Last week we said goodbye to 2015 and hello to 2016. Since 2015 was such a great year for all of
us, I tallied 15 great things that took place in Columbia School District
during ‘15!
1) In January Columbia School District honored the
Board of Education members for “Board Appreciation” month and new board members
Bev Fish and Michael Moore were sworn in along with returning board members,
Mark Fish, Dave Slusher and Bob Wahr.
2) In April the Junior High students and their
teachers moved from the middle school to their new wing at Columbia Central.
3) Also during April Columbia celebrated with our
first Cash Bash fundraiser! As a
community we raised over $17,000 for student scholarships and teacher
mini-grants.
4) In May, Columbia Central High School earned the
U.S. News & World Report Bronze Medallion Award as a top high school in the
country!
5) In June Columbia Seniors walked for graduation
and earned hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships to colleges and
vocational programs.
6) In June Columbia School District students and
staff members moved their furniture and books out of the buildings to enable
the contractors to begin demolition in all of the buildings.
7) During the month of August construction
maintained a feverish pace to prepare the schools for the fall.
8) As we got ready to begin school, Columbia
teacher Nick Rulewicz was named Columbia Central Junior High Principal!
9) As September arrived approximately 50 students
and all of the teachers focused on getting classrooms set up for school to
begin!
10) On September 8th, the Columbia School
District community came together to celebrate the Grand Opening of our newly
renovated schools!
11) In September, three wonderful Columbia School
District employees announced their retirement: David Hamilton, fifth grade
teacher, Ralph Piepkow, Columbia Communication Director and Options principal
and Betty Bruce, district bookkeeper.
12) October brought the awarding of the Cash Bash
teacher mini-grants. Grants were awarded
for new books, technology, robotics and science.
13) In October, sports were celebrated at Columbia:
Freshman golfer Alissa Fish earned her way to participate in the State of
Michigan golf tournament and the Golden Eagle Football Team earned their way
into the playoffs during the month of October!
14) In November Columbia Central Junior-Senior High
School Leadership sponsored the annual Forum Days, which brought many special
speakers in to work with our students.
15) In December the Columbia Central Junior- Senior
High School was host to WILX channel 10’s School Rules program and in
combination, Columbia School District students gathered thousands of
nonperishable food items for the Brooklyn Food Pantry.
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