🎉 Columbus for the WIN! 🎉
Our middle schoolers brought the energy last night at the Columbus vs. Norfolk High School football game! 🤍🙌 They were on their feet cheering the entire time and made it such a fun, spirited section!
Our middle schoolers brought the energy last night at the Columbus vs. Norfolk High School football game! 🤍🙌 They were on their feet cheering the entire time and made it such a fun, spirited section!
📸 Last Week's Yearbook Fun! 📸
Our amazing yearbook staff went on a photo scavenger hunt around the building last week! 🎉 Students got hands-on practice with the cameras while putting their photography skills to the test—learning how to capture creative and interesting shots.
Now it’s time for YOU to join the fun! Each team has chosen their favorite photo, and we need your votes to decide the winner. 🏆
💡 How to Vote: Just hit the 👍 like button on your favorite picture below. Every like = 1 vote!
✨ The winning photo will earn 50 points for their team!
Here are the contenders:
🔹 Team 1 – Gym Class
🔹 Team 2 – Volleyball on the Discoverers logo
🔹 Team 3 – Playing Piano
🔹 Team 4 – Stack of Books
Which photo will take the crown? Let the voting begin! 🎊
Our amazing yearbook staff went on a photo scavenger hunt around the building last week! 🎉 Students got hands-on practice with the cameras while putting their photography skills to the test—learning how to capture creative and interesting shots.
Now it’s time for YOU to join the fun! Each team has chosen their favorite photo, and we need your votes to decide the winner. 🏆
💡 How to Vote: Just hit the 👍 like button on your favorite picture below. Every like = 1 vote!
✨ The winning photo will earn 50 points for their team!
Here are the contenders:
🔹 Team 1 – Gym Class
🔹 Team 2 – Volleyball on the Discoverers logo
🔹 Team 3 – Playing Piano
🔹 Team 4 – Stack of Books
Which photo will take the crown? Let the voting begin! 🎊
🧪✨ Things got bubbly in 7th grade science!
Students put bath bomb ingredients to the test to see which ones react with water to produce gas. A fun way to explore chemical reactions and the science behind the fizz!
Students put bath bomb ingredients to the test to see which ones react with water to produce gas. A fun way to explore chemical reactions and the science behind the fizz!
🗺️ Our 7th grade geographers have been busy this week! Students practiced analyzing maps to identify location, keys, symbols, scale, grids, and more. Now, they’re putting their learning into action by creating maps of their own—complete with all the essential elements.
✨ Our 5th graders have been diving into the meanings behind names in Language Arts! ✨
This week, they began a special writing assignment exploring what makes their name special!
This week, they began a special writing assignment exploring what makes their name special!
🧩 A puzzle isn’t complete with a missing piece—and every student is an important part of our CMS puzzle! 💙
This week, our 6th graders created puzzle pieces to represent themselves during advisory. Each piece highlights their unique personalities, talents, and interests, showing how together they make our school community whole.
This week, our 6th graders created puzzle pieces to represent themselves during advisory. Each piece highlights their unique personalities, talents, and interests, showing how together they make our school community whole.
🎨🍴 Our 8th Grade artists are bringing creativity to the table—literally! Students are hard at work shaping and designing clay food sculptures. We can’t wait to see their deliciously creative masterpieces!
🎶 After-school activities are in full swing at CMS! 🥁
Our Middle School Drumline is putting in the work after school to build rhythm, teamwork, and school spirit.
Check out some snapshots from today’s rehearsal! 📸👏
✏️📐 The Maroon 5 math students are off to a flying start this school year! 🚀 They’ve been busy classifying two-dimensional shapes and building a strong foundation for the exciting math challenges ahead.
💡✨ Students in Mr. Solamillo’s Language Arts class dove into the fascinating world of Bionic Superhumans!
As part of their learning, they teamed up for an activity called “Bionic Body: Design and Narrative.” Each group designed a unique bionic technology for a fictional character of their choice, then wrote a creative narrative exploring the physical, emotional, and social changes their character experienced.
As part of their learning, they teamed up for an activity called “Bionic Body: Design and Narrative.” Each group designed a unique bionic technology for a fictional character of their choice, then wrote a creative narrative exploring the physical, emotional, and social changes their character experienced.
