Columbus Public Schools singers earned several honors at the 2019 Nebraska A Cappella Championships.
This is the first year for the competition and it was held at CHS with 12 ensembles competing.
The competition was tight with one point separating the top two scorers for best overall. The CHS group, Neptune’s Angels, edged out Pirate Radio from Brownnell Talbot School 190 to 189 out of a possible 210 to land first best overall. The best overall soloist and best junior high soloist was CMS eighth grader Alyva Williams from the group Vocal Tech.
Bringing home best soloist in Class A was CHS senior Reagan Gausman for her performance with New World Singers. Neptune’s Angels also walked away with Best Class A Ensemble and Best Small Ensemble.
The CMS group, Vocal Tech, took best Junior High Ensemble.
New World Singers finished fourth best overall earning 187 points.
Congratulations to all our participations and making us proud to be Discoverers!
Boys soccer falls to No. 3 Lexington 5-1.
CHS defeats Lexington 1-0. Nice job Discoverers.
CHS has released the 2019 summer activity camps.
Congratulations to Shaun Clemens and Aiden Cromwell as they won the 2019 State Mechatronics competition Saturday at the Nebraska State Leadership and Skills Contest in Grand Island. They will represent Columbus High School June 24th – 28th at the National Leadership Contest in Louisville Kentucky.
In Automated Manufacturing the team of Logan Garbers, Kaden Hughes, and Pedro Zayas Vargas placed 3rd.
Over 30 business partners and CPS staff working with our STEM teachers on industry expectations for the next 5 years for our students
Congratulations to CMS fifth grader Avery for winning the fifth and sixth grade division of the Elks Essay contest. This year’s essay theme was “What Makes You Proud of America?
The Discoverers baseball team defeated Seward in extra innings to win 6-5. Congratulations!
The Columbus After School Program will be hosting a blood drive Saturday, April 6 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the United Methodist Outreach Center
The CHS Boys' Soccer team defeated Grand Island 2-0. Congratulations Discoverers!
Eat at Runza on April 2. Runza will donate 10 percent of the sales to TeamMates, which many CPS students are involved in.
Congratulations to Mr. Dave Hiebner on being selected as the new Principal of Columbus High School!
The Discoverers lost their home opening 17-2 to Norris.
The Boys' Soccer Team fell to Lincoln Southwest 3-0.
The CHS Girls' Soccer team lost another close one in overtime to Lincoln Southwest. The Discoverers fell to the Silver Hawks 1-0.
There will be an informational CHS Cheer Tryout meeting in the IMC on Tuesday, March 26 at 5:30 p.m. and Thursday, March 28 at 7 p.m. If you are interested in trying out, you and a parent must attend ONE of the informational meetings. Please e-mail Ms. Joseph at josephv@discoverers.org if you have any questions.
CMS students participated in the ESU 7 Quiz Bowl competition.
The March 14 Norfolk vs. Columbus (varsity) baseball game in Norfolk and Norfolk vs. Columbus (JV/Res) baseball games in Columbus have been postponed. The Columbus vs. Seward baseball games (Varsity/JV) scheduled to be played on March 15 in Columbus also have been postponed. Make up dates are TBD.
Congratulations to Vocal Tech on receiving the Clinician’s Choice Awards at the NCDA Vocal Jazz Festival. The clinician said the middle school group sang excellent repertoire with heart, soul, balanced chords and blended voices. Way to Go!
PowerSchool will be down for about an hour starting at 5 p.m. Sorry for the inconvenience.