings won all five matches against Fisher Catholic yesterday by 6-0, 6-0
scores. The varsity football squad, which improved to 3-1 with a 41-7 win over Whitehall in last Friday's
MSL-Ohio opener, plays at Granville tonight.
In the Dispatch area coaches poll, Granville (4-0) is ranked second in Division
III while the Vikes are fifth in Division V.
Look for field hockey, golf and soccer updates (as well as all the
latest press clippings) in Wednesday's regularly scheduled Viking Voice.
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Parent SEED program to begin on September 23
The Parents' Association is very excited to be
offering a new program to CA parents this year.
While SEED is new for parents
at CA, this program has been used in schools in the U.S. and abroad for 22 years, and
CA Middle School teacher MaryEve
Corrigan has been running a SEED group for CA faculty for more than 16
years. SEED stands for Seeking
Educational Equity and Diversity and offers participants the chance to consider
issues of multi-culturalism and diversity, especially with regard to our own
school community, and within the context of our personal life stories. The group, limited to 20 parents, will meet
over the course of the year, once a month for nine months, from 6-9 p.m. Click here for meeting dates. Dinner will be provided. Joyce
Simson P'08 will lead the group. Please
contact PACA Parent Education Chair Lee
Szykowny (Zeke162@aol.com ), PACA
President Ken Brown (KBrown@sbcadvertising.com) or Joyce Simson (jrs@ix.netcom.com) with questions.
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Next Week's Calendar
Monday, Sept. 22-F
Lunch: scrambled
eggs, baked tater tots, sausage links, broccoli florets, French toast sticks,
assorted cereal bar, sandwich & salad & soup bars, fresh fruit
Tuesday, Sept. 23-A
Picture Day
Lunch: meatballs,
rotini pasta, bread sticks, sautéed parsnips and carrots, marinara sauce,
brochette bar, sandwich & salad & soup bars, banana cake
Wednesday, Sept. 24-B
Picture Day
Gettysburg College visit, 10:15 a.m.
Tufts University visit, 10:15 a.m.
Vanderbilt University visit, 10:15 a.m.
US Parent Night, 7:00 p.m.
(Schoedinger Theatre)
Lunch: pork
barbecue sandwiches, cilantro rice, sautéed vegetable medley, bean burrito,
quesadilla bar, sandwich & salad & soup bars, fresh fruit
Thursday, Sept. 25-C
MS Parent
Conferences
Junior
Speeches, 10:30 a.m.
Lunch: Italian
beef, baked potato, fresh green beans, perogies, pasta bar, sandwich & salad
& soup bars, ice cream cups
Friday, Sept. 26-D
MS Parent
Conferences - NO SCHOOL for MS
US Service
Day
Earlham College visit, 12:45 p.m.
Lunch: turkey
dogs, baked fries, kernel corn, broccoli quiche, fall fest, sandwich & salad
& soup bars, fresh fruit
Click here for the complete Sept. 22-26 lunch menu
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