Columbus Municipal School District

The Columbus Municipal School Board of Trustees recognized some amazing students, staff, and community volunteers during the December board meeting. The Board of Trustees recognized students who scored a perfect score on the MAAP Assessment for the 2022-2023 school year. Congratulations to our scholars from Joe Cook Elementary, Fairview Elementary, Franklin Academy, Sale Elementary, Stokes-Beard Elementary, and Columbus Middle School! It's a great day to be a Falcon! #TogetherWeFly #FalconProud #FalconFamily

We are definitely getting into the holiday spirit! #StudentCentered #HolidaySeason #Celebrate

We are definitely getting into the holiday spirit! #StudentCentered #HolidaySeason #Celebrate

The Columbus Municipal School Board of Trustees recognized some amazing students, staff, and community volunteers during the December board meeting. Congratulations to the amazing Homecoming committee which included community volunteers and CMSD employees. Thanks for all that you do! #TogetherWeFly #FalconProud #FalconFamily

The Columbus Municipal School Board of Trustees recognized some amazing students, staff, and community volunteers during the December board meeting. Congratulations to our culinary arts students from McKellar Technology Center for winning first place in the Golden Triangle Chopped competition! #FalconProud #FalconStrong #TogetherWeFly

The Columbus Municipal School Board of Trustees recognized some amazing students, staff, and community volunteers during the December board meeting. Congratulations to parents, teachers, paraprofessionals, and administrator of the year. It takes a village and thank you so much for being a part of our team. #FalconProud #FalconStrong #TogetherWeFly

Thank you to the volunteers from My Book of Lowndes County for visiting Sale this week! They came to our first grade classrooms to present students with Accelerated Reading books. Thank you so much for visiting and sharing books with our scholars! #MyBook #ReadingisLeading #LevelUp

Congratulations to the inaugural Junior Beta Club class at Stokes Beard Elementary! We celebrated and recognized these young scholars last night. Each student has to maintain at least an 80 in all subject areas, have good behavior, no more than five absences, and must be referred to be a member. "We are very proud of the students who met the criteria to be included in our inaugural BETA club," Stokes Beard Principal Dr. Jennings said. "We look forward to working with them to nurture their leadership skills. Go Stokes-Beard!" Shout out to our parents, community members, Beta Club Sponsor Mrs. Black, and guest speaker Dr. Angela Verdell for celebrating our Beta Club scholars! Congratulations, students! We're excited to watch you grow! #StudentCenterd #BetaClub #ExcellenceDriven

Student Spotlight! We want to highlight Columbus High senior Makiyah Burnett. Through McKellar's work-based learning program, Makiyah has been interning with Friendly City Books. As an intern, Makiyah helps stock and mail books, ensures the shelves are in order, sets up displays, helps decorate the store, and even reads and reviews new books. "We have really enjoyed having Makiyah at Friendly City Books this year," FCB owner Emily Liner said. "She has made a tangible impact expanding our used book section, and she's contributed her creativity to add some decorative flair around the bookstore. She has also had the opportunity to participate in our events and meet authors like Andy Harkness and Nyani Nkrumah, and she has a staff picks shelf alongside the rest of the team." Our work-based learning program helps high school students find their path to success after high school. After Makiyah graduates from CHS, she wants to study engineering and even build houses with 3D printers! Her love of reading, art, and design is what called her to intern with Friendly City Books and she said she's thankful for the opportunity and experience! We are proud of you, Makiyah and can't wait to see how you grow! #TogetherWeFly #StudentSpotlight #FalconProud

Happy Superintendent Appreciation Week to our very own Dr. Stanley K. Ellis! Our Fairview Falcons surprised Dr. Ellis today with a poster, celebration, and gifts this afternoon. The View loves you! Thank you Dr. Ellis for your support and leadership every day as we move CMSD forward! #TogetherWeFly #FalconProud #SuperintendentAppreciationWeek

