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One of the earliest priorities in our current construction project was moving the lower school art room so that the PreK-B classroom could have that wonderful space near the entrance to the Lower School. The concept was simple: have both pre-kindergarten classrooms close together in the same hallway with kindergarten and right inside the lower … More Taking Care of our Youngest Students

Sometime over the next few days, this new walkway will be opened for everyone to once again have easy access to the Dining Hall from the upper school parking lots! This means when you arrive for the Charlie David Dinner on Friday, you can stroll down the 20-foot-wide pathway (required to accommodate emergency vehicles) and … More An Exciting Month Ahead

Before the 2015-16 school year began last month, Academy’s senior administrators decided that they wanted to address construction and other campus issues with parents in a lighthearted yet memorable way. Things like staying out of construction areas, parking in appropriate spots, following carpool guidelines and such were important details and reminders to share with parents, … More Don’t Be These People

For 11 years, Lloyd Cicetti taught Columbus Academy’s youngest students the wonders of art in a beautiful space at the front of the Lower School. So it’s no surprise that he was a little apprehensive to move his class and all of the necessary supplies to a smaller room with no windows. He understood the … More A Classroom for a Palette

The title of this blog post is a direct quote from Doug Bennett, Academy’s facilities director, when asked about the great weather we’ve been experiencing these past few weeks. The sunny skies have not only improved everyone’s moods, but have also helped our construction crews make significant progress. Have you seen how fast the new … More “Making Hay While the Sun Shines”

If you’ve seen our opening-day photos already, you probably noticed that we were blessed with sunny skies for Convocation and throughout the school day. The same can’t be said, however, for the late-afternoon car pool when the clouds decided to unleash a furious deluge as many of you were picking up children from an exhausting … More Carpool Heroes

One topic that hasn’t been addressed yet is the CASE program, which stands for Children’s After School Experience (click here for brochure). CASE allows for families to drop off children in Grades PreK-8 as early as 7:00 a.m. and extends after-school pick up until anytime before 6:00 p.m. For the Lower School, CASE is still … More Reimagining After-School Care

Although drop-off and pick-up of students via cars will be relatively unchanged this school year, construction on the front of Van Syckel Hall (the middle school building) will alter operations in our bus circle quite a bit First, the part of the paved circle where buses dropped off students had to be moved away from … More All About That Bus Circle (and Monday)

For our first blog post about construction, we went straight to Doug Bennett, Director of Facilities and Grounds, who is overseeing the largest physical transformation at Columbus Academy since the school moved to Cherry Bottom Road in 1968. The current multi-phase project that involves all three divisions of the school began just hours after our … More Q & A with Doug Bennett