Our Program
High Expectations for Scholarship
Columbus Collegiate students will achieve academically when high expectations, structures and supports are clear and consistent throughout the school. The high expectations we provide: students are expected to be college bound, take a demanding high school preparatory curriculum, and participate in high school and college visits throughout the year. The structures we provide: students participate in extended school days of 9 to 10 hours, an extended school year of 190 days, experience Saturday college trips, and complete challenging homework every night. The supports we provide: students receive 120 minutes of literacy and 120 minutes of math instruction, tutoring sessions, Homework Club daily, and Saturday Academy support multiple weeks through the year.
High Expectations for Behavior
Columbus Collegiate staff will meet with every family before the start of the school year and outline the clear expectations for student behavior. We will provide a comprehensive student orientation at the start of every school year that explicitly teaches the behaviors we expect. We will create a culture every day that is orderly, disciplined, and conducive to learning by requiring consistent implementation of the rules, strong attention to the details of daily school procedures, immediate and consistent responses to violations of the Code of Conduct, and recognition and celebration of students’ positive character. Students will wear simple uniforms, walk silently in hallways, earn demerits for misconduct and rewards for exemplary behavior.
Achievement-Oriented School Culture
At Columbus Collegiate, everyone will be responsible for living the STRIVE values: Scholarship, Teamwork, Respect, Intelligence, Virtue, and Effort – and we will teach these values as intentionally as we teach academics. Students will show they are ready to learn by sitting in SLANT posture - Sit up, Listen, Ask and answer questions, Nod in understanding, and Track the speaker.
