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3rd Garde Wins Big!

Posted on May 31, 2024 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

3rd Garde Wins Big!

St. Columba School's 3rd grade won big in the National Association of Conservation Districts poster contest. The theme for this year is "May the Forest Be with You." Our students swept their age group in the Pennsylvania district. From left to right are Maryn Berge...

Kindergarten Graduates

Posted on May 31, 2024 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Kindergarten Graduates

This is St. Columba School's final Kindergarten class graduation. This amazing class had a great year and we at SCS wish them the best of luck as they move onto 1st grade. God Bless You All! From left to right are Max Caligiuri, Oliver Rojo Kishbaugh, Allyson Nacional, Wyatt Vargo, and Eleanore ...

Preschool Graduates

Posted on May 31, 2024 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Preschool Graduates

St. Columba School wants to congratulate their wonderful preschool as they graduate from SCS and move on to their next step on their academic careers. This is our final preschool class, and we at SCS wish you all the best of luck and God Bless You All!

SCS Students Win Big in Lyme Disease Poster Contest

Posted on May 20, 2024 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

SCS Students Win Big in Lyme Disease Poster Contest

Pennsylvania's Department of Health held a Lyme disease poster contest. The posters were to raise awareness of Lyme disease and how to prevent it. Students discussed Lyme disease and how ticks transmit it. After that, Mrs. Millard, our art teacher, had students create their own pieces of origina...

Preschool Friends Visit Fourth Grade Readers

Posted on May 15, 2024 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Preschool Friends Visit Fourth Grade Readers

Our preschool friends came over to our school library for a special reading day. Our 4th grade joined the preschoolers in the library for a special reading partner s day. The preschoolers picked out their favorite book and their 4th grade buddy read it to them. What a wonderful day it was. ...

Our Final May Crowning

Posted on May 15, 2024 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Our Final May Crowning

St. Columba School recently held its annual May Crowning prayer service, a cherished tradition that honors the Blessed Virgin Mary. 2nd grade students adorned a beautiful crown of flowers on a statue of Mary, offering prayers and songs in reverence. This was our final May Crowning so the entire scho...

SCS Goes to the Historical Society Museum!

Posted on May 08, 2024 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

SCS Goes to the Historical Society Museum!

St. Columba School's 3rd and 4th grades received a special privilege courtesy of David Millard and the Columbia County Historical Society. That privilege was a sneak preview visit to the new Historical Society building and exhibits located in the old 1st National Bank building on 50 West Market ...

Our Final 1st Holy Communion Class

Posted on May 07, 2024 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Our Final 1st Holy Communion Class

Congratulations to our 2nd graders upon receiving their 1st Holy Communion. Also, we want to congratulate Sister Lydia for preparing our students for this special event in their lives. Sister Lydia was honored for 52 years of devoted service and sacramental preparation for our second graders. C...

When the 1st Grade Hits Your Eye Like a Big Pizza Pie

Posted on April 24, 2024 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

When the 1st Grade Hits Your Eye Like a Big Pizza Pie

The first grade is filled with burgeoning pizza chefs. The class was doing a lesson on following directions in order. Skipping a step could lead to totally unwanted results. The class then put this lesson to practical use. They developed a set of directions to create their own pizzas. They followed ...

Bloomsburg Library Preschool Storytime

Posted on April 22, 2024 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Bloomsburg Library Preschool Storytime

Our preschool went on another adventure to the Bloomsburg Public Library. Our friends there treated the preschoolers to a couple of stories. After that it was time for loads of fun with activities galore. Thank you to Angela Musselman-Leister at the library for making this a very special day.

Preschool Learns That Farming Rocks

Posted on April 16, 2024 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Preschool Learns That Farming Rocks

St. Columba's preschool greeted a special guest reader, Crystal Davis, who read a story about farming to our students. She discussed what she did on her farm and how crops are grown. Crystal helped our students understand through the story the importance of farming in our area and coun...

