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Head of School Melissa Soderberg used the Billy Joel song “Vienna” to relate her message to graduates at Columbus Academy’s 113th Commencement on June 1.

“For a 49-year-old song, it really has a surprisingly timely message,” she noted. “What I’m curious about, however, is what does Vienna represent on a grander scale when we think about slowing down and appreciating the life you have – practicing living it well as opposed to always calculating…

Columbus Academy has received a generous gift from the Dunn family that will strengthen the school’s unrestricted endowment and support its highest priorities for generations to come.

“This extraordinary gift will have a lasting impact on our school’s unrestricted endowment,” announced Head of School Melissa Soderberg. “Because it is unrestricted, it gives us the flexibility to invest in Columbus Academy’s highest priorities…

As he approaches his retirement next month, John Exline ’64 was joined by over 40 members of his family for a community-wide celebration of his four years as a student and remarkable 58 years as a beloved teacher, administrator and coach at Columbus Academy in the school’s newly named Exline Fieldhouse on May 9, 2026.

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A pair of accomplished Columbus Academy alumni will serve as guest speakers during upcoming year-end events. Alumnus and current parent Michael Corey ’01, P’38, executive director of the Human Service Chamber of Franklin County, will serve as the keynote speaker for our 113th Commencement on June 1.

Jamie Scheiman Reeder ’06 – one of the first Academy alumnae to serve in the military and currently a project engineer at Burns…

Forty years in a classroom changes a lot of lives. For Columbus Academy alumnus Ted Coons ’94, Kevin Morrin had a lasting impact on his.

Ted and his wife, Liz Yee, have made a foundational gift to establish the Kevin Morrin Chair for Inspired Teaching, honoring the English teacher and coach who played a critical role in shaping how Ted thinks about learning — and who spent forty years doing the same for generations of Academy…