March 3, 2008
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Volume 1, Issue 28
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The Viking Voice
Columbus Academy Newsletter
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Vikes win first district basketball title since 1989
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 The Columbus
Academy boys basketball team cruised
past Highland 70-54 for the program's first
district championship since 1989. Click here to see Cindy Wilson's photos from the entire postseason so far. The Vikes, now in the Division III Sweet
Sixteen, play Cincinnati Shroder Paideia at Wright
State's Nutter Center
on Wednesday at 6:15 p.m. in the regional semifinals. Tickets are available for $6 in the CA
athletic office prior to the game but will be $8 at the arena. At the state wrestling meet last Thursday and
Friday, Academy's Bryan Panzano went 1-2 in the 171-pound weight division to
finish his senior season with a 42-10 record.
He plans to continue his wrestling career at Harvard University
in the fall.
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Third-graders prepare for annual Wax Museum
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| Academy third-graders will portray their
favorite historical figures at the annual Wax Museum this Wednesday from
8:15-9:00 a.m. in the Barton Room, Dining Hall and Westwater Room. All are encouraged to attend this delightful
event, for which the third-graders have been working very hard to prepare.
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Beatley signs with UNC track and field program
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 Columbus Academy senior Jake Beatley signed a National Letter
of Intent with the University
of North Carolina track and
field team last Friday. As a junior last
spring, Beatley won the Division III state high jump title by clearing 6 feet-6
inches in the state finals. He qualified
for the state meet by breaking the school record with a jump of 6'7" at the
regional meet. Beatley was also
second-team all-district in football this past fall and was recently named
first-team all-district in basketball.
With a scoring average of 21.5 points per game, he led the Vikings to
their first outright league title and district championship since 1989. He is the son of Jay and Mary Beatley, both
of New Albany. To see
photos of Jake's signing ceremony, please visit this week's Around Academy gallery. |
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Efforts of Academy students publicized in weekly press clippings
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 Liz Vaziri, a freshman at Columbus Academy,
was quoted in a Columbus Dispatch front-page story on local teenagers involved
in the presidential race last Friday. "I'm
a total CNN junkie - I watch it four hours a day," said Vaziri. "I just love the sense of history (taking
place)." Also, senior Zach Peters was
featured in a recent article about his efforts to raise money for a women's
shelter in Cusco, Peru. The story appeared in The Lantern, Ohio State's
student newspaper, on Feb. 19. To see
these and other CA-related names in the news, click here for this week's press clippings.
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Spring After School Activities brochure now available
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Check out the new Spring After School Activities brochure! It offers many varied programs that are sure
to intrigue your child. Some classes are
now open to fifth and sixth grade students.
Spots go quickly so register today.
You can find the brochure in any of the main offices or online by
clicking here. For more information, please
contact Alyssa King at 614-509-2529 or alyssa_king@columbusacademy.org.
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Academy participates in National Eating Disorder Awareness Week
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 Upper and Middle School assemblies last week
focused on National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. The culmination of the week's events was
Saturday night's Fifth Annual Fashion Show and Silent Auction at the Columbus
Zoo, which benefited the National Eating Disorder Association. Click here for Cindy Wilson's photos from the event, which featured CA students modeling clothes from G & Co., Industry
Standard, jinny, LEAL, Dr. Mojoe, Principessa, Rowe, Sole Classics and
Ticknor's. If you would like to know Ten Things Parents
Can Do to Prevent Eating Disorders, please click here.
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Special schedule March 10-14 for Upper School
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School will be following
a special schedule from March 10-14 (next Monday-Friday) in order to administer
the state-required Ohio Graduation Tests to our sophomore class. Please click here for more information on each grade level's (9-12) schedule.
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Emily Cipriani to star in "Annie" at Palace Theatre on March 7-9
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 Columbus Academy fifth-grader Emily Cipriani will play the lead
role in the Pleasure Guild of Nationwide Children's Hospital production of
"Annie" at the Columbus Palace Theatre on March 7-9. Cipriani won the coveted role this past fall
after competing against over 200 hopefuls.
Cipriani will perform the title role on the morning of March 7 for
more than 2,700 Columbus
school children before taking the stage in four shows for the general
public. All proceeds from the show
benefit Nationwide Children's Hospital.
Tickets for "Annie" can be purchased through the Palace Theatre box
office (614-469-0939). Show times are 7
p.m. on March 7-8 and 2 p.m. on March 8-9.
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Introduction to Upper School for Class of 2012 next Wednesday
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| All eighth-grade parents are invited to attend
an evening program next Wednesday, March 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Schoedinger
Theatre. At that time, members of the Upper School
administration will provide the necessary preliminary information that you will
need to ease your child's transition to Upper School. For more details, please click here.
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Columbus Academy MATHCOUNTS teams places fourth in region
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 At the 25th annual Franklin County
MATHCOUNTS Chapter Regional Competition on February 23, the CA team of Denny
Gao '12, Drew Klopfer '12, Andy Li '13, and Christopher Nolan '13 captured the
fourth-place team trophy and the privilege of moving on to compete in the state
competition to be held in Columbus this Saturday. In individual competition, Nolan earned first
place in the Countdown Round, where the top 16 individuals competed against one
another in 45-second head-on rounds. In
addition, Ryan Anzalone '12, Stephan Kim '12, Kia Khorrami '14, and Connie
Zhang '14 proved to be tough competition as they competed individually
throughout the Sprint and Target Rounds.
View this week's Around Academy gallery to see pictures!