1st Grade's Oobleck OOO

Posted on March 15, 2024 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

1st Grade's Oobleck OOO

1st grade went experimenting with Mrs. McConnell. The students created oobleck. Using water, cornstarch, and food coloring, they mixed everything together. While mixing they observed the reactions of this concoction and learned how a liquid can become a solid. They even had a scientific journal to r...

Will Humphrey Spells It Out in Harrisburg

Posted on March 07, 2024 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Will Humphrey Spells It Out in Harrisburg

Will Humphrey represented SCS well. He went up against 35 other students from the other Catholic schools in the Diocese of Harrisburg. Will was one of only two 4th graders to compete. After it was all over, his mom and dad took him out for a well earned burger and fries from Longhorn Steakhouse. Con...

1st grade Takes Control

Posted on February 26, 2024 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

1st grade Takes Control

Our 1st grade created their very own "self-controller boxes", inspired by the book 'But It's Just a Game' in Mr. Drumm's class. This book teaches kids to gain a balance between tech and real life in the form of the self-controller box. Inside these boxes students placed rem...

3rd grade Paleontology

Posted on February 12, 2024 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

3rd grade Paleontology

St. Columba School's 3rd graders were studying the fascinating world of fossils. The class was interested in how they were made so their teacher Mrs. Coombe created a fossil pit of sorts. The students picked an object such as a seashell or a plastic dinosaur. They then mixed plaster of Pari...

CSW Spelling Bee - Buzz! Buzz!

Posted on January 30, 2024 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase, Catholics Schools Week

CSW Spelling Bee - Buzz! Buzz!

St. Columba School held our annual Spelling Bee. Our 3rd and 4th graders battled it out, spelling word after word correctly. Eventually, the competition came down to two 4th grade students, Camron Boyle and Will Humphrey. They spelled one word after another until our winner was crowned, Will Humphre...

3rd Grade has Fun with Flan

Posted on January 29, 2024 in: School News, Academic Achievements, Celebrating Students

3rd Grade has Fun with Flan

Our 3rd grade class learned about the importance of procedures. Taking the right steps in the right order. Their textbook, as part of this lesson, provided a recipe for Flan. The daring Mrs. Coombe and her fearless 3rd graders brought in the ingredients and off to the school's kitchen they went....

Dictionaries for All!

Posted on November 20, 2023 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Dictionaries for All!

Bloomsburg's local Rotary Club visited St. Columba School's 3rd grade. And with this visit they brought all the students a donation of dictionaries. These students now have their own personal dictionaries that they can use in school and out for the rest of the year.&...

Fall Time is Apple Time

Posted on October 17, 2023 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Fall Time is Apple Time

St. Columba School's Kindergarten class celebrates the fall with an apple tasting lesson. Mrs. Benscoter diced up the apples for her students. The students removed the seeds and counted how many each apple had. They then counted their slices of apples and matched them to the seeds. Finally,...

Teaching Moment with the Monstrance

Posted on October 12, 2023 in: School News, Academic Achievements, Celebrating Students

Teaching Moment with the Monstrance

After our school mass, Father Mowery took the time to teach our elementary students about the Monstrance. He showed them how it is used. He asked students if they knew who belongs in the Monstrance. He also asked our students if they knew why the Monstrance was used. Some of our students were on the...

3rd Grade Building Bridges

Posted on October 05, 2023 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

3rd Grade Building Bridges

St. Columba School's 3rd grade investigated bridge construction. The students had to create their own bridge designs then build their bridges using toothpicks and marshmallows. These tasty bridges taught these students about the tensions bridges must endure in order to be saf...

Preschool and Their Shape People

Posted on September 08, 2023 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Preschool and Their Shape People

Our preschool students made their very own shape people. They chose the shape and color they wanted their person to be, and then they added a face using one of the emotions discussed with their teacher Mrs. John. They discussed what a happy face looks like, excited face, joyful face, angry...

Mr. Zeares Takes Orders

Posted on August 23, 2023 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Mr. Zeares Takes Orders

On our first day and in our first Physical Education class, Mr. Zeares was literally being ordered around by the students. But this is how it was done. Mr. Zeares sat behind another student. On the table in front of Mr. Zeares were the makings for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (the peanut butte...

