Columbus Alternative High School

Modeled after the Aspen Ideas Festival, a local ideas festival dubbed “Teens for Tolerance” will be presented March 7-9 at Columbus Alternative High School by senior Sarah Sinclair and Vice Principal Davan Dodrill.

Last summer, the duo and 16 other student-educator pairs from throughout the United States and Africa attended the Aspen Ideas Festival as part of the Bezos Scholars Program. At the Ideas Festival, they had the privilege to meet with many notable public figures, including Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, and Twitter founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams. Their week was spent in discussion with some of the nation’s brightest minds, proposing solutions for its toughest problems. At the Ideas Festival’s conclusion, the Bezos Scholars were tasked with creating local ideas festivals in their own communities.

“Teens for Tolerance” has three main areas of focus, through which Sinclair and Dodrill hope to foster discussion about diversity and the need for tolerance in the community. The first day of the festival is dedicated to feminism, the second to LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning) rights, and the third to cultural diversity. The festival will feature a variety of speakers, presentations, and activities, including presentations from Columbus City Schools Superintendent Dr. Gene T. Harris as well as professors from Ohio State University and Otterbein College.

For further information or to volunteer as a speaker, please contact Sarah Sinclair through the festival’s website at teensfortolerancefest.weebly.com.

The CAHS Chess Club has been busy traveling and competing this school year. 

At the state grade level tournament the 9th and 11th grade teams both took 3rd place.  Denver Woodward placed 2nd, Kaelan Mortensen took 6th, and Alex Walkowski took 2nd in their grade levels individually.

At the National Grade Level Tournament in Dallas the team got 6th in Speed Chess and Class Awards were earned by Darrian Harrington, Rafael DeLeon, Alex Walkowski, Garrett Gould, and Nick Petrosky. Denver Woodward also placed 1st under 1600, Kaelan Mortensen placed 3rd under 1400, and Garrett Gould placed 1st under 1000.

If any students are interested in Chess, talk to Mr. Kaufman, Mr. Higby, or any of the CAHS Chess players to get information and get involved.

Kudos to our In The Know Academic League team, and their advisors Mr. Jones and Ms. LaAsmar,  for being City League champions for a second year in a row.  The team also deserves credit for receiving 4^th in the state and 46th out of 576 teams internationally, in the Knowledge Master International Computer Quiz competition.

NBC4 BROADCASTS CENTRAL OHIO SINGS
Holiday special airs this Sunday
COLUMBUS – NBC4 (WCMH-TV) will broadcast Central Ohio Sings, a 2-hour holiday program featuring local high school choirs, this Sunday, Dec. 25 from 6:00-8:00 a.m.

The on-air special showcases various central Ohio high school choirs singing holiday songs. High school choirs featured in Central Ohio Sings include:

• Bishop Watterson High School
• Columbus Alternative High School
• Delaware Hayes High School
• Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center
• Marion Harding High School
• Ohio State School for the Blind High School
• Olentangy Liberty High School
• Olentangy Orange High School
• Reynoldsburg High School
• Upper Arlington Glee Club
• Westerville North High School
• Whitehall Yearling High School
• Worthington Christian High School

Segments from the program will be available to view online after the program airs. Visit nbc4i.com and search: holidays.