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All parents encouraged to attend PACA meeting this Wednesday at 8 a.m.
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The Parents' Association of Columbus Academy
(PACA) encourages all parents to attend this Wednesday's monthly meeting at 8
a.m. in the Trustees' Room.
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Academy musicians make noteworthy accomplishments
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 In her final performance with the Columbus
Symphony Youth Orchestra (pictured left) yesterday at the Capitol Theater, Academy
senior Sheri Zweier played clarinet solos during Respighi's "Pines of Rome,"
Golijov's "Night of the Flying Horses" and Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue." Connie Zhang '14, meanwhile, received an
honorable mention in the intermediate division at the Columbus Music Teachers
Association Piano Competition on February 23.
She will now go on to audition for a world competition. Kudos also goes to Margaret Sutton '14, who
is currently the principal cellist in the Columbus Symphony Junior String
Orchestra. Also, Collin '09 and Kelsey
Sims '13 will perform at Cleveland
State University
with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra this Saturday at 7 p.m. The program, titled "Movie Night," features
guest composer Mark Mothersbaugh and music from the films "The Royal
Tenenbaums," "The Life Aquatic," "King Kong," "Psycho," "Star Wars,"
"Spiderman" and Gershwin's "Piano Concerto."
And safe travels to all members of the Viking Strings, Choir and Band
who will be on tour in Toronto
from March 6-9 giving and attending
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Start of Middle School lacrosse practices moved to Wednesday, March 5
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Middle School lacrosse practices were scheduled
to begin today but the start day has been moved to Wednesday, March 5. For more information, please contact coach
JoAnne Adams at adams@columbusacademy.org.
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Students prepare Masterworks 2008 for Antique Show raffle
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 How would you like to hang a Matisse or Monet in
your living room? Even better, these
masterpieces are painted by Columbus
Academy students in PreK
through grade 5. You can "win" one of
these special works through the Antique Show raffle. To see pictures of students at work, visit this week's Around Academy gallery. Look
for raffle tickets in your child's backpack after Spring Break. Simply purchase as many $10 chances to win as
you or your family would like and return them to your child's teacher. The drawing will be held at the Antique Show
Preview Party on Friday, April 25. You
do not have to be present to win. For
questions or more information, contact Marj Anzalone at marj.anzalone@gmail.com or Liz Burns
at estewartburns@aol.com. List of
works by grade: PreK -- Eric Carle inspired Caterpillar Collage; Kindergarten
-- Georgia O'Keefe inspired Flower Collage; Grade 1 -- Henri Matisse, Gold Fish, 1911; Grade 2 -- Vincent van
Gogh, Starry Night, 1888; Grade 3 -- Claude
Monet, Water Lily Pond and Japanese
Bridge, 1897; Grade 4 -- Pierre-August Renoir, Bouquet of Chrysanthemums, 1885; Grade 5 -- Claude Monet, Water-Lilies (a paper collage), 1916.
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Please join the Antique Show Tuition Raffle Call-a-thon team
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| Are you free to make some phone calls? Your help is needed. Join the CAAS Tuition Raffle Call-a-thon team
on Sunday, March 9, in the Trustees' Room from 5:45-8:00 p.m. It's fun and easy. Nearly every CA family wants to purchase the
chance for free tuition. Please reply to
Deb Lopresti at osudeb@aol.com.
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Basketball, Fashion Show, children's author highlight weekly photos
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 In addition to Cindy Wilson's photos from the district boys basketball tournament and the Fifth Annual Fashion Show, check out this
week's Around Academy gallery to see images from a recent MATHCOUNTS
competition, class collection artworks in progress, a "How to Be an Alumnus" seminar
for seniors, visiting author Deborah Hopkinson, Jake Beatley's signing
ceremony and
a recent alumni reception hosted by Dave and Ellen Ryan - parents of Mark '84
and Mike '87, grandparents of Grace '19 and Claire '21 - at the Pelican Isle
Yacht Club in Naples, Florida.
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| School calendar and Dining Hall lunch menu for the upcoming week |
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Tue.,
March 4-A
7:30 a.m.
Antiques Show Meeting (Trustees' Room)
Lunch:
chicken legs, mashed potatoes, broccoli, baked beans
3:30 p.m. US
Grade Level Meeting - 11 (Trustees' Room)
7:00 p.m.
US Cabaret (Dining Hall)
Wed.,
March 5-B
8:00 a.m. PACA
Meeting (Trustees' Room)
9-11 a.m. Special Guest presentation to Grades 6-8 (Schoedinger Theatre)
Lunch: cheese
or pepperoni pizza, salad buffet, jasmine rice, corn, Bahamas
vegetable blend
Thu.,
March 6-C
US Music
Trip to Toronto
(March 6-9)
10:30 a.m.
Junior Speeches (Peter Paras, Josh Self, Courtney Turner)
Lunch: beef
tips over noodles (LS - homemade chicken noodle soup), sugar snap peas, California blend cabbage
4:00 p.m. Board
of Trustees Meeting (Trustees' Room)
Fri.,
March 7-D
Lunch: grilled cheese sandwiches, tomato soup, lima beans, hashbrown casserole,
brussel sprouts (fish available for Lent)
7:30 p.m.
MS Dance with CSG and Wellington
(Barton Room)
Sat.,
Mar. 8
8:00 a.m. SSAT Testing (Trustees' Room)
Mon.,
March10-E
New enrollment contracts due
Lunch:
baked penne, garlic toast, winter blend vegetables, beets, spinach
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