Shout out to Lt. Morris from Columbus Air Force Base for coming to visit our Columbus Middle School students! Our CMS students are seeing real-world connections every day. Lt. Morris spoke to ELA students about the Barrington Irving reading. Lt. Morris discussed the need for more pilots of color, how to obtain flight time to become a pilot, and college requirements. He explained the difference between commercial and military pilots. Lt. Morris, 26, graduated from Tuskegee University and encouraged students to think about attending an HBCU as well. Thank you Lt. Morris for answering our students' questions and being an amazing mentor and leader! #WeAreColumbus #TogetherWeFly #StudentCentered

Student Spotlight! This month our advanced culinary art students competed in the Golden Triangle Chopped Competition. They brought home the first-place trophy, which includes a $250 scholarship for four years to Mississippi University for Women! Congratulations to Arielle Price, Demorris Studavent, and Skyla Henry for your first-place dishes which included: almond butter deep-fried grits with napa cabbage, puff pastry shrimp on a bed of zucchini risotto, and pork loin on honey slaw. We also had students place third in the knowledge bowl! Congratulations to our hardworking students and our culinary arts teacher Dana Harris! "I love my students, they're great kids," Ms. Harris said. "I always tell them, 'If you cook with love, your food will never turn out bad.'" #StudentCentered #ExcellenceDriven #TogetherWeFly

CMSD Teacher of the Year! Congratulations to the District Teacher of the Year, Ms. Edna Hall. Today CMSD administrators visited Franklin Academy and celebrated Ms. Edna Hall as the District Teacher of the Year. Superintendent Dr. Stanley Ellis was excited to celebrate Ms. Hall for all her hard work with her students at Franklin Academy. "Edna Hall, our CMSD Teacher of the Year, is a clear example of a dedicated educator," Dr. Ellis said. "Ms. Hall, we appreciate your role in navigating Franklin Academy to the B-rating. We are proud of you. Love, your CMSD Falcon Family." Congratulations, Ms. Hall! Thank you for all your work! #FalconFamily #TeacherOfTheYear #FalconProud

Congratulations to our CMSD Administrator of the Year! Thanks for all you do, Ms. Freda Dismukes! Ms. Dismukes helped lead Sale Elementary to a B-rating this year and is paving the way for an A-rating next year. Thank you for making sure all students at Sale Elementary "Level Up" and reach their goals. ! We appreciate all that you do. Congratulations, Ms. Dismukes. Amazing work! #StudentCentered #FalconProud #FalconFamily

VAPA Night was a HUGE success! Stars shine bright at CMSD. We are thankful to all the parents and community members for attending our VAPA night performances. For those who came, they enjoyed performances from our theatre classes, choir, CMS band, CHS band, and an art gallery. "The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college," former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said. Thank you for supporting our students and art education! #FalconProud #ArtEducation #Artsed

Columbus High senior Jayden Tatum will continue his academic and athletic career with Northeast Community College. Congratulations on having the opportunity to chase your dream! We're excited to watch Jayden and the CHS Basketball team compete this season!

Check out what's happening at The View! This is the first year for our Fairview Elementary School Student Council. For this month's service project, each class is raising canned goods to support those in need throughout the holidays. Student Council President Joyce Ayoola said she's excited to see the school become more involved in the community. "Feeding the people of the community is important and will help students get the education that not everyone has everything they need and these canned goods can really help," Joyce said. Let's continue to work together to lift up our community! Parents, community members, and volunteers: feel free to make any canned goods donations at The View, just ask to speak with our counselor Mrs. B. #TogetherWeFly #WeAreColumbus #FalconProud

Fun run! In October our Joe Cook Elementary students participated in a Breast Cancer Awareness fun run! Shout out to our parents and volunteers for showing up for our students! #StudentCentered #ExcellenceDriven #FalconStrong

Join Mayor Keith Gaskin and Sheriff Eddie Hawkins for the 3rd Annual Turkey Pardon on Thursday, November 16 at 3:30 p.m. in front of City Hall. There will be complimentary cookies, hot chocolate, petting zoo, story time, and more! For more information, call 662-328-6305!

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