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TheaThe Columbus Torah Academy family mourns the loss of Thea Press,

beloved wife of Pearson Press; mother of daughter Karan (Paul) Tanenbaum and Rochell (David) Weisfogel; grandmother of Mindy (Matt) Cooper, Deena Tanenbaum, Joy Tanenbaum, Rebecca (Natan) Fink, Miriam (Dovie) Becker, Ari (Dvora) Weisfogel and Leah Weisfogel and great-grandchildren, Yitzy, Eli and Tzviki.

Thea and Pearson were among CTA’s founders and earliest supporters. They sent their daughters here, and remained constant champions of the school, personally raising funds to meet successive budgets.

They were fixtures at CTA events for more than 40 years, serving on every conceivable committee. Thea helped plan the first CTA Scholarship Dinner in 1961 and continued to be involved year after year, especially when it came to selling ads for the dinner journal — a task she managed until 2004. “We made a promise to Hashem,” she told the journal authors for the 43rd Annual Scholarship Dinner (at which she and Pearson were the honorees.) “We said we would do whatever we could for the school as long as we could.” She added: “A strong Jewish education is the most important thing. Columbus Torah Academy must remain true to the values of its founders.”

Mrs. Press immigrated to the United States in the 1940s from Germany. She attended Brooklyn College. She moved with her husband to Columbus, where he attended college and opened a pharmacy. Thea assumed many leadership roles in the Columbus Jewish Community, including as a co-president of the Ahavas Sholom Sisterhood and president of the Columbus Mikvah.

May her memory be for a blessing.

Sports

Go Lions!

Columbus Torah Academy is excited about their sports this year! Athletics, like academics, provides the challenges that help shape both the mind and body. Many studies show that qualities such as commitment and desire drive our students to compete and excel in the classroom, on the field, and later in their chosen profession.

Student Athlete

Many students initially are concerned with the challenges of combining academics and athletics at the high school level, but research has proven that it is a combination that works. In fact, athletics helps students with their academics: many have found their grades to be higher during season play when compared to out-of-season. Playing sports, competitively or intramural, forces students to focus and organize their time.

The Program

CTA is a member of the Central Ohio Buckeye Conference (COBC) for high school athletics and is also part of the Central Ohio Athletic League (COAL) for middle school athletics. The COBC consists of other private high schools including Granville Christian Academy, Liberty Christian Academy, Muskingum Christian Academy, Veritas Academy and Mount Vernon Academy.

The middle school COAL conference is much larger with 9 central Ohio middle school teams. These teams are St. Johns Lutheran School , The Wellington School, Cypress Christian School ,Columbus School for the Girls, Powell Village Academy , Genoa Christian Academy , Granville Christian Academy , and Liberty Christian Academy .

CTA also competes in other non-conference competitions against Division I, II, III, high school teams!

Aspirations

Currently, we offer high school sports in soccer, girls volleyball, boys and girls basketball, baseball, softball, and boys and girls tennis(2009). For our middle school students, we offer girls volleyball, soccer, and girls and boys basketball, baseball (8th grade), and softball. (8th grade) Possibilities for future athletics are cross country, track and field, boys volleyball, golf, and bowling.

Annual Campaign

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