Columbia Middle School Taylor Campus

🥪👏 Our Taylor students have been working hard to follow cafeteria expectations, and our 5th graders are absolutely ROCKING this challenge! 🎉 Keep up the great work, leaders! 🍎💪 #TaylorPride #CafeteriaChampions #LeadingByExample

📸🎉 Last night’s Family Engagement Event: Taylor Trivia was a blast! 🎶📚🏆 Families put their knowledge to the test in rounds of Columbia Trivia, The Wild Robot Trivia, and Music Trivia, competing for fun prizes and bragging rights! 🏅👏 A huge THANK YOU to everyone who joined us for a night of learning, laughter, and friendly competition! 💡❤️ Check out some highlights from the event! ⬇️ #TaylorTrivia #FamilyFun #CrimsonTide 🎶📚

Taylor’s Leaders of Future Generations worked hard to propose a mental health awareness event to be held this May, during mental health awareness month. They planned, organized, and budgeted for a full day of activities designed to build awareness, support, and compassion for all students at Taylor. We are beyond proud of their thoughtful planning, initiative, and leadership. #TidePride

🌸🌞 Happy First Day of Spring! 🌞🌸 Our students and staff welcomed the new season in style, rocking bright and cheerful colors to celebrate! 🌈✨ Who else is ready for warmer days and more sunshine? ☀️💐 #SpringHasSprung #BrightAndCheerful #FirstDayOfSpring #TaylorTide

🗓️ March Calendar Reminders 📌: 🔸 Early Dismissal-Thursday, March 27 (all schools dismiss at 11:30 am) 📚 🔸 No School-Friday, March 28📆 24-25 Student Calendar: https://5il.co/295oh 📆

🌞🌱 Spring is in the air, and our students are making the most of the beautiful weather! During recess—and even some FLEX periods—they’ve been spending time in the garden with our friends from the Edible Classroom. 🌿🌻 The other day, students got creative and painted brand-new signs to label different areas of the garden! 🎨🖌️ We can't wait to see their hard work brighten up our growing space. 🌼🌽 #OutdoorLearning #EdibleClassroom #SpringInTheGarden #HandsOnLearning

👔🎒 Wacky Wednesday was a blast! Today, students became staff, and staff became students—some went all out dressing as a specific person, while others kept it classic. 😆 From lanyards to hoodies, ties to crossbody bags, the halls of Taylor Campus looked extra fun today! Check out the photos and see if you can tell who swapped styles! 📸😂 #WackyWednesday #RoleReversal #TaylorCampusFun

👯‍♂️ Seeing double? That’s because it’s Twin Day at Taylor Campus! 👯‍♀️ From matching tees to identical outfits, our students and staff rocked this spirit day in style! ❤️🖤 Check out all of these awesome twins! #SpiritWeek #TwinDay #CrimsonTidePride

What’s the best way to celebrate Pi Day? By pieing your teachers, of course! 😂 This year, Mr. McBride and Mr. Bauer bravely took a pie to the face as 6th grade students competed to memorize the most digits of Pi. Two lucky students earned the ultimate prize—sending a whipped cream pie flying! 🤩👏 #PiDay #MathGetsMessy #TaylorTide #CBSD

🚀🤖 Last week, our students put their creativity to the test with a *Wild Robot* group activity! Using donated supplies, they designed and built their own unique robots—and the results were amazing! 🎨✨ Check out these awesome creations! #FutureEngineers #WildRobot #CreativeMinds

Our Big Brothers Big Sisters program is in full swing at Taylor Campus! High school Bigs and their Littles have been spending quality time together, building friendships, and making memories. The other day, the weather was perfect, so they got to enjoy some time outside on the playground! ☀️🏃‍♂️💨 We love seeing these connections grow and can’t wait for more fun moments ahead! ❤️ #BigBrothersBigSisters #MentorshipMatters #TaylorCampus #BuildingConnections

