Oct 9, 2007
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Volume 1, Issue 9
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The Viking Voice
Columbus Academy Newsletter
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Academy fourth-grader Skates for Hope
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 Columbus Academy fourth-grader
Caroline Aronowitz '16 participated in Skate for Hope at Nationwide Arena on
Sept. 29. She dedicated her skating
performance to breast cancer survivor Claudia Herrington, who is the mother of
Robby Simpson IV '19 and wife of MS science teacher Robby Simpson. This was the fourth year of Skate for Hope,
which has raised over $150,000 for breast cancer research. To see a photo of Aronwitz and Herrington at
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Letter to all Middle School parents
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| All Middle School parents are encouraged to read a
letter from Middle School Head Magnus Maccow about the latest and upcoming
events in Van Syckel Hall. Also, notes
from the recent Sixth Grade Parent Forum are available by clicking here.
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Lower School Fall Picnic on October 14
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| For a fall afternoon of fun on campus, please
come to the Lower School Fall Picnic on Sunday, October 14, from 4-6 p.m. The event will be held on campus next to the
soccer and baseball fields. Bring your
own picnic, but drinks and music will be provided. Come join all your LS friends for soccer,
flag football, basketball, pumpkins, hay rides, music and fun! Call Jeff Jeffers (740-363-3310) or Cynthia
Zeigler (614-855-0585) with questions.
NOTE: in case of inclement weather, you will be notified my email so
check before you leave the house.
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Another Columbus Academy senior earns academic recognition
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 By scoring in the top five percent in the 2006
Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, Columbus Academy
senior Tomi Obikunle is among some 3,000 outstanding National Achievement
Scholarship Program participants being referred to U.S. colleges and
universities. In addition to Obikunle,
the school had two National Achievement Semifinalists, 15 National Merit
Semifinalists and four National Merit Commended Students, meaning 23.3 percent
of the 90-member senior class received some level of recognition from the
nationwide test. Click here to see the October 2 press release.
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Check out the photos from Friday night's festivities!
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 Prior to Friday night's home football game against
Newark Catholic, the Parents' Association of Columbus Academy (PACA) hosted its
25th annual Charlie David Dinner.
To see photos from the event (including the Boardwalk games in the
Barton Room), click here. The evening
also marked the CA Athletic Hall of Fame induction of Mike Hochandel '93, who
was an All-Ohio quarterback and shortstop for the Vikings before starring in
football and baseball at Harvard. Click
here to see photos from his induction ceremony.
And to see photos from random events around campus last week - including
visitors from China,
kindergarten art class, fifth-grade strings practice, eighth-grade health
class, US
art class, new band jackets, parent note-a-thon and an alumni mixer at Ocean
Club - visit the latest Around Academy gallery.
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National awards garnered by Columbus Academy swimming program
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 The Columbus
Academy swimming program
recently received several prestigious awards from national organizations. Michael Lopresti '08 (photo on left) made the NISCA/Speedo
Boys All-America Team in the 100 breaststroke and was named a Scholastic
All-American by USA Swimming. From the
Class of 2007, Kristen Dillon earned the NISCA/Speedo Academic All-America
Award while Chris Sanford made the Boys All-America Team in the 100 backstroke
and the 200 IM. The Vikings' varsity
boys swim team also garnered the NISCA Scholar Team Bronze Award for achieving
an average cumulative GPA over 3.200.
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Boys varsity golf team advances to state tournament on October 12-13
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 For the 20th time in 26 seasons, Columbus Academy is headed to the boys golf state
tournament this Friday and Saturday at OSU's Scarlet Course. The Vikes, who placed third last year, have
won six state championships, with the last one coming in 1999. The squad finished second in 2004, marking
the program's fifth runner-up nod. In a
pressure-packed district tournament last Tuesday, an even-par 72 by senior Alex
Simson led CA to a second-place finish (by two strokes) and the final
qualifying spot for the state tourney.
To see Chip Viets' photos from districts, click here.
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Fall sports teams providing plenty of excitement for Viking fans
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 The varsity boys soccer team hosts archrival Bexley at
7:15 tonight on Marsh Field for the Mid-State League-Ohio Division title. Academy won all three of its matches last
week to remain undefeated in league play and improve to 10-1-2 overall. The district volleyball tournament also
begins tonight as CA opens with Ridgedale at 6 p.m. in the Westerville South
gym. Meanwhile, the varsity girls tennis
squad recently defeated Columbus School for Girls 4-1 in the district finals to advance
to the state semifinal round of the OTCA Division II tournament, which will be
played Oct. 21 at Ohio
State. In individual play, the Vikes completely
dominated sectional competition over the weekend as both the singles and
doubles finals were all Academy players.
