Good Afternoon,
We can't wait to see all our students and families at the Back to School Open House on Monday, August 19th!
Check out the August edition of the Eagle Soar:
https://www.smore.com/n205p-eagle-soar
Cheers!
Check out this link for Grade-Level Back-to-School Supply Lists for the 2019-2020 school year:
https://www.myeagles.org/o/columbia-upper-elementary
There have been significant changes to the bus routes this school year. Please click on the link for more information. https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/421553/Bus_Routes_2019-2020.pdf
This website offers opportunities to College students for discounts and scholarships! https://www.myunidays.com/US/en-US?sanredirect=1
Summer Camps are filling up! Register today! https://www.myeagles.org/article/107138?org=columbia-school-district
There will be a Red Cross Blood Drive on Tuesday, July 2, 2019 from 12 pm - 5:45 pm at Columbia Central High School. Free Cedar Point tickets and t-shirts available to those who donate (while supplies last) Schedule your appointment at www.redcrossblood.org
Columbia Summer Camp Programs are filling up! Make sure you register your child today!! https://www.myeagles.org/article/107138?org=columbia-school-district
Reminder: 6th grade Glow Dance is from 3-5 pm on Thursday! Please pick up students behind the school afterward. Thank you!
Columbia Summer Camp Programs are filling up! Make sure you register your child today!! https://www.myeagles.org/article/107138?org=columbia-school-district
There will be a mandatory meeting for current 6th - 11th grade boys basketball players and their parents at Columbia Central High School in the Cafeteria on June 3rd at 5:30 PM. We will discuss the summer schedule for the basketball camps. Thank you.
There was a crude oil spill in downtown Brooklyn today. The spill is contained with dirt and the Columbia Township Fire Department has contained the oil away from waterways. They assured us that there is no danger to people. Traffic is being rerouted around the downtown area.
Interested in supporting kids programs in the Brooklyn area and showing your pride in America? Join up with the Kiwanis Flag Program! https://www.brooklynkiwanismi.com/Page/33177
Register your child for one of the fabulous summer camps!! https://www.myeagles.org/article/107138?org=columbia-school-district
Today is Field Day for both CES and CUES! Don’t forget your sunscreen. 😉Thank you so much to Mr. Iott and to all the volunteers for making this fun event possible! 💙💛 #cuesproud
Check out this week's edition of the Eagle Soar:
https://www.smore.com/1ve23-eagle-soar
Please join us for the 5th and 6th Grade Band and Choir concert at 6:30 pm on Tuesday evening in the Columbia Central High School Auditorium. 🎼
Check out this week's edition of the Eagle Soar:
https://www.smore.com/ey9ur-eagle-soar
We would like to invite our community to the annual Hope Run being held on Friday, beginning at 8:30 AM, in the Columbia Central High School Gymnasium. The Hope Run is a fundraiser to support the American Cancer Society.
Check out this week's edition of the Eagle Soar!
https://www.smore.com/2kafm-eagle-soar
Reminder: No School on Friday, April 19th! Have a wonderful weekend! See you on Monday, April 22nd.
M-STEP testing begins for our 5th grade students on Tuesday morning. Please plan to arrive on time each day. We know that these students are going to excel, and we are excited for them to have the opportunity to highlight the greatness that is CUES! 💙💛 #cuesproud #cuesworkhard
Check out this Week's Edition of the Eagle Soar!
https://www.smore.com/4v5xs-eagle-soar
Every Friday is Blue and Gold Day at CUES! 💙💛 #cuesproud
Important Reminder: Thursday, March 28th is a Half Day of School. Dismissal is at 11:20 am.
Have a safe and wonderful Spring Break!
Congratulations to Aida Hallenbeck, pictures here representing the “Brooklyn Ballers” Academic Games team. She received the Division II 3rd place trophy for the game of On Words at the awards ceremony today! #cuesproud
Check out this Week's Edition of the Eagle Soar!
https://www.smore.com/j9zc3-eagle-soar
Join us at CUES for the Final Theater Club Performance! The fun and excitement begins at 6 pm. We are so proud of these students and their director, Mrs. Gilsdorf! 💙💛#cuesproud
The Mlive Jackson Citizen Spelling Bee will be held this evening at the Western Community Arts Center at 6 pm. Wishing our top two candidates, Nevada Adams and Xavier Mayer, the very best of luck as they compete! #cuesproud
Please join us for the CUES Talent Show at CES on Tuesday at 6 pm!
