Ready to thrive.

Admissions

From our Explorers program for 3-year-olds to our college-prep curriculum, a Columbus Academy education invites children to explore and create in an energizing and welcoming environment.

Here, we promise to inspire in our students the habit of lifelong learning and the motivation to serve others. Our graduates take with them the intellectual, emotional and moral strength necessary to keep their balance in a rapidly changing world.

Join us! Personal tours are available by appointment. If you are interested in learning more about Columbus Academy, click here for our online inquiry form. To speak to a member of our admissions team, please email admissions@columbusacademy.org or call our office at (614) 509-2220.

Ours is an environment where curiosity, enthusiasm and energy spill out of classrooms and out into a 231-acre learning environment designed for running, playing, thinking, exploring, observing, making and discovering.

Our educational model understands that each child's path from wonder to wisdom is unique, and that the riches of a multi-textured community are invaluable.

We believe that the innate intelligence, goodness and talent in each child, once released, will make our world better.

THIS IS THE ACADEMY EXPERIENCE. JOIN US.

Admissions

From our Explorers program for 3-year-olds to our college-prep curriculum, a Columbus Academy education invites children to explore and create in an energizing and welcoming environment.

LEARN ABOUT LOWER SCHOOL

From our 3-year-old Explorers Program through Grade 5, Lower School at Academy is the start of a joyful education, where children are challenged to collaborate, create and problem-solve across all disciplines.

LEARN ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL

Middle School at Academy makes the best of our collaborative teaching culture. We provide robust, hands-on learning experiences that balance a child's natural tendency to explore with a teacher’s attentive guidance.

LEARN ABOUT UPPER SCHOOL

Small classes and individualized attention are both a hallmark of the Academy experience. This continues in Upper School and enhances the young adult's preparation for college so they are ready to thrive.

INVESTING IN THE ARTS

Columbus Academy’s emphasis on providing exposure to and opportunities in both fine and performing arts is described by band director Jessica Sneeringer, who chairs the school’s performing arts department.

WORLD PEACE GAME

Lauren Shuneson describes the World Peace Game as the capstone project for Columbus Academy fifth-graders.

FOREST FRIDAY

Head of Lower School Mark Hansen has been encouraging our teachers to take every advantage of getting students outside. One initiative is having our pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classes pilot a program to spend every Friday outside exploring Academy’s amazing campus.