Beginning Monday, Oct. 5th all Little Eagles K-2 will wear masks during class. We have the best group of teachers, staff and students in the land. We will use a positive approach with our Little Eagles who will do their best with this new Executive Order.
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Please join us in cheering on our Varsity teams by participating in Spirit Week dress up days next week.
Reading is the essential skill all children need in order to learn other subjects in school. Having fun while learning to read is a focus in every classroom at CES. Students work daily to increase their skills in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, accuracy, decoding, comprehension, sight words and expanding their vocabulary.
Mrs. Knaup, Mrs. Coughlin, Mrs. White and Mrs. Kouba offer reading interventions at Columbia Elementary School. Some of the interventions include:
Reading Recovery - a one-on-one daily, intensive reading intervention.
Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) - 30 minute sessions in a small group to strengthen a child’s reading and writing skills.
Guided Reading Groups - 30 minute sessions to improve a student's fluency, accuracy, comprehension, sight word recognition and decoding skills.
We are grateful to our aides, classroom teachers, special education teacher and Reading Interventionists for keeping reading a top priority at CES! 💙💛📘
Constitution.Day is September 17th! You are invited to wear red, white, and blue.
All students at CES & CUES have school Wednesday, Sept. 9. Jr./Sr. High students learn from home on Wednesdays.
Columbia Preschool is starting! Tuition Paid Preschool begins Tuesday, September 8th. GSRP Preschool begins Monday, October 5th. Our Preschool Team is excited to start teaching our Littlest Eagles! Just a reminder there is no school tomorrow or Monday in honor of Labor Day.
Meet Officer Breijak! He is the Columbia Liason Police Officer. He helps our students learn about safety. Our Little Eagles were happy to meet with him today and learn more about what a police officer does. There is a smile behind his mask!
Reminder: Columbia School District meal pickup for virtual learners is tomorrow from 10 to 11 right in front of the high school office. This is for all distance learners Pk through 12th grade.
8/31, 9/1, 9/2 & 9/3 are FULL days. Arrival window is 7:45-8:15 a.m. Dismissal window is 2:30-3:00 p.m.
No School Friday, 9/4.
Tonight the Columbia School Board considered a suggestion from the administration to join some other districts in Jackson County by attending school for half days this week. The superintendent and a representative of the Columbia Education Association, agreed to alter the school calendar by scheduling half days on Thursday and Friday, in addition to our traditional Wednesday half day. Not only will this address the affects of the heat on children wearing masks while riding busses, it will give our teachers an opportunity to review and reflect their first days of school during this critical time.
August Breakfast & Lunch Menus for CES
Thank you to Ms. Lindsay Kandell, our Columbia Food Service Director, Mrs. Holly Tilden, Mrs. Jessica McFarland & Jean David for making preparations for our Little Eagles to enjoy their breakfast and lunch times! YUM!
We are so excited to welcome back our Little Eagles for the 2020-2021 school year. Please view the attached letter for very important information that you may find helpful as we get our school year started. Our first half day of school is Wednesday, August 26th. Dismissal window is from 10:50 - 11:20 a.m.
If you have a 1st or 2nd grader at CES, we look forward to seeing you on Monday, August 24th at our 1st and 2nd grade Open House! 1st grade Open House is from 4-6 p.m. 2nd grade Open House is from 6-8 p.m. K105.3 will be broadcasting live and we can't wait to see all of our Little Eagle's smiling faces!
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1st Grade Open House
Monday, August 24th, 4-6 p.m.
Families with last names beginning with A-M, please plan to come to the open house between 4-5 p.m.
Families with last names beginning with N-Z, please plan to come to the open house between 5-6 p.m.
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2nd Grade Open House
Monday, August 24th, 6-8 p.m.
Families with last names beginning with A-M, please plan to come to the open house between 6-7 p.m.
Families with last names beginning with N-Z, please plan to come to the open house between 7-8 p.m.
1st and 2nd Grade Open House is an outdoor event. Please limit guest to immediate family, if possible. You can meet your classroom teacher, meet the virtual teacher, apply for free/reduced lunch, get transportation information and see our newly finished playground project!
Families who have signed up for virtual learning for their child are invited to meet Mrs. Rentschler, who will be at an outside table.
Virtual Learners at CES
Students who are virtual learners who need to borrow a device, please fill out the technology form below and pay $40 for insurance. Insurance for families who qualify for free/reduced lunch is $5. Devices can be picked up on Wednesday, August 26th from 1-3 p.m. under the covered porch front entrance at CES.
In Person Learners at CES
Students who are In Person learners who need to borrow a device, should we go to distance learning at some point in the year, please fill out the technology form and pay $40 for insurance. Insurance for families who qualify for free/reduced lunch is $5. Our ISD technology team will prepare those students' assigned devices with the appropriate filters so if/when the student is required to switch to distance learning they can take their device home. We use our devices daily at CES so chrome books for In Person Learners remain at school unless distance learner occurs. If the student is never required to switch to distance learning, the money will not be refunded.
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You might qualify for free or reduced lunch! Go online to lunchapp.com to complete the form today. The process is easier, shorter and has a faster response time! We would like to avoid handling paper copies due to the spread of Covid-19. If you do not have access to the Internet, please feel free to turn in a paper copy. We are looking forward to seeing your students smiling faces!
If you didn’t receive an email from your child’s teacher, please email Carol.Ladd@myeagles.org so we can check the email address we have in PowerSchool. The email will include a welcome letter and a recommended supply list. Our first half day of school is Wednesday, August 26th.
Columbia's Kindergarten Open House is on Tuesday, August 11th from 5-7 p.m. It is an outdoor event. If you know a child who will turn 5 by December 1st, 2020, this Open House is for them! Information will be available for In Person learning and our Virtual Learning option. For more details, please see the attached flyer. We look forward to seeing you!
Happy Retirement to this amazing custodian, Mr. Bob Gallinati! You are loved and will be greatly missed by your Columbia School District family! 💙💛
The CES playground is done! Thank you to our Columbia families and businesses who donated to make this project happen. Your generosity created a safe and happy place for our Little Eagles to play. 💙💛#ItsAGreatDayToBeALittleEagle
Columbia Childcare is open! Childcare is available at Columbia Elementary School for children 3 years old through 5th grade. Childcare cost is $32 per day for 5 or more hours, $25 for 2-5 hours, and $12 for 1-2 hours per day. We offer a 25% sibling discount. For more information, please call 517-592-9753 or email Terri.McLaury@myeagles.org