Play Ball with Our SCS Students

Posted on July 10, 2023 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Play Ball with Our SCS Students

St. Columba School students earned their way to the Scranton/Wilkes Barre RailRiders student MVP game. These students were selceted by the faculty and staff at SCS to attend a special MVP game with the RailRiders. Students revceived two free tickets to the game, the opportunity to walk on the field,...

Graduation Day for Saleah

Posted on June 06, 2023 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Graduation Day for Saleah

Saleah Shannon has been a fixture here at St. Columba School. For ten years she has attended our school, and now, it is time to say goodbye. Saleah has graduated and will be attending Central Columbia High School next year. Thank you Saleah for some great times and greater memories and congratulatio...

Coding an Elephant

Posted on May 01, 2023 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Coding an Elephant

Students in Mr. Drumm technology class have been constructing their own Robotis Elephant. Robotics is a creative robot kit for kids to learn various features, functions, and principles of building and coding robots. Pictured from left ot right are Benjamin Parker, and Jonathan Ervin ...

There are More Bees but this One has Faith

Posted on March 30, 2023 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

There are More Bees but this One has Faith

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...

Downhill Derby

Posted on March 28, 2023 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Downhill Derby

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...

Top of the World!

Posted on March 09, 2023 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Top of the World!

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...

Buzzing Around the World

Posted on March 08, 2023 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Buzzing Around the World

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...

Spelling It All!

Posted on March 01, 2023 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Spelling It All!

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. ...

Pre-School Goes 100

Posted on March 01, 2023 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Pre-School Goes 100

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...

Self-Controlling in 1st Grade

Posted on March 01, 2023 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Self-Controlling in 1st Grade

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...

SCS Math Wizard!

Posted on February 05, 2023 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

SCS Math Wizard!

Mrs. John's preschool/pre3 class student Alexander Ervin is a Math Wizard on the IXL Math Program. He was able to earn 100% and three ribbons on the number recognition 1 - 2- 3 program. An outstanding feat for such a young student.

SCS Science

Posted on December 20, 2022 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

SCS Science

St. Columba School's 5th grade science class was learning about animal habitats. How these animals in the wild construct homes that prevent destruction from the elements and predators. Here Ella Stephens, left examines the interior of a hornets nest held by Mr. Zeares, her science tea...

Chris Getz Wins BIG!

Posted on August 21, 2022 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Chris Getz Wins BIG!

Saint Columba's middle schooler Christopher Getz was awarded second place in the state of Pennsylvannia for his entry in the 2022 Elk's Essay Contest. The Elk's invited Chris to reread his speech to the crowd. The orginaztion then recognized Chris' acomplishment with a plaque co...

Forensics Final

Posted on April 07, 2022 in: School News, Academic Achievements, Catholics Schools Week

Forensics Final

Our St. Columba Middle School Forensics team participated in the last competition of the year, and it was a big one. It took place at the Diocesean Center in Harrisburg. There were approximately 50 students who participated from all the diocesean schools. Our students competed in the Duos and O...

Faith Meets the Bee

Posted on April 07, 2022 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Faith Meets the Bee

St. Columba School hosted the Faith Bee. This event included participants from St. Columba School and Parish. Students were challenged with questions about the Catholic Faith. After many rounds and loads of questions it came down to our last two competitors, Emily Marino and James Samayoa. Thes...

PI = PIE

Posted on March 25, 2022 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

PI = PIE

St. Columba's Middle School celebrated 3-14 with actual pie. After Mrs. Troiani's math class was finished working the ins and outs of the number PI they celebrated by having some pie. Here her 8th grade class shared pizza pie and some regular apple pie, blueberry pie, and chocolate mousse pi...

Write Like an Egyptian

Posted on March 21, 2022 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Write Like an Egyptian

Saint Columba School's 5th-grade Social Studies class is learning about the culture of ancient Egypt. as part of their studies, they have created their own names using ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. The students painted paper with diluted coffee to give the paper the "ancient look&quo...