1st Track practice tomorrow for our 6th grade students! Bring permission slip, updated physical forms, and warm clothes! Meet at the track, be ready to work! 💪
Spring Picture Day is on May 21st! If your Eagle was erroneously given a picture form for Knox Doss Middle School, please have your child stop by the office for a new handout. Thank you!
Our teachers amaze me each and every day! Shout out to 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Pfister, for the positive messaging! 💙💛 #cuesproud #believe
Our 6th grade students had an opportunity to collaborate and build a salad in class today. Be sure to check out the Exponent next week for more information! #cuesproud #projecthealthyschools #uofmgrantopportunity
Due to unforeseen illness, the Final Theater Performance scheduled for Wednesday at 6 pm has been canceled and may be rescheduled for another time. Thank you for your support and understanding.,
Wear sweats to school on Tuesday and crazy socks on Wednesday! #marchisreadingfun
Reminder: the new calendar for Columbia School District includes school on Monday, March 11. Please join us for a great day at Columbia! 💙💛
Check out this Week's Edition of the Eagle Soar:
https://www.smore.com/xqr2u-eagle-soar
Slip into reading with slippers and pjs on Thursday! 📚 #marchisreading
Report Cards were sent home with students today. 📚
Dress like a Referee at CUES and wear black and white on Wednesday. 📚#marchisreadingfun
Day 1 of March is Reading Month is off to a great start with stacks of books and our “March Madness Book Brackets”! 📚#cuesproud
Be a Reading “JEAN-ious” and wear jeans to school tomorrow! 👖#marchisreadingmonth #cuesproud
Join Mrs. VanWagnen today at 2:30 pm for a Facebook LIVE Read-Aloud to Kick-off March is Reading Month!! 📚 #cuesproud
Join Mrs. VanWagnen at 2:30 pm on Sunday, March 3rd, to enjoy a Facebook LIVE Read-Aloud! 💙💛 #marchisreadingmonth #welovebooks
We will be having a Sixth Grade Kimball Camp Parent Meeting today, Wednesday, February 27th from 6-7 pm in the Columbia Upper Elementary School library. We will provide valuable information about the upcoming sixth grade Kimball Camp trip. We look forward to seeing our sixth grade parents.
Have a nice day!
A Parent Meeting regarding Kimball Camp will be held this evening at 6 pm in the CUES library. See you there!
Many our our 4th grade friends will be taking the NAEP assessment tomorrow. Please ensure these students get a good night of rest and arrive to school on time. Thank you for your support!
In an effort to make up for days where we missed practice, Mrs. Gilsdorf would like Theater Club students to meet an additional day to include club meetings on Tuesday, February 26th and Tuesday March 4th at our normal time 3:00-4:30. See you there!
Check out this Week's Edition of the Eagle Soar!
https://www.smore.com/jtquy-eagle-soar
The February Student of the Month Ceremony has been rescheduled for 10:45 am next Thursday, the 28th.
Please join us for the PTO meeting this evening, beginning at 6 pm, in the CES Library. Thank you!
Congratulations to our 6th Grade Spelling Bee Champion, Xavier Mayer, and Runner-Up, Austin Godfrey, and to our 5th Grade Champion, Nevada Adams and Runner-Up, Catherine Goings!
We are so proud of each and every participant! #cuesproud
Please join us for the 5th and 6th Grade Spelling Bee Assembly at 1:15 pm on Monday, February 4th in the CUES gymnasium! #cuesproud
Spirit Week continues on Friday with ALL OUT Blue and Gold Day! It’s a GREAT day to be a Golden Eagle! 💙💛 #cuesproud
The CUES Student of the Month Ceremony planned for today has been rescheduled for next Thursday, January 31st, at 10:45 am. Congratulations to all the nominees!
Check out this week's edition of the Eagle Soar:
https://www.smore.com/3g5uj-eagle-soar
Spirit Week continues on Thursday! Wear your favorite sports team gear for a chance to earn an Eagle Ticket!
Join us for Warm Wednesday tomorrow! Wear sweaters, scarves or hats for a chance to earn an Eagle ticket!
Permission slips are due on Wednesday, January 23rd for those 5th and 6th grade students interested in joining the After School Theater Club! The permission slip is provided in the link below:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17CPLAQAZ09oY1sGkSXBiICyUzzdcv-I-OBPUzR4-fo8/edit?usp=sharing
Please join us in remembering and honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. today.
No school for students on Monday, January 21st. Teachers will be participating in professional development. School resumes on Tuesday and we begin Spirit Week with WHITE OUT DAY at CUES and CES!
Congratulations to our Academic Games Team on earning 3rd place at Saturday’s meet! It’s a Great Day to be a Golden Eagle!
