Just a reminder that we have Keystone Testing quickly approaching when we return for the new year. Testing will be as follows:
Jan 6 and 7 - Algebra
Jan 8 and 9 - Literature
Jan 14 and 15 - Biology
CANCELLATION - Columbia Girls basketball game at Home this evening has been canceled due to unexpected weather conditions. Rescheduling information will be on the District website.
Columbia School District's Bands will perform their annual Winter Concert this evening at the Columbia High School Auditorium beginning at 6:30 pm. Instrumentalists from grades 5 to 12 will be in concert. Plan your evening at the CHS Auditorium for an all District Band concert!
We offer a variety of menu options for banquets. Contact Food Services for more information.
LLAOP banquet- Vegetarian and Traditional Lasagna, Stuffed Tomatoes, & Assorted Cakes
All: Due to the very inclement weather expected for tomorrow morning, we will postpone the leaf clean up in the park until next Saturday Dec 21st starting at 8:00AM, Columbia Borough Public Works Director Jake Graham will have the leaf vacuum truck and a crew available next Saturday.
Please notify your volunteers from your network of dedicated workers that planned to participate tomorrow, and request that they help next Saturday Dec 21st.
Senior Scholarship Packets will be handed out to seniors on Friday during a meeting during block 1A.
Seniors that attend CTC should come to a meeting at 7am in the LGI prior to leaving for CTC. Students can get breakfast and then attend the meeting to receive their packet.
Today is the day for the Columbia Parent Teacher Partnership Raffle and Vendor Event! Stop by from 10 to 2 at Park Elementary - Raffle, Shop, Eat and Drink, Be Merry! See you there!
Columbia School Board announces an anticipated Board vacancy. Interested individuals should send a letter of interest to: Mr. Keith Ramsey, Secretary CBSD 200 N 5th St Columbia, PA 17512. Letters must be received by 4 pm Dec 27, 2019. Interviews will be held on Thurs, Jan 2, 2020 at 6 pm.
Raffles, vendors, holiday pictures, snacks and drinks all to benefit, Columbia Parent Teacher Partnership, this Saturday, the 7th from 10 to 2 at Park Elementary!
Raffles, Holiday Pictures, Snacks and Drawings, OH MY! The Columbia Parent Teacher Partnership Raffle and Vendor Event will be Saturday, December 7th from 10 to 2 at Park Elementary! See you there!
There is still time, tomorrow, November 29th, is the deadline to register for a Christmas Food Box. Please click on the flyer for more information or pass it on to a friend in need.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Would a Food Box for Christmas help your family? If so, please check out the flyer and sign up, or share with a friend in need.
Saturday, December 7th, the Columbia Parent Teacher Partnership Raffle and Vendor Event will be held at Park Elementary Gym from 10am to 2pm! Check our their flyer for all the details!
Are you in need of Food for Christmas or know someone that is? Please check out the flyer or click on the link to sign up or share with a friend in need.
http://columbiaboroughpa.apptegy.us/article/156577?org=cbsd
SAVE the DATE for Columbia Parent Teacher Partnership Raffle and Vendor Event, Saturday, December 7 from 10 to 2! Check out PTP's flyer! See you there!
Do you need Food for Christmas or know someone that does? Please check out the flyer to sign up or share with a friend in need.
Today is the last day to hand in your Columbia Wear Orders - They are GREAT Gifts and surely would be LOVED by all! Last chance is TODAY, November 18th.
Last Chance is November 18th to get your Columbia Wear Order In! Last Call is the 18th!
“A Family Reunion to Die For” – Murder Mystery and SUNDAE Bar – TODAY and TONIGHT a mysterious and delicious presentation by the CHS Theatre Department in the CHS Cafeteria – Saturday, November 16 at 2 & 7 pm. Show and dessert with the price of admission! Great family activity!
Get your Columbia Wear HERE! Flyer is attached, there is still time, November 18th is the deadline! You will have the orders by our Holiday break.