ST. COLUMBA HAS ESSAY WINNERS

Posted on February 15, 2022 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

ST. COLUMBA HAS ESSAY WINNERS

Rep. David Millard (far right) and legislative liaison for the PA Game Commission Josh Zimmerman (far left) visited our parish school to recognize Emily Shapeero (First Place) and Emily Marino (Second Place) as winners of the “Most Enjoyable Outdoor Experienc...

SCS Welcomes You

Posted on January 29, 2022 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase, Celebrating Students, Catholics Schools Week

SCS Welcomes You

First, click Read More then {Click Here} the watch the Saint Columba School Welcomes You to our school video.

SCS Magazine is Back and Ready to Read

Posted on January 29, 2022 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

SCS Magazine is Back and Ready to Read

St. Columba School’s middle school is proud to share its fourth feature magazine and eleventh overall publication. First, click Read More then {CLICK HERE} to begin reading this issue. This year, we present our school’s homage to Brandon Stanton’s “Humans of New Yor...

Last Year's Graduate Wins Big!

Posted on December 30, 2021 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Last Year's Graduate Wins Big!

St. Columba School's graduate of last year's 8th-grade class Emily Shapeero entered the 2020-2021 Missionary Childhood Association (MCA) Christmas Artwork Contest. It was recently announced that Emily’s original artwork came in first place in this nationwide contest. She will have...

Preschool Creates Their Own Magical Elves

Posted on December 08, 2021 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Preschool Creates Their Own Magical Elves

Our preschool is getting ready for Christmas. Mrs. John has the students working on knowing sizes, shapes, and colors with a touch of Christmas fun. Once the preschoolers had their sizes, shapes, and colors picked, they created their very own and unique Magical Elf. The students were so proud&n...

Veterans Day Remembered

Posted on November 15, 2021 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Veterans Day Remembered

St. Columba School has deep connections to our service men and women who have done so much for our country. The teachers throughout the school had many activities for the students to do this day designed to build our appreciation for these great people. Our kindergarten class created soldi...

Student Council Election Day

Posted on October 11, 2021 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Student Council Election Day

Our St. Columba eighth graders presented their cases to the school as to why they should be elected as part of the 2021-2022 student council. Each candidate gave a speech outlining their platform and the value they would bring to the student body. The students voted later that day and soon we will i...

Learning Those Letters

Posted on September 07, 2021 in: School News, Academic Achievements

Learning Those Letters

St. Columba School's Pre-k students created a fine motor skill journal. Their first activity was peeling and sticking letter stickers to their journals. The letter they started with had to be the first letter of their names. When they finished, they were able to decorate the...

Emily Marino on Philly Live

Posted on August 24, 2021 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Emily Marino on Philly Live

Last school year, Mr. Zeares, our middle school science teacher, introduced his classes to Generation Genius. This educational program was created by Dr. Jeff Vinokur. Generation Genius is used by millions of school children around the country. Emily Marino enjoyed Dr. Jeff's dancing lessons so ...

Presenting Our Class of 2021

Posted on June 11, 2021 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Presenting Our Class of 2021

St. Columba School's Class of 2021 has officially graduated. Many of these students have been attending this school since their preschool days. They were nostalgic about leaving but excited to move onto the next step in their lives with some going onto Bloomsburg High School while others will be...

SCS Grads Get Their Start Here

Posted on May 02, 2021 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

SCS Grads Get Their Start Here

St. Columba School proves again that this is the place to get your start. Two grads of St. Columba School are now 2020 graduates of Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. There were 11,536 applicants for this prestigious medical school with only room for 212 ...

Violin Virtuoso in Preschool

Posted on April 14, 2021 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Violin Virtuoso in Preschool

Our Saint Columba School music teacher Mrs. Trapane introduced the violin to our preschool. The students were able to use the bow and pluck the strings. They really enjoyed this opportunity to try their hand at the violin. Here Quinn Brooks looks like he is ready for the concert hall.

