Congratulations to the Girls Golden Eagle Girls’ 💛🦅💙 ⛳️ Golf Team! They received the Superintendent’s Award for their outstanding competitive spirit throughout the fall!
Congratulations to Savannah Cushman! 👏👏👏 She was given the Superintendent’s Award in celebration of her outstanding score on the PSAT 10! She was chosen as a top finalist by the Small Town and Rural Schools! 💙🦅💛
Columbia teachers and staff, we thank you! 💙🦅💛 During American Education Week, we celebrate the power of public education and thank the educators and staff who do so much to make our public schools the cornerstone of our democracy, prosperity and strength. #AEW2022
Columbia School District will be closed tomorrow, November 15, 2022, due to the technology outage. Childcare will be open. Please see the email sent to parents and the information on www.myeagles.org site for further information.
Over the weekend, Jackson County ISD technology staff detected suspicious activity determined to be the result of a ransomware incident. Immediately upon discovering this activity, we proactively took systems offline in order to contain the incident. We have engaged external cybersecurity advisors to assist in the safe restoration of our systems and to investigate. We have also contacted law enforcement.
Given the system disruption to classroom technology, we made the difficult decision to close schools today, Monday, November 14, 2022. Our teams are working around the clock to bring systems back up in a safe and secure manner. We will provide an operating status update later today. At this time, we continue to ask everyone to refrain from using any school-issued devices.
We understand the inconvenience this is causing our students and appreciate your patience as we work to resolve this situation. Student and staff data security is a top priority for the Jackson County ISD and the districts it serves. Our investigation is ongoing and we will provide additional updates as they become available.
The Columbia School District Board of Education meeting will proceed as previously scheduled. The meeting is tonight, Monday, November 14, 2022 at 7 pm at the Admin area Community Room.
Child Tax Credit: Columbia School District was just made aware of the child tax credit that is available for parents to file. The deadline for filing is tomorrow, Tuesday, November 15, 2022. Simply click the link and follow the directions: https://www.getctc.org/en
Correction: All Columbia Central tryouts and practices are canceled. Girls basketball tryouts are canceled for today. Tryouts will be rescheduled as soon as possible. Please disregard the previously scheduled message that went out at 11:16 am.
Columbia School District will hold our November Board of Education meeting as previously scheduled this evening in the Admin area Community Room this evening at 7 pm.
Columbia School District:
All practices, offices, and the Columbia Community Fitness Center are closed on Monday, November 14, 2022, due to a system wide outage.
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“Some days we need an ear to listen, a hand to hold and a heart to understand.” - Appreciate Gratitude @2thank
#LearningTodayLeadingTomorrow
Brayden Lape, Mrs. Lape’s son, is competing on The Voice. On Monday we would like to show our support by having “Wear your hat backwards day” on Monday night and vote for Brayden!
Monday: Everyone is invited to wear your hat backwards and show your support for Brayden Lape.
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“You can’t move forward and build a company or a career if you don’t believe in yourself and your success.” Kara Goldin
Over the weekend, our technology consortium suffered a systems outage. The outage affected critical operating systems in the district, including but not limited to heating, telephones, and classroom technology. Jackson County ISD technology staff is working to fully investigate the disruptions and to restore affected systems.
Because this will take some time, superintendents from both Jackson and Hillsdale counties have determined the best course of action is to close schools for tomorrow, Monday, November 14, 2022. Columbia Child Care will also be closed on Monday, November 14, 2022.
We understand the difficulties this decision may cause, and appreciate your understanding and patience as our technology team works around the clock to get our systems back online and our students back in school. We will provide more information as it becomes available.
Columbia Central High School Girls Basketball tryouts will be on Monday, November 14th at 3 pm in the main gym. Students must have a physical on file to try out.
Thank you Columbia School District teachers! 💙🦅💛
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“I’m more convinced than ever… that a friendly smile and genuine greeting to the students we encounter during the day, is more meaningful than most of us realize. It doesn’t take much to inject some positivity into a kid’s day.” - Danny Steele
Thank you for your service! Happy Veterans Day!❤️💙🇺🇸
Happy Veterans Day!
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“Thankful for Life.” - Appreciate Gratitude @2thank