“A Family Reunion to Die For” – Murder Mystery and SUNDAE Bar – TONIGHT &tomorrow a mysterious and delicious presentation by the CHS Theatre Department in the CHS Cafeteria – Friday, Nov. 15 at 7 pm, and Saturday, Nov. 16 at 2 & 7 pm. Show & dessert with the price of admission!
Our Student Council is selling Columbia Wear at all of our school locations. Check out the Flyer, orders are due November 18th!
Deadline for our Columbia Wear Holiday Sale is November 18th...you still have time! Check out the flyer!
Need a Holiday Gift? Look no further...we got you covered. Check out our Holiday Flyer!
Do you need Food for Christmas or know someone that does? Please check out the flyer to sign up or share with a friend in need.
"A Family Reunion to Die For" presented by Columbia High School Theatre Dept on Friday, Nov 15 at 7 pm, and Sat Nov 16 at 2 & 7 pm in the CHS Cafeteria. This Murder Mystery includes a Sundae Bar with admission.
Mark your calendars and join us for this Ice Cream Mystery!
Once again, the tight knit community of Columbia will come together to lend a hand to those in need. The annual Christmas Food Box Delivery will take place on Sunday, December 22nd, thanks to the organizers - Columbia Lions Club and Sunsnappers. Please see flyer to sign up.
Columbia Borough Announcement:
Trick or Treat night will be on Friday, November 1, 2019 from 6 pm to 8 pm
Come one, come all to the last Mobile Market for the season at Taylor. The market will have fresh produce and vegetables to offer to anyone. Market opens at 2:50 pm and goes until 4 pm. It will be at the playground entrance to Taylor!
If you are using iOS 13 and above we are aware of the app crashing. We are working to resolve this issue quickly. We will update you accordingly, sorry for any inconvenience.
There will be a mobile market at Taylor from 3-4pm tomorrow, Wednesday, rain or shine. Please come out and get some fresh produce and fruit from Heritage Creek Farms. Everyone is welcome!
Don't feel like making supper tonight? Go to Vecchia Sicilia and support the CBSD PTP organization and our students' field trips. 20% of carry out and dine in orders will be donated!
This is a friendly reminder that K-6 students are selling Andy's sub vouchers for the PTP fundraiser for field trips. Vouchers are $6 and do not expire. They are good for both locations. Orders are due on Friday, October 11.
Sponsorship Opportunities available! Please go to https://tandemmarketinganddesign.com/cbsd/ and see what works for your business!
Congratulations to former student and current co-head CHS wrestling coach, Nate Warner, for being added to the 100 win Banner! Awesome accomplishment!!!
CBSD supports the #bethekindkid movement
#bethekindkid #cbsdlearns
Do you know how to detect if your child is using tobacco, vapes, or worse drugs or alcohol? We can help. Visit the Lancaster session on October 7th from 6:30-8:00 PM @ The Conference and Training Center at IU13, 1020 New Holland Ave., Lancaster. See attached for more info.
PARENTS of students thinking about continuing education after high school - TONIGHT - October 1, 2019 - 6:30 PM - Columbia High School FAFSA (Free Application For Student Aid) Information Night. Learn about everything that you need to know to prepare for and complete the FAFSA.
On Wednesday, October 2 from 2:50-4pm, there will be a free mobile market set up at the Taylor playground. Everyone is invited to come and pick up some fresh fruits and vegetables from Heritage Creek Farms. Everyone is welcome.
TONIGHT - You are invited to Celebrate Columbia's 2nd Annual Community Street Festival at Park Elementary School Playground from 6 pm to 9 pm - Games & Prizes, Food, Face Painting, and many more fun activities for children! All activities and Food are FREE!
Celebrate Columbia 2nd Annual
Community Street Festival
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
Park Elementary School Playground
Time: 6 pm to 9 pm
FREE Food, Games & Prizes, Face Painting, Activities
The 99th Mifflin Service will be Friday, September 13th, 2019 at 2:30PM at Mt. Bethel Cemetery.
