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The Viking Voice
Online Newsletter
Veterans Day Issue
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The Viking Voice is published weekly by the Columbus Academy communications office.
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November 12, 2008
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Volume 2, Issue 15
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Admissions Open House on Sunday, December 7
 Columbus Academy will welcome
prospective students and parents during the Admissions Open House on Sunday, December 7, from 2-4 p.m. in the
Dining Hall. While the school has
advertised on the radio and in newspapers and magazines, word-of-mouth remains
the strongest appeal to attract families to Academy. Please help us publicize this event to your
friends, neighbors and colleagues at work.
If you know a family who might be interested, please e-mail their name
and address to Debbie Cross at debbie_cross@columbusacademy.org
so that the Admissions Office can send a personalized invitation.
Also, now that the election is over, please help
us promote the Admissions Open House by putting up a small CA yard sign on your front lawn or window. Whether you endorse the "School of Change"
or the "School of Experience," please e-mail Linda Prater at linda_prater@columbusacademy.org
if you are willing to put up a sign showing your support of Columbus Academy's
Open House.
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Interested in growing your Annual Fund gift for free?
Exciting news... the Columbus Foundation is
offering a PowerPhilanthropy Match Day on November 18 and 19! A number of Columbus Academy
supporters used this program last year and leveraged their gifts into greater
support for our school. Please click here to read the foundation's announcement and consider using this great
opportunity to help Columbus
Academy's Annual
Fund. Thank you!
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Sign up now for CA's winter after-school activities
 The Winter After School Activities brochure is
now available online by clicking here. Classes
begin on December 1. If you would like
to view a special day-by-day calendar of only after-school activities, go to
the Intranet page and look on the left column under Main Menu for Calendars and
Special Programs. It has the dates,
times and locations of each activity.
Click here to view the calendar.
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Fall issue of Academy Life paper available online
 The latest issue of the Academy Life student newspaper
arrived on Friday, October 31. The issue
contains a review of the girls tennis state championship season as well as
election articles, reports on club activities and profiles of new Academy staff
members. Click here to read the online
version.
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Upper School News
All Upper
School parents are
invited to the Upper School Parent
Coffee tomorrow (Thursday, Nov. 13) at 8:15 a.m. The coffee will be held in the Dining Hall
and will feature college counselors Darnell
Heywood and Chris Jones. Please submit questions to US Head Shane MacElhiney at shane_macelhiney@columbusacademy.org,
as the Q and A will be limited to questions that he receives ahead of time.
All juniors and their parents should plan to
attend Junior Student and Parent College
Night on Wednesday, November 19, at 7:00 p.m. in Schoedinger Theatre. College
Counseling Handbooks will be provided.
Also, the Directory-Handbook correction last
week for Co-Dean of Students Sheri
Dillon on page 6 should have been 509-2277.
And two notes for ninth-grade parents: you
are invited to a parent get-together at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday, November 15,
at the home of Ivan and Sharon Fong (please RSVP to grade mom Donna Simmons at psimmons10@aol.com or 614-471-4596);
Tracey McGuire and Amy Mampieri are hosting a ninth grade cookie exchange on
December 9 from noon to 2 p.m. at the McGuire residence in Westerville (RSVPs
can be sent to Mampieri at AmyJo@insight.rr.com).
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Middle School News
December 15-18 is exam week for seventh and
eighth grade students. All fifth and sixth
grade students will continue with classes through Thursday, Dec. 18, at 3:10
p.m. There will not be school on Friday, Dec. 19. As our focus
will continue to be academic, students should follow the regular dress code for
exam week. Exams begin at 8:05 a.m. each day. Students must be picked up and leave campus
following the exam at the time specified on the exam schedule. Please click here for the exam schedule.
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Lower School News
Great job by the third grade Little Dribblers at last night's
Cleveland Cavaliers game! Photos will
be included in next week's Viking Voice.
Save the date:
Lower School
Holiday Gathering will be on Thursday,
December 18, at 1:45 p.m.
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Arts & Music News
 The final fall concert will take place this upcoming Tuesday,
November 18. Students in grades 6-12
will perform at the Fall Band Concert,
which is set to begin at 7:00 p.m. in Schoedinger Theatre. Admission is free. To see photos from last Wednesday's choir concert, the weekend's Upper School play and last night's strings concert, view this week's
Around Academy gallery.
Also, CA students Ruthie Cordray '11, Margaret
Kelley '11, Patrick Sandquist '10
and Collin Sims '09 will be
participating in upcoming off-campus concerts.
Cordray, Kelley and Sandquist will be performing with Chamber Music
Connection and the Claremont Trio in a conservatory concert at 2:00 p.m.
November 15 at the Church of the Master in Westerville.
Cordray has also been awarded second chair in the OMEA South Central
Regional Orchestra and will perform at 3 p.m. on November 23 at Grove City High School. Sims, meanwhile, will perform with the
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. on November 19 at Kent State University and again at 3:00 p.m. on November 23 at
Severance Hall in Cleveland.
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Sports News
"Understanding
Athletic Recruiting Night" for parents and students
in grades 9-11 has been scheduled
for 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 3.
For more information, please contact the College Counseling office at 509-2537.