Sheena Koushik '09 beat Lindsay Hughes '10 for the singles title while
Holly Tu '08 and Valerie Micek '09 defeated Nisha Nataraj '10 and Shreya Kundur
'08 in the doubles final. To view the
entire Fall '07 Athletics Program, complete with photos and rosters of each
varsity and JV team, click here.
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CA Service Board prepares for Holiday Project
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 The CA Service Board Holiday Project is designed
to bring together the entire school community in service to members of the
larger Columbus
community who need help with the most basic of needs: food and clothing. Events begin with Ten "Can Days from October
22 to November 2, when CA students will collect enough cans and dry foods to
feed 35 families dinner for a week. To
see a complete rundown of the upcoming Holiday Project and learn how you can
volunteer, please click here. Also,
new photos from Fall Service Day have been posted, including visits to
Community Refugee and Immigration Services, the Mid-Ohio Food Bank and
Northside Child Development, a daycare center for low-income families. And if you missed last week's gallery from
the Wesley Ridge Retirement Home and from Shepard's Corner, an organic
greenspace operated by nuns, click here.
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Academy alum Artie Isaac '78 highlights this week's press clippings
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| Artie Isaac, a 1978 graduate of Columbus Academy, was featured in last
Thursday's Joe Blundo column in the Columbus Dispatch. Along with retired CA faculty members Kevin
Morrin and John Detrick, Isaac set up a table outside the Fisher College of
Business to ask random OSU students questions about math, science and English
with interesting results. Read the full
story in this week's press clippings.
Also, check out Isaac's recent contribution to the Yale Alumni Magazine
by clicking here.
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Interested in following the Monarch migration to Mexico over Spring Break?
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 The Monarch butterfly's migration to Mexico is one
of nature's most incredible journeys.
Join Dianne Griffin (LS science teacher) and Sean Cullinan (director of
technology) on a trip into the heart of Mexico to see the monarch's winter
habitat and the adaptations monarchs have for survival. On the Spring Break trip, you will tour Mexico City, visit the students of Angangueo, see the
Volcano of Paricutin (included in many versions of the Seven Natural Wonders of
the World), tour the colonial town of Morelia
and see the Pyramids of Teotihuacan. A
meeting to discuss the March 15-22 trip will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday,
Oct. 11, in Mrs. Griffin's classroom (Van Syckel C-008).
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No late start for 9th-11th graders taking PLAN and PSAT on Oct. 17
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| On Wednesday, Oct. 17, students in graders 9 through
11 will be taking practice college admission exams. Freshmen will be taking the PLAN test
(preliminary ACT), while sophomores and juniors will be taking the PSAT. All families will be receiving additional
information in the mail. Please note,
however, that students should report to the Upper School
for attendance by 8:05 a.m., not the late start time.
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Upper School Theater Program to stage "The Diary of Anne Frank"
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 Academy's Upper School Theater Program will
perform "The Diary of Anne Frank" on Oct. 26-27 at 7:30 p.m. in Schoedinger
Theatre. Cast members include Emily
Downes '10, Max Kelsten '08, Stephanie Grauer '11, Chelsea Arata '09, Ned
Dutton '08, Mary Parker '08, Benjamin Yoder '11, Linda Mullin '08, Shawn Ali '09
and Al Kemp '08. Tickets can be ordered
through Mary Kate Hermann at marykate_hermann@columbusacademy.org. If you can donate any prop items such as
wooden crates or lettuce baskets, dishes, plates, glassware, drinking or sherry
glasses, cognac or sherry bottles, small dressers, peg hooks, leather or straw
rucksacks, large map of the WWII area, straw carry-alls and celebrity photos
from the era (including Queen Wilhemina), please contact Patrick McGregor '08 at
patrick_mcgregor@columbusacademy.org.
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School calendar and Dining Hall lunch menu for the upcoming week
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Wed.,
Oct. 10-C
Lunch: pizza, salad buffet
3:30 p.m.
SEED Meeting (Huntington Room)
6-7 p.m.
MOSAIC Meeting (Huntington Room)
7 p.m.
Freshman/Sophomore College Parent Night (Theater)
Thu., Oct. 11-D
10:30 a.m. Junior Speeches (India Myers, Xander Skoulis, Jack Barkin)
Lunch: fajita
chicken strips with pita bread
Fri., Oct. 12-E
Lunch: baked fish, macaroni and cheese
Quarter
ends for MS and US Sat., Oct. 13
8 a.m. SSAT Testing (Trustees' Room)
Mon., Oct. 15-F
Lunch: shredded chicken sandwich
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The bling shirt is back!
(available in white and gray, youth and adult sizes)
Other new items also have arrived -- hairbows, sweatshirts and pants
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Visit us in our Dining Hall location or at www.vikingcorner.com!
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