For seniors to attend, students must return their permission slip by tomorrow morning. We have had numerous announcements reminding students to return their slips.
Thank you!!!
Do you want to work and be home with your kids before and after school? CBSD is hiring Food Service Assistants. Please visit our website for more information. https://www.columbiabsd.org/o/cbsd/page/employment--376
Reminder TONIGHT at 6:30: Rachel's Challenge community presentation at Columbia High School Auditorium, Wednesday (9/11) Students attending must be in 7th grade or above due to the content of the program. www.rachelschallenge.org
Reminder TONIGHT at 6:30: Rachel's Challenge community presentation at Columbia High School Auditorium, Tuesday (9/10) Students attending must be in 7th grade or above due to the content of the program.
www.rachelschallenge.org
Rachel's Challenge community presentation at Columbia High School Auditorium Tuesday (9/10) & Wed (9/11) at 6:30 pm. "Making schools safer, more connected places with kindness and respect; where learning and teaching are awakened to their fullest." www.rachelschallenge.org
Rachel’s Challenge is coming to Columbia and you are invited.
Tuesday, Sept 10 and Wednesday, Sept 11 at 6:30 pm in the Columbia High School Auditorium – Students attending must be in 7th grade or above due to the content of the program.
Great evening for s football game...tide are playing Catholic tough right now and score is 7-7
"I HAVE THIS THEORY THAT IF ONE PERSON CAN GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO SHOW COMPASSION, THEN IT WILL START A CHAIN REACTION OF THE SAME. PEOPLE WILL NEVER KNOW HOW FAR A LITTLE KINDNESS CAN GO." Rachel Joy Scott
Rachel's Challenge is coming to Columbia September 10 & 11
Attention Parents and Families: Columbia Borough School District is CLOSED tomorrow, Friday August 30 and Monday, September 2 for the Labor Day holiday. Schools will reopen on Tuesday, September 3 at regular time. Have a wonderful weekend with your children!
Park Elementary Parents/Caregivers: Join us for Back-to-School Night tomorrow evening, beginning with Kindergarten at 6 pm. 1st grade will meet at 6:25, followed by 2nd at 6:50, 3rd at 7:15 and 4th at 7:40. Talk with specials in the gym- Art, music, instruments, camp, and more
Parents-
Students who are not fully immunized will need to have their immunizations completed by Friday August 23,2019.
Students who are not fully immunized by Friday risk being excluded from school. A letter and/or a phone call has been made to those families affected.
Child Protect- Through Lancaster General Health will offer a free clinic here in town on Thursday August 22, 2019.The location is: 306 North Seventh Street, Columbia Pa. 17512 The available hours for this clinic are 2:30-6:00pm.
Students in Eleventh (11) and Sixth (6) grades are required by the State to have a physical exam for this school year.
Students in Third (3) and Seventh (7) grades are required to have a dental exam for this school year.
Students in Kindergarten(K) are required to have BOTH a dental and physical exam for this school year. Forms can be picked up in each school building.
If you have any questions please call your child’s School Nurse
MEDICAL EXAM Requirements:
Students in 6th & 11th grades are required to have a physical exam, Students in 3rd & 7th grades are required to have a dental exam for 19-20 school year.
Students in Kindergarten must have BOTH exams. Forms can be picked up at each school.
STUDENT IMMUNIZATIONS REQUIRED by FRIDAY, 8/23/19 Students who are not fully immunized will need to have their immunizations completed by Friday 8/23/19 or risk being excluded from school. LGH will offer a free clinic Thursday, 8/22/19 at 306 N 7th St Columbia from 2:30-6:00 pm.
PARK SCHOOL NOTICE:
Sixth Street between Locust and Cherry Streets will be CLOSED to ALL traffic from 2:30 to 3:30 pm daily when school is in session. Park Elementary Students will dismiss on Sixth Street in front of building. Cherry St by Park is Bus Parking ONLY.