🌟 Exciting News, Columbia Families! 🌟 The Taylor Campus Playground is NOW OPEN after school, in addition to weekends, from Dawn until Dusk! 🎉 Come climb, slide, and have fun! 💡 A friendly reminder: ✅ Be respectful of the property and others enjoying the space. 🌱 Please do not disturb the garden area—our students work hard each year to grow and care for it! 🗑 Clean up after yourself to keep our playground safe and enjoyable for everyone. We love giving our neighborhood the opportunity to enjoy this space, but we reserve the right to close it if rules are not followed. Let’s all do our part! ❤️ #PlayWithRespect #TaylorCampus #CBSD

📚🎨 Rhyming Fun on the Sidewalk! 🎨📚 As part of Read Across America Week celebrations, Ms. Otthofer's students put their creativity to the test with sidewalk chalk! They created their very own Dr. Seuss-like rhyming characters and brought them to life with colorful designs. 🖍️✨ Check out their imaginative artwork and clever names—who knows, we may have some future authors and illustrators in the making! 👏📖 #ReadAcrossAmerica #CreativeKids #RhymingFun #FutureAuthors

🚀🤖 Last Friday, our students dove into their One School, One Book small groups and got creative—building their very own robots! 🛠️✨ A huge thank you to Kleen-Rite Corporation for donating the boxes used as the robot bodies and to our amazing staff members for donating the remaining supplies. Your generosity helped bring these creations to life! Check out these awesome photos of our students hard at work. Stay tuned to see the finished products! 👀🔧 #OneSchoolOneBook #FutureEngineers #CBSD #TaylorTide

🎉 Congratulations to Ayisha Beausejour, a sixth-grader at Columbia Middle School, for winning the statewide Community in Schools Black History Month essay contest! 🏆 Ayisha’s powerful essay, highlighting the legacies of Black leaders like Ruby Bridges and Martin Luther King Jr., stood out among submissions from across the state. 🌟 Well done, Ayisha! Your achievement makes all of us at CBSD proud #BlackHistoryMonth #StudentSuccess #ColumbiaMiddleSchool #FutureLeader https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/columbia-middle-school-sixth-grader-wins-statewide-black-history-month-essay-contest/article_4267fbe0-f51f-11ef-9384-5b0208595acd.html

Our Safety and Security Manager, Mr. Hernandez, had some special visitors today! 🥰 A few of his buddies—our amazing students—along with their teacher, Ms. Otthofer, stopped by to deliver a thoughtful get well card. Wishing Mr. Hernandez a speedy recovery! ❤️💙 #CBSD #TaylorTide

🏆 PBIS Store Pickup Day! 🏆 This afternoon, students picked up the awesome items they purchased with their PBIS points! 🛍️ From basketballs 🏀 to bracelets ✨, fidgets 🌀, and pencils ✏️—there were lots of great rewards for making positive choices! Keep up the good work, Taylor students! Your hard work and good behavior are paying off! 🙌 #PBISStore #EarnIt #SpendIt #RewardTime

🐍✨ Jump, hop, and dodge! Students in Mr. Field’s gym class had a blast playing Jump Rope Snake today! This fun activity challenges students to work on their agility, coordination, and teamwork while trying to avoid the “snake” 🏃‍♂️🔥🐍. Check out these action shots of our students in motion! 📸💨 #StayActive #JumpRopeSnake #TaylorCampusPE

🚀 Our 6th Graders Took Over JA BizTown! 🚀 Last week, our 6th-grade students got a hands-on experience in the real world at JA BizTown! 👔💼 From running businesses to managing finances, students stepped into the shoes of real professionals—the mayor, CEOs, bankers, construction workers, and more! 💰📊 This immersive field trip gave students a chance to see what it’s like to balance a budget, make business decisions, and work as a team to keep their town running smoothly. 🏙️✨ What an amazing way to connect classroom learning with real-life skills! Great job to all our future leaders! 🔥👏 #JABizTown #RealWorldLearning #FutureLeaders #CrimsonTidePride

📸 Some came for the dancing, some came for the music… but one person definitely came for the photobooth! 😆 With pose after pose, they made sure no prop went unused and no snapshot went unposed! ✨ #VIPDance #PhotoboothSuperstar #CrimsonTidePride