Pinwheels for peace
Imagine more than 200 handmade pinwheels spinning in the breeze, each one bearing a hope for peace from a child. That colorful sight will greet anyone passing Annunciation Catholic School at 232 N. Browder St. in Columbus on Monday — International Day of Peace.
Breaking ground at Annunciation: New school building to accommodate growth
Kyle McConnell still remembers sitting in the first grade classroom of Annunciation Catholic School the year it opened in 1963.
Now, McConnell sits on the school’s building committee, which worked with contractors and architects for the school’s next expansion.
Loving Emma Rose: On the path to full potential
A child’s trip down a schoolyard slide doesn’t rank as a milestone for every parent, but for mom Melissa Rushing, it was a “Mount Everest” moment. On Oct. 8, her daughter, 5 1/2-year-old Emma Rose, independently went down a slide, after four years of coaxing.
Photo: ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’
Annunciation Catholic School student Paulina Leyva, 14, daughter of Armando Leyva and Samantha Olivares, sings during a performance of “The Wizard of Oz” Thursday at the school’s gym. ACS will put on another showing tonight at 6:30 p.m. At left, playing Toto, is Delia Lochala, 12, daughter of Lacey Sherman and Brent Lochala of Columbus. At right, as the Scarecrow, is Sarah Hippensteel, 14, daughter of Steven and Lyn Hippensteel of Columbus.
Annunciation Catholic School set for 50th anniversary celebration
A half-century ago, with a dream, $150,000 and a desire that “every Catholic child is entitled to a Catholic education,” Father Jeremiah Hartnett began a campaign to make a Catholic school a reality in Columbus.
Maiden voyage: Annunciation gets new bus
Assistant first grade teacher Tray Ferraez, of Columbus, helps Mathis Morris and Andrew Keith, both 9, onto their school’s new bus Monday at Annunciation Catholic
Pinwheels for Peace: Annunciation Catholic School students demonstrate what peace means to them
They have grown up in a decade of conflict. Unlike their parents, they can’t remember a time when the United States was not at war. It’s intimated in the fraying yellow ribbons that can still be seen in many communities as quiet reminders of those who were called to serve. It is on the news, in the newspaper, on the streets and in the classrooms.
Waxing poetic: Arts in the Classroom funded for another year
Annunciation Catholic School received two grants this week that will have students dancing, singing and waxing poetic as the second year of the Arts in the Classroom Whole School Initiative gets under way.
Changing of the guard at Annunciation school
Change is afoot at Annunciation Catholic School, from a new principal to the addition of an eighth-grade class this fall.
Local school makes the grade on SATs
Annunciation Catholic School has quietly been putting up some impressive numbers for years. But we’re not talking sports statistics. These are SAT scores.
Letters: A well-deserved rose
Sunday’s Commercial Dispatch very appropriately awarded a rose to Annunciation Catholic School for its lead in teaching “Save Energy.”