7th Grade Spruces Up for Spring

Posted on April 01, 2021 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

7th Grade Spruces Up for Spring

As part of St. Columba School's commitment to service, Mr. Bidleman's 7th grade religion class and 8th grade are landscaping the front of their school. This service project included donations from the community from businesses like Home Depot. The class ripped all the weeds and dead plants o...

Geography Bee the Tops

Posted on March 22, 2021 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Geography Bee the Tops

St. Columba School has a winner. Louis Venturi 7th grade celebrates as he gets the final question correct during this hard fought Geography Bee competition that lasted an hour and 20 minutes. There will not be a diocesan Geo Bee this year so the students were going for school bragging rights. L...

Religion Bee has a Winner

Posted on March 22, 2021 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Religion Bee has a Winner

St. Columba School held their annual Religion Bee. Students in grades 7 and 8 answered challenging questions about their faith. After many rounds, we came down to our two finalists. Eigth graders Emily Shapeero and Calyssa Shannon, who attended the competition virtually. Question after que...

Generation Genius & St. Columba School

Posted on March 10, 2021 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Generation Genius & St. Columba School

A producer from NBC10’s Philly Live! contacted our ELA program, inviting one of our students to participate in a television news segment about the impact of Dr. Jeff Vinokur’s popular YouTube science program “Generation Genius” in the state. Dr. Jeff specifically requested St...

Stop Motion Moves in Tech Class

Posted on March 10, 2021 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Stop Motion Moves in Tech Class

Saint Columba School's 6th graders in Mr. Drumm's Technology class are creating their own stop-motion videos using different materials. Some are using claymation while others like Liam Berger (right) & Blaise Kissinger (left) are using paper cutouts and their own basketball court to...

Green Eggs and Preschool

Posted on March 08, 2021 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Green Eggs and Preschool

Mrs. John's celebration of Read Across America week included the classic Green Eggs and Ham book. And in preschool they just don't read books; they sometimes live them. Mrs. John made Green Eggs for her students using eggs, food coloring, and elbow grease. The students enjoyed the eggs even ...

Our Principal Reads

Posted on March 06, 2021 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Our Principal Reads

As part of our Read Across America Celebration, our principal, Mr. Morisco, read the Dr. Seuss classic Green Eggs and Ham, but with a twist. The students are learning Spanish so he read the book to the 7th grade class in Spanish then they together translated the book. Also students were dressed...

SCS Spells Excellence

Posted on February 24, 2021 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

SCS Spells Excellence

Saint Columba School held its annual spelling bee. Even though there will be no diocesan spelling bee this year, the diocese asked the school to continue the tradition with an in-house version. Grades 4 through 6 competed with the last two contestants being Maya Reese in 5th grade and Cael Will...

Saint Columba School's Catholic Schools Week Events

Posted on February 10, 2021 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Saint Columba School's Catholic Schools Week Events

Click on the photo then {CLICK HERE} and follow the link to Saint Columba School's Virtual Tour. {CLICK HERE} to view our assembly from Folk's Butterfly Farm {CLICK HERE} to view our Living Rosary - this is only aportion of this wonderful moment during our special...

SCS Magazine is Here!

Posted on January 22, 2021 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

SCS Magazine is Here!

The 2021 edition of SCS, the magazine of St. Columba School is now available on Issuu at this address: https://issuu.com/bidleman/docs/scs2021. Our magazine is the product of interviews and writing of our fifth, sixth, and seventh-grade students with eighth-graders serving as publication ed...

6th Grade Science are Phasing with the Moon

Posted on September 15, 2020 in: School News, Academic Achievements

6th Grade Science are Phasing with the Moon

Our 6th Grade Science class were examining the phases of the moon. Their science teacher Mr. Zeares, as part of this examination, had the students create their own phases of the moon using Oreo cookies. Here Rogan Smith shows off her work. Of course, they ate their work when the class was over. ...

Preschool Celebrates Earth Day

Posted on April 30, 2020 in: School News, Academic Achievements

Preschool Celebrates Earth Day

Mrs. John holds a Zoom Class with her preschool class on Earth Day. They all made Earth Day headbands to wear during the meeting. The class even did a recycling game. Mrs. John showed the class items, and they used smiley/sad faces to say yes or no to the items recyclability. Her...

