St. Columba School's continued dedication to service had a canned food drive during the month of January. Students brought in specific canned goods like soups and vegetables that were then donated to the Bloomsburg Food Cupboard. Once the drive ended, our 4th graders carried ...

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Our Catholic Schools Week ended with HSA's Family Movie Fun Night. Students and their families came with their comfiest of clothes along with their blankets and pillows. They sprawled out on the gym floor to watch Monsters Inc. The crowd was treated to hot popcorn courtesy of Mrs. Humphrey and c...

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Our Catholic Schools Week celebration was coming to an end, but we went out with a hop! Matt Aldinger of Aldinger Farms visited our students with two special friends, Emma, and Gemma, baby kangaroos. He discussed with our students the care and life of a kangaroo. Thne, the best part, he placed Emma ...

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During Catholic Schools Week, Mrs. Humphrey, prior to February 2, decided our students were as good at predicting the weather as Punxsutawney Phil. Students picked whether Phil would see his shadow or not. They placed their decisions in the appropriate column on the wall then all of SCS waited for P...

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Father Mowery blessed the throats of St. Columba School students in honor of St. Blaise. We did get the blessing a day ahead of time (Friday instead of Saturday) but that just made it even more special. This saint is known for his healing powers especially for illnesses of the throat.  Two...

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During our Catholic Schools Week celebration, we took the time to have a special luncheon. Our school families and parishioners were invited to have lunch with Bishop Timothy Senior. Students and their families enjoyed a wonderful lunch provided by Mrs. Chapin then they had the opportunity to take p...

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St. Columba had a special visitor during Catholic Schools Week. Bishop Timothy Senior our new bishop for the Diocese of Harrisburg came to our school to celebrate this special week. He blessed the new crucifix in our church then he stayed for a luncheon with our students and their families. Thank yo...

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SCS was thrilled today by Loni Martz Briner of North Shore Railroad. She fascinated the students with information about our local railroad and how it services local business and businesses throughout North America. She discussed railroad safety and had students sign a pledge at the end to stay off o...

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As part of our Catholic Schools Week celebration, our preschool visited the Bloomsburg Public Library.  Angela Musselman-Leister, the library's Youth Services Librarian, had exciting activities for our students. They got a tour of the library, crafts were provided, and of course, readi...

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Dr. Julie Book, DVM from Bloomsburg Veterinary Hospital spoke to our students about the importance of animal care. She had a furry friend Bella, a golden retriever, with her. Dr. Book showed Bella how to take care of our dogs and what to look for to make sure our pups are healthy. She also...

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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...

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Chelsea Strub from Channel 16 news visited St. Columba School during our Catholic Schools Week. She spoke to the students about how she gathers the news, where she gets her stories, and what she uses to gather the news. She shared her "Check It Out with Chelsea" segments on Newswatch ...

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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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What a way to end our Catholic Schools Week celebration with our Family Fun Movie Night. Students and their families came dressed in their comfiest of clothes, blankets, and pillows and stretched out on the gymnasium floor to enjoy our miovie. There were tables of snacks courtesy of the Reese family...

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As part of our Catholic Schools Week celebration the Box of Light with Rand Whipple brought us a science assembly called Burble, Fizz, KaBoom. Rand demonstrated in his own fun-filled way with tons of audience participation the basics of chemistry. He had students make liquid lasagna, he showed how m...

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St. Columba School celebrated the Feast Day of Saint Blaise on Friday February 3rd. Father Mowery blessed the throats of all the students in school as is the tradition in the Catholic Faith. The martyr St. Blaise is the patron saint of ailments of the throat hence the blessing of throats. A gre...

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As part of St. Columba School's Catholic Schools Week celebration, Jonathan Kruk, master storyteller in residence for the Archdiocese of New York, came to our school to regale our students with many stories. His first audience was our kindergarten through 4th graders. For them he told ...

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St. Columba School is celebrating Catholic Schools Week all this week. As part of this celebration, the middle school hosted a Career Day. Professionals from Turkey Hill Inn, PA State Crime Lab. BTE, Bloomsburg Veterinary Hospital, and more. Police Detective Jason Bedisky from the Mahanoy Towns...

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Catholic Schools Week will be here soon enough. The school will have many activities and events that will set this week apart from any other week here at St. Columba School. It is a week that the faculty, staff, and students celebrate our Catholic school. Here 7th graders Madison Morisco and Kaitlyn...

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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...

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This annual Catholic Schools Week event has been a route for seven years going. The students can't seem to beat those teachers. This year's edition of 8th graders versus the teachers though was a real barn-burner. As always it is the best out of three competition and the students came close ...

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Throughout Catholic Schools Week, students had different dress-down days as part of the week's celebration. The most popular by far has been Twins Dress Down Day. All the students and teachers got into it as they did their best to look like the other. It was a "funderful" day and here ...

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Stewie came to St. Columba School. Who is Stewie? He is the Stuart Tank that is part of the Stuart Tank Memorial Association of Berwick. Dave Kavach, Tom McLaughlin, and Adam Hartzell presented a slew of items including pictures, blueprints, and artifacts all dealing with the construc...

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All our St. Columba School students gathered in our church to pray the rosary. The rosary was led by our 8th grade and a virtual rosary. The virtual rosary kept track of the prayers which really helped our younger students keep track with their own rosaries. Each student held a candle as well to cel...

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Cameron English of CDE Exotics knows quite a bit about exotic animals from around the world, and he brought a few of them here to St. Columba School. Cameron educated our student body on the care these animals need and precautioned the students in adopting some of these animals. People must be&...

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One of our terrific Catholic Schools Week assemblies was Matt Cadabra. This high-energy magician performed great feats of prestidigitation aka magic which astounded the St. Columba student body. Matt Cadabra even brought his ventriloquist friend who made everyone laugh with his wisecracks and jokes....

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Our wonderful Saint Columba School volunteers created an outstanding ice cream sundae bar. The volunteers received an order form for sundaes from each student in school and tailor-made these delicious creamy desserts. From preschool to 8th grade each student received their very own personalized sund...

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As part of our Catholic Schools Week celebration, students had the opportunity to ask Father Mowery all sorts of questions. Some questions students asked were, "When did you decide to become a priest?", "What is your favorite saint?", "Do you hunt?", "How are you r...

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Our students had a friendly competition. They chose their dodgeball and went at it to discover which class would be the winner. The winner was everyone because they had such a great time. 

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Join St. Columba Parish as it celebrates their very own school with the opening mass in celebration of St. Columba School's Catholic Schools Week. First, click Read More then {CLICK HERE} to watch this mass.  ​​​​​​​

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

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