Columbia School District

See local college athletes and former Golden Eagle 💛🦅💙 volleyball player Kenadee in action at Jackson College!

Congratulations to our Jr High Cross Country runners!💙🦅💛👏🏃‍♂️🏃🏃‍♀️

Quote of the Day: 💙🦅💛 Failure is a stepping stone on the way to success. #LearningTodayLeadingTomorrow #ItsAGreatDayToBeAGoldenEagle

Quote of the Day: 💙🦅💛 Always remember that your actions speak louder than your words! Be Kind to others. ❤️ # LearningTodayLeadingTomorrow #FosteringACultureOfExcellenceInAnEverChangingWorld

Columbia School District needs bus drivers! 💙🦅💛 Would you be willing to drive a bus for athletics or field trips? Call 5177698507 or email Chris.Lundberg@myeagles.org.

Congratulations to the Seventh Grade Football 🏈 team for their win on Wednesday over Onsted!💙🦅💛👏 https://columbiacentralathletics.com/

Columbia teachers take their professional learning seriously! Mrs. Hawkins and Mrs. Hogle discuss the 30 hours of literacy learning they completed during the summer. Columbia teachers’ focus on learning about literacy benefits our students!💛🦅💙 #LearningTodayLeadingTomorrow

💛🦅💙Columbia Elementary and Upper Elementary families: Meet the specials teachers who teach K to 6th grade! Mrs. Hinkle teaches art, Mr. Howland teaches music, Mrs. McBean teaches STEM, Mr. Iott teaches gym, and Mr. Moore teaches technology. #LearningTodayLeadingTomorrow

Congratulations to Columbia Elementary School librarian Connie Douglas for being named the Superintendent’s Award winner for her hard work and dedication to the students and staff members of Columbia School District! 💙🦅💛 #LearningTodayLeadingTomorrow

Quote of the Day: 💛💙 “What you’re dealing with and who you’re dealing with, let that be an inspiration, rather than a burden. You can get stuck and you may not see the light, but when you get in touch with your spirits, you’ll deal with your next phases with positivity.” Chris

Quote of the Day: 💙🦅💛 Value your time with your children! 💙🦅💛 #LearningTodayLeadingTomorrow #ItsAGreatDayToBeAGoldenEagle

Your ideas about the strengths of Columbia School District are very important for our strategic planning initiative. We are also interested in your opinions regarding opportunities for growth at Columbia. You are invited to choose one of the face-to-face input sessions which will be held at Columbia Central High School in the Community Room on Monday, September 19th, at 6 pm and Tuesday, September 20th, at 6 pm. Parents and community members should enter the building through the high school back entrance across from the blue bus barn. You may also opt to fill out the short electronic survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Columbia_SP_2022 . Please fill out the survey only once, it has also been sent out as a QR code. You may fill out the survey and attend the face-to-face meeting.

This evenings Cub Scout sign up has been rescheduled for September 22, 2022.

Quote of the Day: 💛🦅💙 “Tough times never last, but tough people do. You will get out of the valley - to the mountaintop!” #Overcoming #Motivational #LearningTodayLeadingTomorrow #ItsAGreatDayToBeAGoldenEagle

Quote of the Day: 💛🦅💙 “Keep life moving forward, looking backward is only for the travelers.” - Rachel O #LearningTodayLeadingTomorrow

It's pizza time! Starting today and for the next 4 weeks, our CCHS Student Senate is selling pizza kits to raise money to do great things such as coordinating events, dances, and activities to promote school spirit. Use the link to place an order today! https://fundraising.littlecaesars.com/fundraisers/support/82c4e293-ae01-4f45-83f9-d8cd3e797ddc

Quote of the Day: 💙💛🦅💛💙 “Be someone you would look up to.” -Emily M.

Congratulations to our Little Eagle Ticket Winners this week! 💙🦅💛👏 Great job Little Eagles! Thank you for working hard and being kind!❤️

The Columbia School District Board of Education and the Administration are launching a new initiative to guide the district through a three- to five-year Strategic Plan. The process will include community and staff input events, data collection and other efforts to create a shared vision and goals for the future of the district and strategies to achieve them, all while using scarce public education resources in the most effective and efficient way. Stakeholder feedback will be an important part of the planning process. Community members, parents, students, teachers and all district staff members will have the opportunity to give input on the strengths of the district, opportunities for improvement, barriers for implementation and their vision for the district. Stakeholders may submit their input through a short five question survey available at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r... ​ Stakeholder input, along with essential district data, provides the basis for the district to choose approximately five priority goals to be implemented over the next three to five years. The benefits of the strategic planning process are many. Most notable are: ~Provides integrated, important input from community and staff ~Presents a succinct and graphical picture of the district’s current status ~Sets focused strategic goals that identify target areas to improve student achievement ~Clearly delineates the role of the Board of Education and the superintendent/staff in strategic planning ~Uses data to set goals and make important decisions ~Helps identify areas to allocate increasingly scarce resources ~Aligns Board priorities with school improvement processes Bob Wahr, the Columbia School District Board of Education President stated, “As school board members, we have to make the best decisions in these challenging, changing times. It is essential we use data forecasting and stakeholder input to make decisions and set shared priorities for the future pf our district.” Debbie Stair, M.N.M.L., Assistant Director of Leadership Development at the Michigan Association of School Boards, will work with Columbia School District for the next three months to complete the strategic plan. Stair said, "Columbia School District and MASB have worked together to design a customized process that ensures broad stakeholder involvement and will result in an effective strategic plan implementation. We look forward to involving the community in this process.”

The Columbia School District Board of Education and the Administration are launching a new initiative to guide the district through a three- to five-year Strategic Plan. The process will include community and staff input events, data collection and other efforts to create a shared vision and goals for the future of the district and strategies to achieve them, all while using scarce public education resources in the most effective and efficient way. Stakeholder feedback will be an important part of the planning process. Community members, parents, students, teachers and all district staff members will have the opportunity to give input on the strengths of the district, opportunities for improvement, barriers for implementation and their vision for the district. Stakeholders may submit their input through a short five question survey available at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r... ​ Stakeholder input, along with essential district data, provides the basis for the district to choose approximately five priority goals to be implemented over the next three to five years. The benefits of the strategic planning process are many. Most notable are: Provides integrated, important input from community and staff Presents a succinct and graphical picture of the district’s current status Sets focused strategic goals that identify target areas to improve student achievement Clearly delineates the role of the Board of Education and the superintendent/staff in strategic planning Uses data to set goals and make important decisions Helps identify areas to allocate increasingly scarce resources Aligns Board priorities with school improvement processes Bob Wahr, the Columbia School District Board of Education President stated, “As school board members, we have to make the best decisions in these challenging, changing times. It is essential we use data forecasting and stakeholder input to make decisions and set shared priorities for the future pf our district.” Debbie Stair, M.N.M.L., Assistant Director of Leadership Development at the Michigan Association of School Boards, will work with for the next three months to complete the strategic plan. Stair said, “ and MASB have worked together to design a customized process that ensures broad stakeholder involvement and will result in an effective strategic plan implementation. We look forward to involving the community in this process.”