 The first CAHS degrees were granted to the class of 1981.Columbus Alternative High School has received a silver medal from U.S. News & World Report magazine as one of the nation's top high schools.Columbus Alternative High School has earned the Central Region Triple Crown Award from the Ohio School Boards Association, the only high school of 300 in the l4-county central region to be honored by Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report and to be designated by the Ohio Department of Education as a School of Promise.