We’re thrilled to announce Columbia Borough
School District’s new app! Access sports scores, cafeteria
menus, news updates, even emergency notifications!
Download the app on Android: http://bit.ly/2TG99l5 or
iPhone: https://apple.co/2IRpEH7.
For the Safety of Park Elementary School Students:
Columbia Police Department, in cooperation with the school district, will close Sixth Street between Locust and Cherry Streets from 2:30 to 3:30 pm to ALL vehicle traffic. Students from Park will be dismissed on Sixth Street in front of the school building. The closure will occur daily when school is in session. School Begins Monday, August 19, 2019
LINK CREW ORIENTATION for all 9th grade students is tomorrow morning at 8 am in the high school gym!
BE there!
Incoming Park Elementary Kindergarten students and their families are invited to a sneak-peek tour on Friday, Aug.16 from 10 am-12 noon. This drop-in format offers students and families the opportunity to locate their classrooms and take a look around prior to the first day.
Columbia School Board announces 2 Board vacancies.
Interested individuals should send, or deliver, letter of interest to:
Mr. Keith Combs
CBSD 200 N 5th St. Columbia, PA 17512
Letters must be received by 4 pm August 12, 2019
Interviews on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 6 pm.
I am looking for 2-3 students who need service learning hours and can help me transfer books and supplies from one room to another. If interested, please call the school at 684-7500 and ask for Ms. Garner or Dr. Smith.
Please consider participating in our National Night Out School Supply Drive! See the flyer: https://5il.co/8p17
Save the Date - National Night Out, Glatfelter Field, August 6, 2019 from 6 to 9 pm. Activities. entertainment, food, games, and much more for the entire family!
Congratulations to Meghan Braas for winning a Silver Medal at National SkillsUSA Championship. Meghan competed in the Nursing Assistant competition with students from across the United States We are Columbia Proud of Meghan's accomplishment!
#cbsdlearns #cbsdtidepride
SAVE THE DATE:
Class of 2023 (incoming 9th grade) are invited to our 1st Annual Link Crew Freshman Orientation on August 14, 2019 from 8am-12pm.
Please save the date for this awesome experience!
Tune in the the National Vietnam Veterans Pinning Ceremony happening at CHS at 8am! See the unveiling of the General!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqX_OJTDpRs
Up on the hill for the Vietnam Veterans Pinning Ceremony...this view never gets old!
Columbia Borough School District Summer Drama Camp, students in grades 3 to 6, invite you to a performance of The Jungle Book, Friday June 14th at 6 PM and Saturday June 15th at 10 AM, in the High school auditorium. Admission is free. Bring the entire family and enjoy the show!
"A Day to Remember"... these soon-to-be graduates visited all the schools and St. Anne's today. They were given applauds, congratulations and even pretzels!
Watch Commencement of the Class of 2019, LIVE tonight beginning at 7 pm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELD-7frAwI0
Watch the 147th Columbia High School Commencement of the Class of 2019, LIVE tonight beginning at 7 pm. View at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELD-7frAwI0
Columbia High School Commencement will be live streamed on Monday, June 3, 2019, beginning at 7 pm at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELD-7frAwI0
Congratulations to Columbia High School's Color Guard for receiving 2nd place in the 2019 Columbia Memorial Day Parade!
Columbia High School announces that the 147th Commencement will be live streamed on Monday, June 3, 2019, beginning at 7 pm. To view, go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELD-7frAwI0
SAVE THE DATE. Congressman Smucker and Senator Toomey have announced they will hold a Veteran's Ceremony at Columbia High School on June 15 from 8 to 10 am. This is a very rare event. More details to come in the near future.
A new APP is available for Columbia Borough School District. Available for Android or Apple. Search for Columbia Borough School District app today. Stay current and up to date on school district and community activities.
Columbia Borough School District has an improved website www.columbiabsd.org More information about students, activities, and each building. An updated calendar including events and activities from many Columbia Borough organizations.