May 12, 2008
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Volume 1, Issue 36
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The Viking Voice
Columbus Academy Newsletter
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MS Coin Wars raises $7,000 for local charity
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 During last Friday's Middle School assembly, the
MS Leadership Council presented a
check for $7,000 (see this week's Around Academy gallery) to Adventures for Wish Kids, a local charity that enriches the lives of children with life
threatening illnesses and their families by providing year round, fun-filled
group activities and destination events, fostering joy, laughter, normalcy and
supportive networking opportunities. The
funds were raised through the annual Coin
Wars, a program aimed at bringing the MS together (both students and
faculty) in thinking about those who are less fortunate. Throughout the five-day event last month,
Middle Schoolers filled containers with all the loose change they could
find. In the end, the seventh-graders won the interclass
competition by amassing 438,448 total points to easily outdistance the eighth
grade (runner-up), fifth grade (third place) and sixth grade (fourth).
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CA's final Late Start Day is this Wednesday
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Please do not forget that this Wednesday is a Late Start day, meaning
classes will not begin until 9:30 a.m. due to a faculty and staff professional
development session. Lower School
students can go to the CASE room beginning at 7:30 a.m. while Middle School students can go to the MS
Library. Both rooms will have adult supervision. Upper School
students should find a quiet place to study or read.
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Photos, photos and even more photos...
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 In addition to this week's Around Academy gallery (which includes a sixth-grade
science project, senior English
projects, a third-grade field trip
to Olentangy Indian Caverns, a Middle
School check presentation, an Upper School art history field trip and the Jesse
Owens Track Classic), be sure to visit the galleries for LS Special Friends Day, the LS Strings & Choir Concert, "Guys and Dolls" (by Cindy Wilson) and the MS Jack White Track Meet.
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PACA Annual Meeting this Thursday at 8 a.m.
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the PACA Annual Meeting this Thursday,
May 15, at 8 a.m. in the Trustees' Room.
The meeting will include the announcement of next year's PACA officers
and board, PACA grants, and a check presentation to Headmaster John Mackenzie.
Also, on May 21, the new PACA
Board for 2008-09 will hold its first meeting at 8 a.m. in the Trustees'
Room. In other PACA news, Scrip orders are ready to be picked up
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Coming Next Week
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 Seniors' Final Days Photos
Senior Project Updates
Varsity & JV Tennis Photos
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Emily and Michaella Cipriani both finalists in Voice of the City competition
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 CA sisters Emily
'15 and Michaella '13 Cipriani were both recently selected as finalists in
the second annual Voice of the City
competition at the Columbus Performing Arts Center. The competition, similar to American Idol,
places contestants ages 8 to 21 in front of judges who offer feedback. The 29 finalists will sing again on June 28
with a $1,000 prize for first place. The
five judges for the finals will include Nancy
Carson, a New York
talent agent who has represented Britney
Spears, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and many of the current
children performing on Broadway. To read a feature story on the Cipriani
sisters in last Wednesday's Columbus Dispatch, please visit this week's press clippings.
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Viking sports teams wrapping up their successful spring seasons
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 The Columbus
Academy boys tennis program captured its third-straight MSL-Ohio/Cardinal title by sweeping all of the matches on
Saturday. Currently the state's top-ranked team in Division II,
the Vikes (15-3) will host sectionals this Friday and Saturday. Visit this week's press clippings for a Dispatch
story on senior Will Petrie (pictured), who just won his fourth MSL Player-of-the-Year
award. The JV
squad (4-4) wraps up its season today and tomorrow with home matches at 4:15 p.m.
while the MS boys (9-3) completed their
season Saturday with a third-place finish at the New Albany Invitational.
The varsity track and field
teams open the MSL meet tomorrow at Granville with the finals on Friday evening
followed by districts next week at Gahanna. Click here to read Coach Bob Kirk's latest stories about the varsity boys squad. At
the Middle School league meet last
Thursday, the Viking girls captured first place while the boys finished
fourth. Winning individual titles were Cami Mampieri in the long jump, Alisha Ho in the 1600-meter run, Logan Berlet in the 200 meters
(school-record time of 33.4), Allison
Martin in the 400 and Jon Michael
Hilsheimer in the boys' 400 meters.
In lacrosse, CA's varsity
squad (12-2) begins the postseason tonight with a 6:00 p.m. home game against
Olentangy. The JV and Middle School teams
completed their seasons Saturday with 13-2 and 10-2 records, respectively. And finally, the 7-12-1 varsity baseball squad begins its playoffs at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow at
Liberty Union. The JV team completed its season last Friday with a 10-11 record while
the MS squad finished with an 8-5
mark after the season finale scheduled for today was cancelled.
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Wolfe, Lee and Wilson honored at Governor's awards ceremony
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 Academy senior Jackie Wolfe, junior Madison
Lee and art teacher Cindy Wilson
were all honored during the Ohio Governor's
Youth Art Exhibition awards ceremony last month at The Riffe Center Capitol
Theatre. Wolfe's photograph, titled "Mr.
Clean and Virgin Mary" (click here to see photo and here to read description),
was chosen as one of the Top 25 artworks
in the state from more than 12,000 entries.