6th Grade Gets Foreign Chocolate

Posted on March 29, 2020 in: School News, Academic Achievements

6th Grade Gets Foreign Chocolate

Our 6th Grade Geography class visited the European country of Belgium. While the class was on its virtual tour, the class found a city named Bruges. This city is renowned for its chocolate, and one of the best loved chocolate stores there is B by B. The students investigated the B by B website and f...

St. Columba School Gets Their Geo Bee Champion

Posted on February 24, 2020 in: School News, Academic Achievements

St. Columba School Gets Their Geo Bee Champion

St. Columba School hosted its annual Geo Bee. The competition included students from fourth grade all the way up to eighth grade. Round after round flew by and question after question. The competition narrowed to the two finalists, 6th grader Louis Venturi and 8th grader Rachel Marino...

Elks asks the question "What does Freedom of Speech mean to me?" & SCS answers

Posted on February 17, 2020 in: School News, Academic Achievements

Elks asks the question "What does Freedom of Speech mean to me?" & SCS answers

The Elks asked our middle school writers to enter into their contest, "What does Freedom of Speech mean to me?" and SCS did not disappoint them. Our students did their research on this Constitutional amendment then got to work. There were quite a few entries but our school winners are in s...

D.A.R. Announces SCS Winners

Posted on February 17, 2020 in: School News, Academic Achievements

D.A.R. Announces SCS Winners

St. Columba's middle school has come up big again in the annual Daughters of the American Revolution's essay contest. This year's essay topic was on the Pligrim's voyage to the "New World". Students had to place themselves on the Mayflower, the ship th...

First Trimester Honor Roll Recipients

Posted on January 24, 2020 in: School News, Academic Achievements

First Trimester Honor Roll Recipients

Saint Columba recognizes the achievements of our middle school students who have worked hard and earned their way onto our Honor Roll. All from left to right - Front Row: Chase Williams and Rogan Smith, Middle Row: Caden Hopper, Emily LaRouche, Emily Marino, and Elise Ferdock, Back Row: Rachel Marin...

SCS Preschool and Their Bears

Posted on January 21, 2020 in: School News, Academic Achievements

SCS Preschool and Their Bears

St. Columba Pre-K students show off caves they made for their bears to hibernate in. Quinn Brooks, Charlotte Coombe and Jonathan Ervin have their hibernation books ready to read to their sleeping bears.

National Winner from SCS

Posted on December 11, 2019 in: School News, Academic Achievements

National Winner from SCS

St. Columba School's 8th grade student Mary Grace Duncan (right) won the Missionary Childhood Association Christmas Artwork Contest. Mary Grace's Christmas artwork was chosen out of thousands of contestants from around the country. She was invited to the Basilica National Shrine of the ...

SCS Forensics Team Continues Its Winning Ways

Posted on December 02, 2019 in: School News, Academic Achievements

SCS Forensics Team Continues Its Winning Ways

SCS' Forensics Team won big recently at Our Lady of Lourdes Forensics Competition. Our winners are in Sixth grade 1st place Emily LaRouche, 2nd place Elise Ferdock; Seventh grade 1st place Emily Shapeero, 2nd place Erika Traupman, 3rd place Calyssa Shannon, 5th place Gracie Viars. Congratul...

Following Directions the Mr. Zeares Way

Posted on November 18, 2019 in: School News, Academic Achievements

Following Directions the Mr. Zeares Way

Mr. Zeares's 2nd Grade learned a valuable lesson in following directions. Mr. Zeares set the gymnasium up with numerous obstacles. The 2nd graders then paired up with one student covering their eyes and the other guided their partner through the obstacles with directions like two steps...

Making Pizza the Kindergarten Way

Posted on November 18, 2019 in: School News, Academic Achievements

Making Pizza the Kindergarten Way

Our Kindergarten class had an exciting opportunity to get more out of a book than the story. The class read a book titled Pizza at Sally's. Here the class learned the origins of the ingredients to make pizza. Then the best part, the class took what they learned from the story and ...