Check out this week's edition of the Eagle Soar!
https://www.smore.com/vexgb-eagle-soar
Tomorrow is Blue and Gold Day at CUES! It’s a Great Day to be a Golden Eagle!
Earlier today we were notified that an employee, Mrs. O'Neil, has had her name used with a gmail email address requesting people to call her or purchase iTunes gift cards. All Columbia Employees use their MyEagles.org addresses for their professional emails. If you receive an email from what appears to be the personal email of one of our employees, please mark it spam, delete it and do not return the email.
We are expecting it to be extremely cold tomorrow! Please remember to pack warm coats, snow pants, boots, hats and gloves. Thank you!
Getting excellent items in for the Cash Bash silent auction! This is a Michael Fulmer autographed picture from the Detroit Tigers! Make sure you get your ticket for the fun on February 23rd before they are all gone!
Join us for the Columbia Community Fitness Center Open House tomorrow, Saturday, December 29th from 10 to noon! Prizes! Family activities! First 50 adults get a free T-Shirt!
Columbia Central Youth MyWay Wrestling Registration is open! Click here to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScv2NS8bg07vM118chnrNpXBR8zGC4gq0GBEZKgXYUVJmPvXg/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1
Wishing you the happiest of holidays from our CUES family to yours! We are so thankful for you all!🎄
Friday is a half day of a school. Dismissal is at 11:20. Students are invited to wear pajamas to school. Happy Holidays!
Students are invited to wear RED and GREEN tomorrow! Classroom parties will take place during the day and the CUES Holiday Sing-a-long Assembly will begin at 1:15 pm. ❤️💚
.Join us a family fun event at the Columbia Community Fitness Center on Saturday, December 29th from 10 am to 12 noon. Win prizes, enjoy kids’ activities, 15 minute classes, and snacks. The first 50 adults to arrive will receive a free t-shirt and two free weeks!
Don't miss the Band and Choir concert tonight for 5th and 6th graders! It's at 6:00 pm at CES. Their performance today was just GREAT! #cuesproud
Thank you so very much to each of the wonderful parents able to volunteer this morning during our Doug Scheer Assembly! Also, special thanks to the PTO for funding this opportunity. We are so grateful for your support! 💙💛
All students are invited to enjoy our free special holiday lunch tomorrow. Lunch will include turkey gravy, mashed potatoes, and a dessert. No other lunch options will be available tomorrow. Students are invited to wear festive attire, as well. Cheers! 🎄🎁
While at the Principal’s Annual #MEMSPA2018 Conference, Columbia won a Zoom Professional Development session with the amazing inspirational speaker and author of Culririze, Jimmy Casas! #inspiregreatness #culturize
Wishing our CUES Robotics Team the best of luck as they compete at CCHS in the First LEGO League Competition! Pop in at 11:30 am this morning to watch them compete! #cuesproud
Join us for the FIRST Robotics Competition held tomorrow at CCHS. Teams begin presentations at 8:30 AM and will last throughout the day.
Check out this week's edition of the Eagle Soar!
https://www.smore.com/w4t6z-eagle-soar
ATTENTION VOLUNTEERS!!
We are still in need of many volunteers for Secret Santa shop Dec 3 - Dec 7. Please fill out the volunteer form that came home last week and send it back, share with grandparents, aunts/uncles, etc. and they can post here or email CESPTO2@gmail.com
This Cyber Monday, do your regular Amazon shopping at smile.amazon.com/ch/38-6001837 and AmazonSmile donates to Columbia School District. Thank you for supporting education!
Due to the inclement weather ❄️⛄️Columbia School District will be closed today, Monday, November 26, 2018. ⛄️❄️🌨
Spirit Wear order forms are due tomorrow! Lots of great holiday gift options are available. 💙💛 Order online at https://columbiaschools.itemorder.com/sale
Thanks for your support! It is greatly appreciated.
Join our Columbia Robotics Team at their meet on December 1! If you can volunteer, check out this site: https://www.firstinspires.org/ways-to-help/volunteer/event-volunteers
Make sure you get a ticket to the Annual Golden Ticket Cash Bash! Purchase a ticket from your child's principal. https://pamcampbellssoup.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-cash-bash-is-coming.html
Register to help at the Robotics Competition on Dec. 1 at Columbia Central High School! https://www.firstinspires.org/ways-to-help/volunteer/event-volunteers
Please take a moment to fill out the parent survey. The results are confidential, and the feedback is used to make our school the best it can be! We are so thankful for our partnership with all of our CUES families!
