Dec 3, 2007
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Volume 1, Issue 17
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The Viking Voice
Columbus Academy Newsletter
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Check out Academy Magazine's new look!
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 The fall issue of Academy Magazine should be arriving
in mailboxes soon. For the first time in
school history, the publication is entirely in full-color, thanks to John
Ziegler Jr. '82 and his staff at Buckeye Printing & Mailing Solutions. For a sneak peek at the newly redesigned
magazine, please click here.
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Gardner provides thought-provoking message
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 As the 2007 Celebration
of Leadership guest speaker, Christopher Gardner delivered two stimulating
and thought-provoking messages to Columbus
Academy audiences last
Wednesday. His afternoon address to the Upper School
students and faculty focused on the power of pursuing goals and believing in your
dreams. In the evening, Gardner - whose best-selling autobiography
became the hit film "The Pursuit of Happyness" - gave a 55-minute speech to the
school's Annual Fund leadership donors at Abigail and Leslie Wexner's Party
Barn. To see photos of Gardner's visit, please click here. For more information on CA's Annual Fund,
please contact Director of Annual
Giving Erin Saurborn at 614-509-2256 or erin_saurborn@columbusacademy.org.
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Down payments for June trip must be in by Tuesday
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| Today was the due date for the down payment on
the June 17-26, 2008, trip to Athens, Delphi, Sorrento and Rome. Anyone still wishing to make the trip must
get their down payments to Dr. Franz Gruber or Christy Bening by tomorrow (Tuesday) at
the very latest.
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Wrestling season begins with a home meet on Wednesday
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 The varsity and JV wrestling seasons begin with
a 5:30 p.m. home meet on Wednesday.
Then, while the Upper
School grapplers are at
the Nelsonville-York Duals on Saturday, the Middle School squad will open its
season at the Summit MS Tournament. To
read previews of the Vikes' varsity wrestling season and to see who was named
All-Ohio in field hockey and football, check out this week's press clips.
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Academy grad Bob Turton '01 teams up with actor Will Ferrell on video
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 Columbus Academy graduate Bob Turton
'01 recently produced and starred in a comedic video called "High-Five Montage"
that caught the attention of actor and comedian Will Ferrell. Turton and his crew, who befriended each
other at Northwestern University, then flew to Los Angeles to produce "High-Five Hollywood" which
features Ferrell, Mary Steenburgen, Ryan Seacrest, Milo Ventimiglia, Tim
Meadows, Blake Lewis, Barats and Baretta, and more. Check out the new video at Ferrell's "Funny or
Die" site by clicking here. If you like
it, vote "funny" and pass it on to your friends and family. To see the original "High-Five Montage,"
click here.
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Academy to hold Interior Threat Lockdown Drill on December 11
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In an ongoing effort to make our campus as safe
as possible, Columbus
Academy will hold an Interior Threat Lockdown Drill at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday,
December 11. This drill will help
prepare our faculty, staff and students in the event that a disruptive force is
inside one of the school buildings or there is a situation within one of the
school buildings that would involve more than normal discipline to resolve the
situation. In addition to familiarizing
everyone with the proper procedures during such an incident, the drill will
also serve as another test of the recently installed campus-wide emergency
communication system. A similar lockdown
drill for an exterior threat was successfully staged last spring. Current state law requires at least one
lockdown drill per school year.
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Columbus Area Diversity Meeting to be held at CA on December 14
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diversity, multicultural education and inclusion in area independent schools is
invited to attend the Columbus Area Diversity Meeting on Friday, December 14,
in the Trustees' Room at Academy Hall. The
focus of the gathering, which will be facilitated by CA Diversity Director
Deidre Hamlar and CSG Middle School Director Sylvia Rodriguez, will be on planning
to support outreach to attract diverse teacher candidates to local independent
schools. The meeting is scheduled for
4:00 p.m. with light refreshments beginning at 3:30 p.m. For more information, please click here.
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LS Parents: A letter from Mr. Vorenberg regarding holiday season
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| Attention all Lower School parents, please read a
letter from LS Head Dan Vorenberg regarding the upcoming holiday season by
clicking here.
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Middle School announces exam schedule for 7th-graders and 8th-graders
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Middle School seventh and eighth grade exams
will be given December 17-20. December
21 is scheduled for make-up exams only. To
see a complete exam schedule and times for student pickup on those days, please
click here.
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News from the Parents' Association of Columbus Academy (PACA)
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 The Viking Corner hosted a very successful
one-day sale in the athletics lobby last Friday. Pictures from the event are included at the
end of this week's Around Academy gallery... The Fourth Annual PACA Cookie Day is scheduled
for Friday, December 14. Volunteers are
needed to bake 6-8 dozen cookies and then to sort and distribute them to
faculty and staff. Anyone interested in
helping with this faculty recognition event, please contact Leanne Keith at LKEITH1@insight.rr.com... The 2008-2009
Athletic Program is filling up fast with ads. The following teams have NO
sponsor for next year: Boys & Girls Basketball, Girls Tennis, Volleyball,
Field Hockey and Lacrosse. All other sports are spoken for. Contact
Ben Nicola at BNicola@columbus.rr.com
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Tue.,
Dec. 4-D
9-11 a.m. PACA Winter Breakfast (Worthington Inn)
Lunch: spicy
chicken sandwich on multigrain bread
Hanukkah
begins at sundown
Wed.,
Dec. 5-E
Hanukkah
9 a.m.
Administrative Staff Meeting (Trustees' Room)
Lunch: skyline
chili spaghetti with toppings
Thu.,
Dec. 6-F
8 a.m. Executive Committee Meeting (Headmaster's Office)
10:30 a.m.
Junior Speeches (Divya Manda, Austin Griffin, Skyler Jordan)
Lunch: baked
popcorn shrimp
Fri.,
Dec. 7-A
Lunch: calzones with whole grain crust
Sat.,
Dec. 8
8 a.m. Admissions Testing, Grades 5-12
8 a.m. SSAT
Testing (Trustees' Room)
ACT Testing
(off-campus)
Mon.,
Dec. 10-B
Lunch: hamburger on multigrain bread with baked fries
4 p.m.
Lower School Faculty Meeting (LS Library)
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