For Wilson,
it marked her second appearance as a Top
25 Teacher, the other time being in 2000 with a work by Harrison Westwater '01. Lee's photograph (click here to see) was
selected for the Governor's Office
Display but she was unable to attend the ceremony. The state exhibition will be on display at
the James A. Rhodes State Office
Tower (8 a.m.-5 p.m.)
through this Thursday, May 15.
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New Director of College Counseling to be welcomed on Friday
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 Juniors, please join the College Counseling Office on Friday, May 16, at
1:00 p.m. in front of the College Counseling Conference Room for an Ice
Cream Social welcoming Ms. Darnell Heywood, new Director of College
Counseling. Let's take this chance to
celebrate the end of a successful junior year and look forward to your final
year of high school!
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Middle School elective and foreign language choices are due this week
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All
Middle School students entering grades six, seven
and eight need to select an elective (click here for form) this week. In addition, all rising seventh-graders need to choose and sign up for a foreign
language (click here). For scheduling
purposes, these forms need to be completed and returned to the MS office by this Friday, May 16. Also, please click here for the Middle School exam schedule and click here for Middle School Closing Ceremony information.
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College Counseling plans parents-only program on Wednesday, May 21
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Senior
parents are invited to join Ohio State University's Director of First-Year
Experience for a program designed to help parents understand what the first
year of college will bring. This joint
program with The Wellington School and Columbus School
for Girls will offer information regarding transition programs, extracurricular
activities, and how parents can help support their students as they go through
the college experience. The event will
take place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May
21, in Academy's Schoedinger Theatre.
Also, seniors are required to
attend a special meeting from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. on Monday, June 2
(Senior Projects are due at 10:45 a.m.), in Schoedinger Theatre. Hosted by CA's Alumni Relations and College
Counseling offices, "Officer Bob"
Armstrong and former Academy
students will discuss how to make a successful transition in the first year
of college. Lunch and refreshments will
be provided. For more information on
either of these events, please contact the College
Counseling office at 509-2537.
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CA Summer Experience Open House planned for 6-8 p.m. on May 28
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 The Columbus
Crew is coming to The Columbus Academy! Not only are you getting a
quality program with Columbus Crew player visits, but every child also takes
home a ticket to a Crew home game, a Crew cinch sack and a Crew water
bottle. Also, the Summer
Experience has a lot of unique programming ranging from PreK to Adult classes. Check out
our online
brochure or call 614-509-2267 for a brochure to be mailed to you. And
don't miss the Summer Experience Open
House on May 28 from 6-8 p.m. that will include tours of the facility,
teacher meet-and-greet, an overview with the camp director and an open
question-and-answer. If you have any
questions about Summer Experience, please contact Alyssa King at 614-509-2529 or alyssa_king@columbusacademy.org.
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Ninth grade end-of-the-year party scheduled for Friday, May 30
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And end-of-the-year
party for CA ninth-graders (click here for flyer) will be held on Friday,
May, 30, from 7:30-11:00 p.m. at the home of Carrie and Chris Meacham. A meeting
for chaperones and volunteers will be held on Wednesday, May 21, from
8:10-9:00 a.m. at Seekers in the new Creekside.
Any ninth-grade parents who are interested in volunteering should attend
the meeting or call Carl Dipman or Carrie Meacham. Also, all eighth-grade moms are invited to a final breakfast before the
Middle School year ends. The event will
take place at Tasi Café (680 Pearl
Street) on May 22 at 9 a.m. Please RSVP to Debbie Daoud at debbiedaoud1@hotmail.com
by May 19.
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| School calendar and Dining Hall lunch menu for the upcoming week |
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Tue.,
May 13-E
LS Class
Pictures (all morning)
8:00 a.m.
AP Exams (Language Lab)
Lunch: cream
chicken over biscuits, green beans, carrots, winter blend
Wed.,
May 14-F
7:40
Faculty/Staff Professional Development Session
8:00 a.m.
AP Exams (Barton Room)
9:30 a.m.
LATE START
Lunch: spaghetti
and meatballs, salad buffet
7:00 p.m.
MS Band Concert (Schoedinger Theatre)
Thu.,
May 15-A
8:00 a.m.
PACA Annual Meeting (Trustees' Room)
8:00 a.m.
AP Exams (Barton Room)
Lunch: BBQ
beef sandwiches
1:00 p.m.
AP Exams (Barton Room)
1:00 p.m.
LS Parent-Teacher Conferences
3:00-6:00
p.m. LS CASE open
Fri.,
May 16-B
NO SCHOOL FOR LS (LS Parent-Teacher Conferences)
LS CASE
open all day for conference times only
MS Elective
and Foreign Language Choices Due
Lunch: meat
or vegetable lasagna
1:00 p.m.
Ice Cream Social Welcoming Darnell Heywood (College Counseling)
3:30 p.m.
College Signing Celebration (Trustees' Room)
Sat.,
May 17
MS Strings/Band/Choir Competition at Cedar Point
Sun.,
May 18
3:45 p.m. MOSAIC End-of-Year Banquet (Bus Circle)
Mon.,
May 19-C
Lunch: chicken patty sandwiches
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