St. Columba School held its annual Faith Bee. The winner will go on to compete against 28 other schools at the Diocese of Harrisburg Diocesean Center in Harrisburg. Sister Suzanne was the coordinator and moderator asking all the questions. The questions challenged student knowledge of their Catholic...

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In 5th grade, Mr. Zeares' Science class learned about forces, motion, friction, gravity, air resistance, and aerodynamics. The students were in charge of building a track with supports using Hot Wheel track and K’Nex pieces. Students also had a choice of cars and had to hypothesize which c...

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Our friends at BTE came through again with another AMAZING production. This year their Theater in the Classroom presentation was called Buffalo Soldiers: Park Protectors. The cast of Brian Bond, Gabe Moses, and Meagan Williams told the little known story of the impact African Americans had in the cr...

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St. Columba School's 12th Annual Leprechaun Loop was a little different this year. This year's Loop was run at the Bloomsburg Fair Grounds. This change worked out well as the runners had a course with varierty and challenge. We had well over 175 people participate and a BIG THANK YOU to coor...

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The Diocese of Harrisburg held its Geography Bee with 21 students from various schools in the diocese competing. The Geography Bee is opened to students from grades 4 through 8. Our 4th grader Barrett Smolenak represented St. Columba School and was the only 4th grader in this competition. The m...

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Saint Columba School's Geography Bee tested students' knowledge of this country and the world. They were asked questions about the states, continents, mountain ranges, oceans, and seas. The competition was fierce with students from the 4th grade through 8th grade went back and...

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During Saint Columba School's Students and Family luncheon we had the unusual privilege of having three generations of family in the same room. Here 2nd grader (center) Maryn Berger enjoys her lunch with her two grandmothers Mary Howe left and Chris Berger right along with Sonnie Howe ...

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During our Catholic Schools Week celebration best-selling author Marsha Hubler spoke to our middle school students about her books and her life as a nationally known author. Sister Suzanne Duzen, our middle school religion teacher, distributed Marsha Hubler's books to our students. The stud...

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As part of the fun of this special week at St. Columba, our school held a MarioKart tournament. Students signed up for this event and were placed on the bracket board. During their recesses the students played MarioKart until we had our final four. Then on the last day of Catholic Schools Week we he...

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St. Columba School's Catholic Schools Week continues with Brent Kessler,  magician and illusionist. The entire school witnessed Brent Kessler's talents to make a table float, a cup full of soda empty on its own, and a dove to appear from inside of a balloon to name just a few ...

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It is back! Our Catholic Schools Week classic: the Students vs Teachers Volleyball Game! Monsignor Lawrence brought this game to St. Columba School many years ago and the tradition continues with Father Mowery jumping in this year. The students played hard but the teachers prevailed again for the ei...

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We got all tied up during this Catholic Schools Week. One of our many dress down days this week, we had Tie Day. Students could dress down in anything they chose as long as they wore a tie with their "fit". So many ties were seen this day, and who knew that there would be so many varieties...

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St. Columba School held our annual Spelling Bee. Students in 4th through 6th grades battled it out by spelling words that challenged their knowledge. After many rounds of competition Cael Williams came out on top for the third year in a row. He is a master speller. Cael will represent St. ...

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St. Columba School's Preschool celebrated 100 days of school. Each student used 10 frame cards to find 10 ants scattered around the room.  Once they found 10 ants they placed them on a 100 chart while counting 1 to 10.  After all 100 ants were found together we counted t...

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St. Columba School's technology class learned about Digital Citizenship & the 9 Elements. After reading But Mom it's Only a Game by Julisa Cook the students discussed good and bad choices the main character Jasper made in the book.  The class discussed rules they...

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