Link to Survey:
https://goo.gl/xSMT1Y
Veteran's Day breakfast is at 9 am on Friday and the assembly begins at 9:30 am at CCHS. Students are encouraged to wear red, white, and blue.
The CUES Student Council is sponsoring its annual Holiday Food Drive to benefit the Brooklyn Food Pantry. Please consider donating any canned/boxed non-perishable food items through December 18th. Thank you!
Don’t forget to set your clocks back this evening! #fallback #daylightsavings
Flag Sponsorship paperwork is due on Friday, November 2nd. #VeteransDay
If you are interested in volunteering, attending classroom events, or being a chaperone on field trips at Columbia School District a Volunteer Release form must be completed prior to your participation. Volunteer Release forms are available in any district office.
Thank you so much to the Columbia Education Foundation for providing each of our teachers with a $100 grant to use in their classroom! #cuesproud #grateful
Columbia School District Trunk or Treat is today, Sunday, October 28th from 3 to 5 pm in the CCHS parking lot. If it rains we will move in to the Fitness Center gymnasium!
The playoff football game this evening vs. Quincy and the soccer regional final at Williamston are MHSAA events. Tickets cost $6 for ALL attendees. Go, Golden Eagles!
The Columbia School District Transportation Department is hiring substitute bus drivers. Columbia will pay for training. Bus route times: 6 to 8 am and 2:30 to 4:30 pm. Position pays $36 per route. Please call 5179374666 or 5175926449.
Every Friday is BLUE AND GOLD DAY at CUES! Go Golden Eagles! 💙💛
Trunk or Treat is October 28th from 3 to 5 pm in the Columbia Central High School south parking lot (by the tennis courts)! #ItsAGreatDayToBeAGoldenEagle
Columbia School District is proudly sponsoring a district-wide Veterans Day assembly on November 9th at 9:30 a.m. at Columbia Central High School. Please visit myeagles.org to download the registration form!
Reminder: the 3rd grade Mackinac Trip Parent Meeting will be held this evening at 6 pm in the CUES library!
Thank you in advance for your generosity!
Tomorrow is a half day of school. Dismissal is at 11:20. No school on Monday for teacher professional development. School will resume on Tuesday.
Don’t Forget: Wednesday is Picture Day!
Join us for Bike or Walk to School Day on Wednesday! Beginning at 7:30 am, students can be dropped off in the church parking lot at the corner of School Street. Staff will be available to assist students. Go, Eagles!
Tomorrow is BLUE AND GOLD DAY! Please join us for homecoming! The parade begins at 5 PM and the game at 7 PM. Go Golden Eagles! 💙💛
Spirit Week Continues with Wacky Wednesday! Wear your mismatched, backwards, colorful, and crazy stuff tomorrow!
Tomorrow is Count Day. Please ensure your child attends school and is on time. We appreciate your support!” #cuesnews
This is a reminder that the Charleston wrap fundraisers must be turned in on Tuesday, October 2nd. Any fundraiser turned in after that date is subject to not being filled. Thank you!
Spirit Week begins tomorrow with Pajama Day! Each day's theme is as follows:
Monday - Pajama Day
Tuesday - Class Color Day
3rd - Blue
4th - Red
5th - Green
6th - Black
Office and others - Yellow
Wednesday - Wacky Wednesday
Thursday - Hat Day
Friday - Blue and Gold Day
Show your Eagle Spirit for a Chance to win an Eagle Ticket! #cuesproud
Show your Eagle Spirit for a chance to earn an Eagle Ticket. Wear your Blue and Gold tomorrow! #cuesproud #goeagles
We have had a fantastic week at CUES! Please enjoy this week's edition of the Eagle Soar Newsletter:
https://www.smore.com/sh5an-eagle-soar
It's our favorite day of the week tomorrow- Blue and Gold Day! Show your Eagle Spirit for a chance to earn an Eagle Ticket. #cuesproud #goeagles
Columbia Upper Elementary Students and Teachers are the Best! #ItsAGreatDayToBeAGoldenEagle!
The Columbia School District will be closed on Thursday, 8/31 and Monday, 9/3 in observance of the Labor Day Holiday. Have a safe and fabulous holiday weekend! #cuesproud
Welcome back to Columbia Upper Elementary!
*WANTED* Ms. Hinkle is in need of newspaper/magazines, toilet paper rolls, and egg cartons! These items will be used for paper mache art projects.
Fill the Bus with school supplies!
Check out the Columbia tent at Childrenz Challenge!
Back to School Bash is 5:30 pm 7 pm!