 Check out this week's press clippings for
stories and photos from the field hockey and boys soccer postseason runs.
All students
in grades 7-12 who are interested in playing a winter sport (basketball, swimming or wrestling), please click here
to see start dates and coaching contact information. If you have any questions, please contact Maureen Belcher in the Vikings'
athletics office at 509-2253 or maureen_belcher@columbusacademy.org.
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Parents' Association News
 Save the date for The Columbus Academy Spring Gala 2009 Play to Win on Saturday night, April 25. Come to the parent party of the year and
enjoy fine food, cocktails, thematic games, live and silent auctions, and live
music. All proceeds directly benefit our
students through special programs, equipment, enrichment activities, and
need-based financial aid. Mark your
calendar and plan to Play to Win for CA!
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Scrip orders available now through Monday, Nov. 17
It is time for your holiday order of Scrip! Gift cards make great gifts for friends and
family, allow young drivers to pick up groceries on the way home from school,
and offer a controlled entertainment "credit card" for young teenagers. Our program offers the convenience of buying
gift cards from all kinds of retailers like the Gap, Kroger's, Robeks and
Starbucks. The retailers rebate a
portion of your gift card purchase amount back to the school. This rebate can be up to 17%. You get the advantage of having the Scrip cards to use at the places you
usually shop or to give as gifts while the school gets the benefit of a regular
source of income. Click here to download
the forms and details. Please continue
to reload the Kroger cards that you have purchased through our Scrip
program. For questions, please e-mail Cindy Poehlmann at cwpoehlmann@sbcglobal.net. Thank you for your support.
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10-Day Calendar
Thursday, Nov. 13-A
Upper School Parent Coffee, 8:15 a.m. (Dining
Hall)
Kindergarten
Music Performance, 8:15 a.m. (Schoedinger Theatre)
Junior
Speeches, 10:30 a.m. (Ben Krempley, Natalie Szykowny, Bradley Rusoff)
Lunch: chicken
fajitas, Spanish rice, roasted corn & peppers, vegetarian Mexican lasagna,
sandwich & salad & soup bars, frosted yellow cake
Friday, Nov. 14-B
Lunch: encrusted
herb salmon, confetti rice, baked chicken nuggets, vegetable medley, stuffed
zucchini, bagel bar, sandwich & salad & soup bars, fresh fruit
Monday, Nov. 17-C
Lunch: scrambled
eggs, baked tater tots, sausage links, broccoli florets, French toast sticks,
assorted cereal bar, sandwich & salad & soup bars, fresh fruit
Tuesday, Nov. 18-D
Band
Concert (Grades 6-12), 7:00 p.m. (Schoedinger Theatre)
Lunch: meatballs,
rotini pasta, bread sticks, sauteed parsnips & carrots, marinara sauce,
brochette bar, sandwich & salad & soup bars, chocolate pudding
Wednesday, Nov. 19-E
Picture
Retakes, 10:00 a.m.-noon
Junior Student and Parent College Night, 7:00 p.m. (Schoedinger Theatre)
Lunch: chicken
tacos, cilantro rice, sauteed vegetable medley, bean burritos, quesadilla bar,
sandwich & salad & soup bars, fresh fruit
Thursday, Nov. 20-F
Second
Grade Music Performance, 8:15 a.m. (Schoedinger Theatre)
Junior
Speeches, 10:30 a.m. (Hanna Good, Lindsay Hughes, Michelle Knopp)
Lunch: Italian
beef, baked potatoes, fresh green beans, perogies, sandwich & salad &
soup bars, frozen yogurt cups
Friday, Nov. 21-A
PreK AM
Music Performance, 8:30 a.m. (Schoedinger Theatre)
Senior/Kindergarten
Buddy Activity, 10:30 a.m.
PreK PM
Music Performance, 12:30 p.m. (Schoedinger Theatre)
Lunch: turkey
dogs, baked fries, kernel corn, broccoli quiche, sandwich & salad &
soup bars, fresh fruit
Click here
for the complete Nov. 17-21 lunch menu
Click here for Viking Athletic schedules! |
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Current Volunteer Opportunities for CA Parents
Admissions Open House - The admissions office is
requesting volunteers for the Admissions Open House on Sunday, December 7, from
2:00-4:00 p.m. Volunteers greet visitors
in the Dining Hall and then walk them over to the Lower School
office, where LS Head Dan Vorenberg and his crew take it from there. To volunteer, please contact Debbie Keeran at
509-2236 or keeran@columbusacademy.org. Holiday Cookie Day - Each year, the Parents'
Association provides a variety of boxed homemade cookies to every member of Columbus Academy's faculty and staff. As many people as possible are encouraged to
make and deliver 6-8 dozen cookies to the athletic entrance either at the end
of the day on December 4 or after morning drop-off on December 5. Several volunteers will also be needed to
assemble the boxes of cookies and to distribute them on the 5th, which is a
Friday. If interested, or if you have
any questions, please contact Cathy Hile at 740-965-4646 or cdhile@hotmail.com. For more information, please click here.
Please
contact Rachel Lichten, PACA volunteer coordinator, at rachelgordonlichten@yahoo.com for
more information.
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