Columbia Academy (Tennessee)

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Columbia Academy
Address
Columbia Academy (Tennessee)
1101 West 7th St

Columbia
,
Tennessee
38401
Coordinates 35°37′00″N87°03′24″W / 35.616610°N 87.056800°W / 35.616610; -87.056800
Information
Former name Columbia Military Academy (1905-1979) [1]
Type Independent coeducational college-preparatory
Motto"Christian Education in a Tradition of Excellence since 1979"
Religious affiliation(s)
Established1979
Accreditation AdvancED
PresidentDr James Thomas [2]
Principal
  • Jon Bennett
  • Trent Hill (Lower-School)
  • Nathan Hixson (Spring Hill Campus)
GradesPreK-12
Enrollment955 [2]
Student to teacher ratio17:1 [2]
Campuses(2)
  • Columbia, TN
  • Spring Hill, TN (Satellite Campus)
Color(s)Red, White, & Navy
Athletics conference TSSAA - Division I-AA
MascotBulldogs
Website www.cabulldogs.org
Ca logo.jpg

Columbia Academy(CA) is a private, college preparatory, co-educational, Christian school for students in grades Pre-K-12 located in Columbia, Tennessee. [2]

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CA was founded in 1905 as Columbia Military Academy (CMA) on the campus of a closed U.S. Army arsenal. [3] The school lasted until 1979 when it was turned over to a local Christian group that reorganized the school as a private Christian day school, removing all military aspects. [1]

History

Columbia Military Academy

Visit Columbia Military Academy

The CA campus was proposed in the 1880s and approved by President Grover Cleveland in 1888. In 1891 it opened as an arsenal for the U.S. Army. The arsenal closed following the Spanish–American War and was declared surplus property in 1901. In 1904 the property opened as Columbia Military Academy. CMA went through periods of highs and lows, even briefly closing in the mid 1930s. In its final years the school began to struggle with enrollment. With the recent civil rights movements leading to the desegregation of public schools, many private day schools began popping up across the country, that mixed with the controversies around the Vietnam War led to lower rates of students going to military school. In its last year of CMA the school began to allow civilian females as day students. The school officially closed in early 1979 and was turned over to a local Christian group. The school reopened that same year as a co-ed private Christian day school, removing "military" from the school's name. [3] [1]

Campus

The CA campus covers 67 acres (27 ha) between Trotwood Av and West 7th St in downtown Columbia, TN. [2]

The campus is on the National Register of Historic Places. [4]

Campus buildings include:

Spring Hill Campus

In 2010 CA opened its first and only satellite campus on Beechcroft Rd in Spring Hill, TN. The campus houses grades preK-5th. [2]

Athletics

The 2018 Columbia Academy baseball team won the D1-A state championship. The baseball team also won state the D1-A championship in 1994. The school has Football, Baseball, Softball, Men's & Woman's Basketball, Bowling, Track & Field, Cross Country, Volleyball, Golf, Trap Shooting, Tennis, Swimming, Cheerleading, and youth sports programs.

Anderson Fieldhouse

In 2011 Columbia Academy launched "Vision 2020", a $10 Million Capital Campaign for school improvements. The centerpiece of the campaign was a $6 Million athletic facility to house both Basketball & Football locker rooms, a state of the art Basketball gym and weight room, and also serve as the home stands for football games. [5]

The lead donors for the project were Tom and Jade Anderson who raised $9.2 Million for the campaign.

The football stands were opened for the fall 2012 football season, but the rest of the facility, including locker rooms, were unfinished. On January 25, 2013, the Fieldhouse officially opened. [6]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Collections, Vanderbilt University Special (August 28, 2006). "Preparatory Academies and Vanderbilt University". exhibits.library.vanderbilt.edu.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Academy Profile - Columbia Academy". www.cabulldogs.org.
  3. 1 2 "Columbia Military Academy Alumni Association (CMAAA)". www.cmaaa.com.
  4. ↑ "NRHP Doc".
  5. ↑ "News" (PDF). www.cabulldogs.org.
  6. ↑ "Grand opening" (PDF). www.cabulldogs.org.
  7. ↑ "Catching up with Lynnette Cole: Miss USA from Columbia travels around the world in her job".
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