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]

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]

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]