Columbus Academy
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| The Columbus Academy | |
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| Established | 1911 |
| School type | Private |
| Religious affiliation | none |
| Headmaster | John Mackenzie |
| Location | Gahanna, OH, USA |
| Campus | Suburban, 233 acres |
| Enrollment | 1,016 total (PreK-12) |
| Faculty | 126 |
| Average class size | unknown |
| Student:Teacher ratio | 7.5:1 |
| Average SAT scores (2005) | |
| Athletics | 15 varsity sports |
| Color(s) | Maroon and Grey |
| Mascot | Vikings |
| Homepage | [www.columbusacademy.org] |
The Columbus Academy is a private college-preparatory school in Gahanna, Ohio that offers education to students from pre-kindergarten to the twelfth grade. It was founded in 1911 in Bexley, Ohio and moved to its current campus in the 1960s. It was an all-boys school until the early 1990s when the Board of Trustees decided to open the school to girls in an effort to save the school from financial problems. In the early 1990s the school suffered from low enrollment, a small endowment, and there were fears the school would close. From its conception, the school has slowly expanded to its current size of around one thousand students.
The school is situated on a secluded suburban campus accessed by long driveways. In 1999 the school built a new library reminiscent of its old Bexley campus, and added large additions to the theatre and Lower and Upper schools in 2004. In the past few years, beginning in 2003, they added another addition, respectably larger than the last. This addition consisted of a new athletic building, new sports facilities and courts, additional parking lots, a new upper school wing, and a third library (totaling three libraries, one lower, one middle, and one upper). Students must abide by a dress code which calls for polo or button down shirts tucked neatly into khaki pants. Football, soccer, cross country, field hockey, volleyball, golf, swimming, basketball, track, lacrosse, wrestling and baseball teams are present at the school, along with good art and theatre programs and a monthly newspaper, the Academy Life.
Requirements for graduation include 50 service hours, a speech given to the school during junior year, a 3-week senior project, a gym and health credit, 3 years of language, history, math and science and 4 of English. Spanish language begins in the lower school, with French, Chinese and Latin as options beginning in the 7th grade.
Graduates who have attended the school since first grade are called "lifers". Currently Seniors can wear shorts 3 weeks earlier than the rest of the school, leave campus for lunch, exhibit their artwork in a special show, sit in the front during assembly, and roam on the "quad," the school's grassy courtyard.
Student council
The Columbus Academy Student Council is the student government of the Columbus Academy. It consists of 24 members, including a Student Body President who presides over the meetings, as well as 5 council members per grade.Newspaper
The Academy Life is a newspaper produced by students of Columbus Academy during the school year and is published primarily for the students, alumni, faculty, parents and advertisers. It is produced to inform and entertain its readers by providing coverage of current events, sports, features and reviews.External links
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