Nov 5, 2007
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Volume 1, Issue 13
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The Viking Voice
Columbus Academy Newsletter
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Kids for Kids Clothing Drive needs coats
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 The CA Service Board is collecting gently used
or new items (coats are especially needed) in clean and good condition for its Kids for Kids Clothing Drive
today and tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the arts entrance, Lower School
turnaround and Upper
School
drop-off/turnaround. While the clothing
is for kids of all ages (newborn to 18 years), some of the teenagers do wear
adult sizes. Outfits are created,
gift-wrapped and given to the sponsored children as holiday gifts. For more information on specific items and
sizes needed and what will not be accepted, please click here. To volunteer for sorting and packaging
(Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.), please contact Ann Boeckman at 253-3108 or
Beth Fisher at 478-7788. To see Christy Bening's photos from
last Thursday's Make-A-Meal event, click here.
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Academy Life student newspaper goes online
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 The Academy Life, Columbus Academy's
student newspaper, is now available online.
Thanks to the efforts of faculty advisor Pat Hogan and student editors
Ned Dutton '08 and Courtney Miller '08, the October 2007 edition is available for
viewing by clicking here. |
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Award-winning editor to address Upper School assembly on Tuesday
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 Andrew Carroll, one of the nation's foremost
experts on wartime correspondence and editor of several best-selling books,
will speak at CA's Upper
School assembly on
Tuesday, Nov. 6, as part of the Voices of Authors speaker series sponsored by
the Reinberger Upper School Library. Carroll,
whose father Tom Carroll graduated from Academy in 1946, also recently edited
"Operation Homecoming: Iraq,
Afghanistan,
and the Home Front, in the Words of U.S. Troops and Their Families," based on
the National Endowment for the Arts initiative of the same name. He is also the founder and director of the
Legacy Project, a national all-volunteer initiative that works to honor and
remember U.S.
troops and veterans by preserving their wartime correspondence. A 1993 magna cum laude graduate of Columbia University, he has received the DAR's
Medal of Honor, the National Infantryman Association's Order of Saint Maurice
and the Freedom Forum's Free Spirit Award.
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Academy to host three concerts in eight days starting Wednesday
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 The music programs at Columbus Academy
are about to take center stage. The
MS/US Choir Concert is first on the slate this Wednesday at 7 p.m. in
Schoedinger Theatre. The Sixth Grade
Choir, Seventh Grade Choir, Eighth Grade Choir, Viking Choir and Camerata will
all be performing for the first time this school year. Then, the Upper School Jazz Concert will be
held Monday, November 12, at 7 p.m. in Schoedinger Theatre. The Upper and Middle School string orchestras
will wrap up the autumn music performances with their Fall Strings Concert on
Wednesday, November 14, at 7 p.m. in the theater. All three events are free so please come
support the students in CA's music programs.
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MIT Logarhythms to perform at Upper School assembly on November 12
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 The MIT Logarhythms, an all-male a cappella
group from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will perform at CA's Upper School
assembly on Monday, November 12. Since
1949, the Logs have entertained audiences around the world with their unique
mix of harmony and humor. Click here for their Web site. Their Nov. 12 performance
in Schoedinger Theatre is scheduled from 10:35-11:00 a.m.
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Drama students stage moving rendition of "The Diary of Anne Frank"
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 The Upper School Theater Program successfully
staged three performances of "The Diary of Anne Frank" recently. An afternoon performance on October 25 (click here for photos) for CA's seventh and eighth grades was followed by two evening
shows for the general public on Oct. 26-27.
The next performance by Academy's Upper School
drama students will be "Guys and Dolls" on May 1-3, 2008.
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Lower and Middle Schoolers collecting candy for Operation Buckeye
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 The
Lower School will be joining the Middle School
effort to collect leftover Halloween candy to send to our soldiers through
Operation Buckeye. If you have any leftovers
at home, please feel free to send it in with your Lower School
child and we will take care of collecting and packaging it to send out next
week. Along with the candy, if you or
your child would like to include a note of thanks for the soldiers, please send
that in as well. We will send any cards
or notes along with the candy treats. Hopefully this serves as an empowering
opportunity for the children to take something very little and use it to make a
big difference to someone else. We try
to celebrate C.A.R.E.S. every day, and this would be one more opportunity to
give to others. And in case you missed
last Wednesday's hay ride and Halloween Parade, you can click here for
pictures. Also, be sure to
check out the Middle School costumes in this week's Around Academy gallery.