Our First Grade Sharpens Their Skills

Posted on October 02, 2019 in: School News, Academic Achievements

Our First Grade Sharpens Their Skills

Mrs. McCarthy's First Grade class uses their white boards to practice their spelling skills. If they make a mistake, no problem, wipe and it's gone. A great way to get those spelling words practiced and ready for the test.

Pre School Celebrates Sports Week

Posted on May 09, 2019 in: Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Pre School Celebrates Sports Week

St Columba preschoolers, Alex Orzolek listens to Colton Augustine read his "Sports" book. Each child in the class made their own "Sports" book to share during sports week. The class then played basketball as part of the week's acitivites in the gymnasium.

7th Grade Tech Conference

Posted on May 09, 2019 in: School News, Academic Achievements

7th Grade Tech Conference

Our 7th Grade class created a WebQuest with Mr. Drumm and Mr. Webb. This project was based on thier favorite authors. The class had to research, and then build this interactive tech display for the Tech Conference in Harrisburg. While there, they met our representatives David Millard and John Gordne...

2nd Trimester's Honor Roll

Posted on April 10, 2019 in: Academic Achievements

2nd Trimester's Honor Roll

Our students again have acheived a high level of academic excellence. Here are the following stidents from 5th through 8th grades that have earned their way to the honor roll. From left to right - top row to bottom: Morgan Peirce, Damyan Petryshak, Reed Keck, Matt Getz, John Guerriero, Dominick Rosi...

Spelling B-E-E Isn't as Easy as It Seems

Posted on March 04, 2019 in: School News, Academic Achievements

Spelling B-E-E Isn't as Easy as It Seems

The month of March is BEE time and the Spelling Bee is all part of the excitement. The words were challenging, our students were ready, but they weren't enough for our returning champion. James Samoya went head-to-head with Gavin, trading word after word, but for a third year in a row, Gavi...

Geo Bee Rocks the World

Posted on March 04, 2019 in: School News, Academic Achievements, School Showcase

Geo Bee Rocks the World

Saint Columba took a trip around the world (well, sort of) with the Geo Bee. This competition went non-stop for almost an hour. The competition were fierce, and it finally came down to Katie Campbell and Leyna Bieshline. Round after round, the two girls answered question after question, then Katie c...

DAR Essay Contest Winners

Posted on March 04, 2019 in: School News, Academic Achievements

DAR Essay Contest Winners

Saint Columba School has a strong showing again in the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. This year's essay topic was on Women's Suffage and its impact on the United States. Our winners are Mary Grace Duncan, Dominick Rosini, Rachel Marino, Charles Hopper, Morgan Pier...

Elks Essay Winners

Posted on February 15, 2019 in: School News, Academic Achievements

Elks Essay Winners

Lila Oast, Emily LaRouche, and Mary Grace Duncan are proud Americans, and their essay explains why. The local chapter of the Elks hosted an essay contest title"What makes you proud of America." These three Saint Columba School students hit it with their entries and they now represent our s...

St. Columba Competes

Posted on December 31, 2018 in: School News, Academic Achievements

St. Columba Competes

St. Columba Middle School students are competing in The Cyber Robotics Coding Competition (CRCC). This is the first time this competition has been offered in the state of Pennsylvania. The competition is an online virtual robotics and STEM competition.

St. Columba's Student Editors

Posted on December 31, 2018 in: School News, Academic Achievements

St. Columba's Student Editors

Mr. Webb's seventh grade ELA class holds the first edition of The Columba Review. This magazine is filled with reviews.

SCS Middle School Students Earn Academic Honor Status For Second Trimester

Posted on May 31, 2018 in: Academic Achievements

SCS Middle School Students Earn Academic Honor Status For Second Trimester

Front row left to right: Rachel Marino, Emma Cavallini, Mary Grace Duncan, Avery Kissinger, Emily Traupman, Gavin Berger, Dominick Rosini, Charles Hopper and Grace Humphrey Second row left to right: Morgan Pierce, Damyan Petryshak, John Guerriero, Alina Shannon, Reed Keck, Matthew ...

