
February 11, 2026
COLUMBUS, Miss. (CMSD) - The Columbus Municipal School District continues to move forward with implementing its 2022–2027 Strategic Plan across the district. One of the final actio...

January 31, 2026
COLUMBUS, Miss. (CMSD) - The Columbus Municipal School District (CMSD) and Mississippi University for Women signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to pave the way for more teac...

February 26, 2026
COLUMBUS, Miss. (CMSD) – Writing poetry might be low on the list of hobbies for most 7th-grade students, but not for Edwar Mendoza. “All poems are beautiful,” said the Columbus Mi...

February 23, 2026
COLUMBUS, Miss. (CMSD) - The Columbus Municipal School District has multiple ways to keep parents connected to their child’s school. One of those connections is Parent Liaison...

February 17, 2026
COLUMBUS, Miss. (CMSD) - The Mississippi School Boards Association designated the week of February 16-20 as School Board Member Recognition Week. Recently, during the regular Fe...

February 12, 2026
COLUMBUS, Miss. (CMSD) - A number of Hunt Intermediate and Columbus Middle School students won a number of awards this week at the Region V Science Fair at Mississippi State Unive...

February 12, 2026
COLUMBUS, Miss. (CMSD) – Learning how to express yourself as a fifth or sixth grade student can be difficult. However, some Hunt Intermediate School students have found a writer’s ...

February 11, 2026
COLUMBUS, Miss. (CMSD) – Hunt Intermediate School students know it’s easy to identify a problem. Now, they are using new skills to solve problems and letting their imagination crea...
February 9, 2026
COLUMBUS, Miss. (CMSD) - The Northeast Mississippi Band Directors Association (NEMBDA) Honor Band Clinic is an annual event that showcases the most talented musicians from the nor...

February 2, 2026
COLUMBUS, Miss. (CMSD) – With each performance, each set design, costume creation, and makeup artistry, Columbus Middle School Performing and Visual Arts students took on the role...

January 21, 2026
COLUMBUS, Miss. (CMSD) – Recently hired Columbus Municipal School District Transportation Director Geneva Summerville knows life can take you down many different roads. Her path t...

January 20, 2026
COLUMBUS, Miss. (CMSD) – Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees President Robert Smith learned two things early in life... Historically Black Colleges and Universitie...

January 13, 2026
COLUMBUS, Miss. (CMSD) - Mr. Dennis Dupree returned to the Columbus Municipal School District board room on Monday evening. This time he returned to be sworn-in as a member of the...

January 9, 2026
COLUMBUS, Miss. (CMSD) – Elsie Beard is by the numbers. Her entire career has been centered around numbers, and Beard believes her return to the Columbus Municipal School District ...

December 17, 2025
COLUMBUS, Miss. (CMSD) – On the stage and under the lights, Columbus Middle and High School students are using their talents to end the semester with award-winning theatrical perfo...

December 16, 2025
COLUMBUS, Miss. (CMSD) – Interim Columbus Municipal School District Superintendent Craig Chapman has removed that title to take on the role permanently. Chapman accepted the CMSD ...

December 16, 2025
COLUMBUS, Miss. (CMSD) – Edgar Allan Poe once said, "I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty." It’s a lesson some Columbus Middle Schoo...

December 12, 2025
COLUMBUS, Miss. (CMSD) – It is very rare for an event in the Columbus Municipal School District to occur without seeing Dr. Josie Shumake. She has been on the CMSD Board of Truste...

December 3, 2025
Columbus High's Mike Hood talks about what being named to the Clarion Ledger's Dandy Dozen" list means to him.

November 17, 2025
COLUMBUS, Miss. (CMSD) - More than two dozen Columbus High School dual enrolled, first-generation college students are recognized for their hard work. “It’s a great honor for me....