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Celebration of Leadership event just three weeks away
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 All parents should have received by now an invitation to Academy's Fourth Annual Fund Speaker
Series event Celebration of Leadership,
with special guest Christopher Gardner. Gardner's extraordinary
rags-to-riches story is the subject of his autobiography and the hit film "The Pursuit of Happyness." The Celebration
of Leadership event is offered as a thank you and stimulus to CA's Annual
Fund leadership donors (gifts of $2,500 or more). On November 28, Mr. Gardner will kick-off the
day's events with an address to the Upper
School student body and
faculty/staff at 4 p.m.,
followed by a reception and general lecture in the evening. His afternoon address to the Upper School
will be videotaped and made available on the school's Web site. For more information, please contact Erin
Saurborn, Director of Annual Giving, at 614-509-2256 or erin_saurborn@columbusacademy.org.
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Scrip orders available now through November 16
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The holidays will soon be here and the Scrip
program can help take the stress out of ordering your personal holiday and
corporate gift cards and gift certificates.
Stock up on our special holiday feature - iTunes gifts cards $15 value
for only $14. Click here to download the
forms and details. Please continue to
reload your Kroger cards that you have purchased through the Scrip program
because PACA continues to receive a percentage.
Also, special orders of $700 or greater may be filled anytime. For questions, please e-mail Sue Pickering at
sue@pickering1.com or Lynne Souba at Lsouba@sbcglobal.net. Thank you for your support. |
Other news from the Parents' Association of Columbus Academy (PACA)
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| There will be an Antiques Show meeting on
Tuesday, November 6, at 8:30 a.m.
in the Trustees' Room. All committee
members and those parents interested in finding out more about the Antiques
Show or volunteering are invited to attend.
The 2008 show is still in need of volunteers. Most of the voluntary positions still
available require only about three hours of time in total. Please contact Ann Flaherty at aeflaherty@aol.com or 614-638-4026 for
more information... All CA parents are invited to attend the next PACA meeting on
Wednesday, November 7, at 8 a.m.
in the Trustees' Room. Guest speakers
will be Michael Bender (Board of Trustees Development Committee Chair) and Gary
Williams (Interim Head of the Upper
School)... Ads for next
year's CA Athletics Program are selling briskly in advance of an announced
price increase. Team picture
sponsorships are almost sold out, so any parties interested in an ad or team
sponsorship should contact Ben Nicola at 478-9363 or bnicola@columbus.rr.com. Though ad prices go up $100 after December 1, 2007, ad
payments are not due until May 2008. |
| School calendar and Dining Hall lunch menu for the upcoming week |
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Tue., Nov. 6-D
8:30 a.m. Antiques Show Meeting (Trustees' Room)
10:30 a.m. Andrew Carroll address to US assembly (Theater)
Lunch: shredded chicken sandwich
Wed., Nov. 7-E
8 a.m. PACA Meeting (Trustees' Room)
8:30 a.m. Picture Retakes
Lunch: cheese-filled ravioli, garlic bread, salad buffet
7 p.m. MS/US Choir Concert (Theatre)
Thu.,
Nov. 8-F
10:30 a.m. Junior Speeches
(Ben Mozenter, Ben Zitsman, Victoria Pennington)
Lunch: LS -- turkey corndogs/MS & US -- sirloin tips over wide noodles
Fri., Nov. 9-A
Lunch: LS -- pack lunches/MS & US -- fish, wild rice
Sat.,
Nov. 10
8 a.m. SSAT Testing (Trustees' Room)
Mon.,
Nov. 12-B
10:35 a.m. MIT Logarhythms perform at US assembly (Theater)
Lunch: turkey dogs, sweet potato fries
7 p.m. Upper School Jazz Concert (Theater)
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We are taking special orders for BOATHOUSE
Sports Activity Jackets.
Jackets are available with several options and
are priced between $80-$90.
Orders will be taken Nov. 6 thru Nov. 9 for Holiday delivery.
Entire size selection is available to try on.
Stop by during normal store hours to see the
samples and place your order!
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Visit us in our Dining Hall location or at www.vikingcorner.com!
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