Forensics Team Finds Success At St. Joe's

Posted on May 30, 2018 in: Academic Achievements

Forensics Team Finds Success At St. Joe's

The St. Columba Forensics team traveled to Danville on Friday, February 24 to participate in the St. Joseph's Forensics Tournament. SCS winners are: Grade 6 2nd place: Johnny Gueirro & Mason Mensch 4th place: Oliver Samayoa & Johnny Gueirro 6th p...

SCS Middle School Students Earn Academic Honor Status

Posted on May 29, 2018 in: Academic Achievements

SCS Middle School Students Earn Academic Honor Status

Several St. Columba Middle School students earned Honors & Distinguished Honors for their academic achievements during trimester 1. Front row left to right: Emma Cavallini, Mary Grace Duncan, Avery Kissinger, Rachel Marino, Dominic Rosini, Emily Shapeero, Michael McIlvried, Ch...

Congratulations Elks Winners!

Posted on May 28, 2018 in: Academic Achievements

Congratulations Elks Winners!

Our Middle School competed in the Bloomsburg Elks Americanism Essay Contest in Division II. 8th Grader Emerson Viars took First Place. In addition, 6th Grader Avery Kissinger and 8th Grader Faith Witman placed second in their division.

Sumdog Math Champs

Posted on May 27, 2018 in: Academic Achievements

Sumdog Math Champs

Congratulations to our 6th Grade class for placing second in Miss McKenna's annual Sumdog challenge. Jordan Montes, Charles Hopper, Jessie White (top row, from the left to right). Avery Kissinger, Emma Cavallini, Mary Grace Duncan, Mason Mensch, Rachel Marino, and Camila Amaya &nb...

SCS Forensics Team Shines at Harrisburg

Posted on May 26, 2018 in: Academic Achievements

SCS Forensics Team Shines at Harrisburg

SCS's Forensics 7th and 8th grade teams represented our school well, again! Morgan Pierce and Alina Shannon earned first place. Ana Ferdock and Samantha Lauck won second place. Sayre Kurecian received Honorable Mention with Isabel Benfield and Lauren LaRouche representin...

Basketball Champions

Posted on May 25, 2018 in: Academic Achievements

Basketball Champions

St. Columba girls CYO basket ball team recently won the 2018 Northumberland area CYO JV girls championship. Above, players and coaches are introduced after their victory.

Saint Columba Comes Up Big for DAR

Posted on May 24, 2018 in: Academic Achievements

Saint Columba Comes Up Big for DAR

St. Columba students won big in the Daughters of the American Revolution American History Essay Contest. From left to right are Grade 7 Matthew Getz 1st place and Morgan Pierce 2nd place. The 6th grade winners are Mary Grace Duncan 1st place and Mason Mensch taking 2nd place. Once again, St. C...

Religious Bee Participants

Posted on May 23, 2018 in: Academic Achievements

Religious Bee Participants

The fifth annual seventh/eight grade Religion Bee was held at Saint Columba. The 1st place winner is Oliver Samayoa, a 7th grader (back row, second from right). He will be attending the finals of the Diocesean during April in Harrisburg. Thank you to Mr. Webb who coordinated this...

St. Columba School goes Around the World

Posted on May 22, 2018 in: Academic Achievements

St. Columba School goes Around the World

SCS held its Geo Bee recently. The winner presents the school at the Diocese of Harrisburg Geo Bee. The contestants are (front row) Emily Shapeero, Katie Campbell, Michael McIlvried, Emily Marino, Maryellen Faus. (middle row) Elise Ferdock, Damyon Petryshak, Mason Mensch. (back row) Camila Amay...

Best Spellers

Posted on May 21, 2018 in: Academic Achievements

Best Spellers

Congratulations to 4th Graders Derek Brink, Emily Marino, and Caden Hopper. 5th graders Gavin Berger, Emily Shapeero, and Dominic Rosini. 6th Graders Charles Hopper, Camila Amaya, and Avery Kissinger. Gavin will represent St. Columba in the Diocesan Bee for a second year in a ro...

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