Student Council is hosting Spirit week from Wednesday, September 8th through Wednesday, September 15th.
September 8th is Color War! Each grade level will wear a different color!
5th Grade: Red
6th Grade: Green
7th Grade: Blue
8th Grade: Black
September 9th is Twin Day! Find a friend or two and dress the same!
September 10th is NEON day! Put on your brightest outfit!
September 13th is Movie Character Day! Dress as your favorite movie character!
September 14th is Sports day! Support your favorite team!
And Finally, September 15th is Discoverer Day! Wear your Maroon and Silver proudly!
Welcome to the weekly CASP Snaps newsletter for the Columbus Middle School After School Program. Our goal is to keep parents informed of all the fun and learning your child is experiencing. Please click on the link to see our activities. https://bit.ly/3DL2xpL
Due to the rain, flag football will not have practice today.
Parents and Students,
There will be school tomorrow at the Middle School, North Park, and the Cassette House. Thank you for being patient with us as we clean and prepare the facilities for school tomorrow, September 1, 2021.
Due to the conditions of the football fields there will be no practice for 8th, 7th and flag football today.
7th and 8th grade volleyball will have practice today from 3:45pm-5:30pm. Come dressed and ready for practice.
A few photos from the flood and water back up at CMS today.
Welcome to the weekly CASP Snaps newsletter for the Columbus Middle School After School Program. Our goal is to keep parents informed of all the fun and learning your child is experiencing during their time after school. Please contact your CASP site coordinator if want to learn more. Lori Marking (markingl@discoverers.org).
Thank you to the CPS Administration once again for the opportunity to have college students substitute at CMS. This has been a very positive experience for the CMS staff, students as well as the college students. This has been especially helpful since there is a substitute teacher shortage.
College Teacher Substitute
- Hannah Haynes has been subbing at CMS, CHS and CPS Elementary schools. Hannah will be a senior at the University of Kearney majoring in Elementary Education with an endorsement in English as a Second Language and a minor in Spanish. This fall she will be a senior at UNK.
- Madison Kerkman has been a Teacher Substitute for the 5th and 6th grades at CMS during the month of May. She has also been a Paraeducator Substitute at CMS and other CPS Elementary schools. She is majoring in Elementary and Special Education at the University of South Dakota and will start her student teaching in the fall of 2022.
- Tristan Colford will be a Junior at UNK and is majoring in Pre-Med. Tristan has been a Teacher Substitute at CMS as well as CHS and CPS Elementary schools.
Thank you to the CPS Administration once again for the opportunity to have college students substitute at CMS. This has been a very positive experience for the CMS staff, students as well as the college students. This has been especially helpful since there is a substitute paraeducator shortage.
College Paraeducator Substitutes -
- Colby Gilson has been with CMS for the entire month of May as a Paraeducator Substitute in the Grade 5 and 6 areas. Colby will graduate from Iowa Western after a summer class and will then continue his teaching degree at UNO starting in August.
- Gracie Luebbe is going to be a Sophmore at UNK and is a Reading Paraeducator Substitute at CMS.
- Emily Hall is studying Biology at UNK and will be a Sophmore. She is a Pareducator Substitute in the EL area.
- Aspen Luebbe has been a Teacher Substitute in the High Learners area and she has also been a Reading Paraeducator Substitute. Aspyn is studying Physical Therapy at UNK and will be a Junior.
CPS Families be sure to catch up on District News in the latest digital edition of the Discoveries family newsletter.
https://www.smore.com/3df5c
Band nights will be held this week on Tuesday (Apr 27) and Thursday (Apr 29) evenings from 5:30-7:30 in the CMS cafeteria. These evenings are set aside for any 5th or 6th grade student who is interested in beginning band next school year. Students will have the opportunity to try out the instruments and parents can get information about signing up for band. You can attend either night at any time during open hours.
1, 2, 3, 4... We declare a PENNY WAR!
Today was day one of the CMS STUCO Penny War. Standings are as follows:
First place - 6th Grade with 1585 points
Second place - 5th Grade with 304 points
Third place - 8th Grade with -833 points
Fourth place - 7th grade with -990 points
We will be collecting again before School on Wednesday, March 31st. Pennies and bills are positive points while silver coins are negative points!
We are raising funds to purchase a school wide Gimkit License for next year!
CPS Families be sure to catch up on District News in the latest digital edition of the Discoveries family newsletter.
https://www.smore.com/7f4vx
Due to continued Winter Weather Warnings there will be NO School for CPS on Tuesday, February 16, 2021. ALL parent teacher conferences will be held Wednesday evening 2/17/21 & Thursday 2/18/21 afternoon & evening.
Due to the WIND CHILL WARNING and life threatening conditions, Columbus Public Schools will not have school on Monday, February 15, 2021.
Today's 7th and 8th Grade Boys Basketball Game at CMS against Schuyler will be streamed on https://youtu.be/qHJsJcAx1hw.
Today's 7th and 8th Grade Boys Basketball Game at CMS against Scotus will be streamed on https://youtu.be/HuV7tSKT9Ec.
CMS 7th and 8th grade Boys Basketball game at Lakeview will still be played at 6:30 today.
Today's 7th Grade Boys Basketball Game at CMS against GI Barr will be streamed on https://youtu.be/VFTrHKxBRSk.