🚗💥 Our 8th grade science students have been exploring the science of collisions! Today, they wrapped up a hands-on lab by crashing vehicles on a track and observing the results. Each car had a different type of bumper, and students compared how the impacts changed with each design. 🧪🔬
✨ More snapshots from 5th Grade Science! ✨
Our students explored nurse logs today and discovered just how much life is happening under and around them. 🪵🐜🌱 Some critters even made a few kids squirm—but that’s part of the fun! It was a great day in 5th-grade science. 💚
Our students explored nurse logs today and discovered just how much life is happening under and around them. 🪵🐜🌱 Some critters even made a few kids squirm—but that’s part of the fun! It was a great day in 5th-grade science. 💚
5th Grade science students are kicking off the year by exploring “Nurse Logs.” Nurse Logs are fallen trees that become a home and a source of life for other living things. Today, they investigated what lives in, on, and around these fascinating logs.
This hands-on exploration launches our new unit on Matter and Energy Cycling. We can’t wait to see what our students discover next! 🌱🐞🍄
This hands-on exploration launches our new unit on Matter and Energy Cycling. We can’t wait to see what our students discover next! 🌱🐞🍄
CPS will host 3 upcoming meeting to discuss CPS' Response to Growth. Topics will include process, solution and timeline. The first meeting will be a Facebook Live session on August 27th at 6:30pm. We will then host a Facebook Live session on September 3rd at 12:00pm followed by an in-person opportunity at CHS at 6:30 pm in the Concert Hall. Interpretation will be available.
The 7th grade language arts classes started the school year participating in the "Joy of Language" stations. Mad Libs, short stories, and make your own bookmarks! Ask your student about his or her favorite station to start the year!
📚✨ The school year is off to a great start!
In Mrs. Hughes’ 6th Grade math class, students learned the power of teamwork! They discovered that when they work together, learning becomes easier and more engaging. 🙌🧮
In Mrs. Hughes’ 6th Grade math class, students learned the power of teamwork! They discovered that when they work together, learning becomes easier and more engaging. 🙌🧮
📸✨ Say hello to your 2025-2026 Yearbook Staff! ✨📸
This amazing group of students will be working hard all year to create our middle school yearbook and share exciting updates about what is happening in our school on social media. They’re ready to get started and can’t wait to capture all the memories! 💙
📕 The last two years we’ve SOLD OUT of yearbooks!
✅ The best way to guarantee your copy is to pre-order now.
💲 Order today for the lowest price of the year: $21.
👉 Pre-Order Here! https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/1058958/COLUMBUS-MIDDLE-SCHOOL/2026-Yearbook/20250618102515600136/CATALOG_SHOP
This amazing group of students will be working hard all year to create our middle school yearbook and share exciting updates about what is happening in our school on social media. They’re ready to get started and can’t wait to capture all the memories! 💙
📕 The last two years we’ve SOLD OUT of yearbooks!
✅ The best way to guarantee your copy is to pre-order now.
💲 Order today for the lowest price of the year: $21.
👉 Pre-Order Here! https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/1058958/COLUMBUS-MIDDLE-SCHOOL/2026-Yearbook/20250618102515600136/CATALOG_SHOP
Our 5th-graders caught those first day feelings! It was pizza in the lunchroom and to the track for ALO time for new group! We welcome all students back -- grades 5th through 8th -- on August 14th. Classes begin at 8 a.m. and dismiss at 3:30 p.m.!
CPS Students K-5 you won't want to miss out on this awesome opportunity with the CHS Cheer Team!
Hey 7th & 8th graders! Got a talent that’ll make everyone stop scrolling? 🎤🎭🎶
Auditions for this year’s Talent Show: Scroll Stopper are coming!
📅 Info Meeting: Friday, Aug. 15 — Choir Room, 3:35–4:00 p.m.
✨ Bonus: Be there for the CMS Musical Reveal in the first 5 minutes!
Can’t make it? See Ms. Ditter for an audition packet — sign-ups are on the music hallway door.
🎯 Auditions: Thursday, Sept. 4 (after school)
🎉 Showtime: Thursday, Oct. 16 at 7:00 p.m.
Questions? Ask Ms. Ditter, Mrs. Nilson, Mr. Sims, or Mrs. Bourek-Hoyt.
Don’t miss your chance to shine! 🌟
Auditions for this year’s Talent Show: Scroll Stopper are coming!
📅 Info Meeting: Friday, Aug. 15 — Choir Room, 3:35–4:00 p.m.
✨ Bonus: Be there for the CMS Musical Reveal in the first 5 minutes!
Can’t make it? See Ms. Ditter for an audition packet — sign-ups are on the music hallway door.
🎯 Auditions: Thursday, Sept. 4 (after school)
🎉 Showtime: Thursday, Oct. 16 at 7:00 p.m.
Questions? Ask Ms. Ditter, Mrs. Nilson, Mr. Sims, or Mrs. Bourek-Hoyt.
Don’t miss your chance to shine! 🌟
