Welcome to Columbia Middle School

"Going the Extra Mile"

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Principal: Dr. Roger Chamberlain   Assistant Principal: Mrs. Courtney Castelli

Office Secretaries: Mrs. Jill Dickerson and Mrs. Karen Gundlach

Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 7:30 am - 4:00 pm
*Office may be closed when school is not in session.*


2009 SPIRIT WEEK ACTIVITIES

Monday, November 23:  Class Colors day
8th grade - black & pink
7th grade - grey & purple
6th grade - green & orange
5th grade - red & yellow

BETA baby food drive will be held before school
Spirit Egg Hunt will be held during lunch for all grades
Money "Jar Wars" will be held during lunch

Tuesday, November 24:  Decades day
8th grade - 80's
7th grade - 70's
6th grade - 60's
5th grade - 50's

BETA baby food drive will be held before school
Spirit Egg Hunt will be held during lunch for all grades
Money "Jar Wars" will be held during lunch

Wednesday, November 25:  CRAZY Blue & White Day
The Spirit Assembly will be held during which the winning tug-of-war teams will compete for the championship and the grade that wins the 2009 "Spirit Stick" will be announced.

Tug-of-War Teams
5th Grade - Fire & Ice and Volleyball Rockers
6th Grade - Flaming Flamingos and GSG
7th Grade - TBA on Monday, November 23
8th Grade - TBA on Tuesday, November 24

INTERNET SAFETY SEMINAR

The Columbia High School and Columbia Middle School guidance departments, in cooperation with the Columbia Police Department, are proud to present a seminar on Internet Safety.  The goal is to provide parents, guardians, and students with information that could be helpful when using the internet.

WHEN:  Wednesday, December 9, at 6:30 pm
WHERE:  CHS choir room #121

For additional information, please see the attachment.



Dairy Queen Nights

In conjunction with the Booster Club, the Columbia Dairy Queen is donating 10% of their proceeds
to CHS & CMS on the third Thursday night of each month.
Mark your calendars!
The first night is November 19!


UPCOMING EVENTS 

November 20:  Mid-Quarter Reports handed out
November 23-25:  Student Spirit Week
November 25:  2:10 pm Dismissal
November 26-27:  No School, Thanksgiving Break
December 3:  7th Grade Caroling at St. Paul UCC
December 7:  6th Grade Band Concert at Columbia High School, 6:30 pm
December 8:  7th & 8th Grade Band Concert at Columbia High School, 6:30 pm
December 8:  Sports Boosters Meeting, CHS Library, 8:00 pm
December 9:  Internet Safety Seminar at Columbia High School
December 18:  5th Grade tripto Art Museum & lunch, 9:30 am - 2:30 pm
December 16-21:  7th & 8th Grade Exams
December 22:  2nd Quarter / 1st Semester Ends
December 23 - January 3, 2010:  No School, Holiday Break
January 4, 2010:  School Resumes


Mission Statement
The mission of Columbia Middle School, in partnership with our community, is to address the needs of all students to help them become emotionally and physically healthy individuals, critical thinkers, effective communicators, respectors of diversity, responsible citizens, and to instill in them a desire to learn.