Columbus Municipal School District

It’s Kindergarten Day at Stokes-Beard! These young scholars are celebrating and enjoying the day before MKAS testing starts next week. Good luck, Falcons! #StudentCentered #ExcellenceDriven #FalconStrong

Thursday's school bond meeting at Joe Cook Elementary has been canceled. Help us spread the word. Thank you to our community members who attended our meetings to help us build a strong future for CMSD. #FalconStrong

Final community meeting for the CMSD Bond information. Help spread the word! Join us tonight at Townsend Community Center at 6 p.m. as we discuss CMSD, the school bond, projects we plan to complete, and answer any questions you may have. The Thursday night community meeting at Joe Cook Elementary has been canceled. Tonight is the last community meeting so make sure you come out to Townsend tonight at 6 p.m. Help us spread the word so we can build a strong future for CMSD. #FalconStrong #FalconNation #CMSD

Help spread the word! Join us tonight at Sim Scott at 6 p.m. as we discuss CMSD, the school bond, projects we plan to complete, and answer any questions you may have. Help us spread the word so we can build a strong future for CMSD. #FalconStrong #FalconNation #CMSD

CMSD will dismiss half an hour early today due to inclement weather. All elementary school students will be released at 2 p.m. Columbus Middle and Columbus High School students will dismiss at 3 p.m. All after-school activities and events will be canceled.

Help spread the word! Join us as we discuss the Columbus Municipal School District, the school bond, projects we plan to complete, and answer any questions you may have. Help us spread the word so we can build a strong future for CMSD. #FalconStrong #FalconNation #CMSD

Featured Work-Based Learning Student: Kylan Ellis. With aspirations to become a Nuclear Engineer, Kylan Ellis has been hard at work with his new internship. At the I.T. Help Store, he's worked on several projects to improve his problem-solving, customer service, critical thinking, and analytical skills. Kylan has been making website updates and diving into technical training beyond basic hardware diagnostics. When class is back in session, he’ll start the fundamentals of component-level soldering. He's also learning the intricacies of TCP/IP networking, the foundation of modern networking infrastructure. Thanks to his internship, Kylan is poised to graduate with vital skills in computer repair and diagnostics. Special shoutout to Mr. Brett Johnson for his mentorship, guiding Kylan toward his aspirations and goals after graduation. “Outside of technical work, it is also important to learn how to interact with customers," Mr. Johnson said. "Kylan also goes on site with me to handle service calls. This is probably the most valuable experience he can get. Interacting with customers is valuable in all fields of work." #StudentCentered #ExcellenceDriven #WorkBasedLearning

We're gearing up to celebrate our seniors! Class Night and Graduation are already set for the Class of 2024. Mark your calendars, Falcons! #StudentCentered #ExcellenceDriven #Class2024

Help spread the word! We are inviting the community to join us to discuss the Columbus Municipal School District, the upcoming school bond, the projects we plan to complete, and answer any questions you may have. Help us spread the word so we can build a strong future for CMSD. #FalconStrong #FalconNation #CMSD

Join us this Thursday at the Rosenzweig Arts Center from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. to see more CMSD art on display! Check out the incredible artwork of our talented students from Franklin Academy and Stokes Beard Elementary School. Don't miss out on an evening celebrating our amazing student artists. See you there! #StudentCentered #ExcellenceDriven #RosenzweigArtsCenter

2023-2024 Applications for Mississippi Dual Enrollment/Dual Credit Scholarships will close soon! The Dual Enrollment/Dual Credit Scholarship is available to help Mississippi high school students pay for dual enrollment and dual credit courses. Funds are available through the Mississippi Office of Student Financial Aid. Applications close on March 15, 2024. Students will be able to make updates to the 2023-2024 application through June 1, 2024. For more information on eligibility and to access the application form, visit https://www.msfinancialaid.org/dedc/ or visit your high school counselor.

Another CMSD Job Fair Success! Shout out to all CMSD staff who helped with the CMSD Job Fair. We had nearly 60 people register, 49 attended, and 10 applied for jobs on-site! Thank you again to our Falcon Family for helping make this event a huge success. If you're interested in joining the Falcon team, head to our website for more information! #StudentCentered #ExcellenceDriven #FalconFamily

We LOVE to see our community members supporting our students! Shout out to local contractor, Mr. Clifford Spriggs for his donation to Sale Elementary. His donations will go toward our PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) rewards for our students. Thank you, Mr. Spriggs! #LevelUp #StudentCentered #ExcellenceDriven

The Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees approved the 2024-2025 Academic Calendar. See the approved calendar here! #StudentCentered #ExcellenceDriven

Intersession and Spring Break are almost here! This year's intersession is focused specifically on remediation. The spring intersession will be March 18-22 and will include high-dose tutoring for test area subjects. The CMSD staff is working with our students to help ensure everyone is ready for their state test. Spring break will be March 22-29, all district offices will be closed during this week. #StudentCentered #ExcellenceDriven

Congratulations to our regional science fair winners! We had several students compete in the regional science fair from Columbus Middle School this month. Congratulations to the 15 students who placed! Our seventh and eighth-grade students will compete in the State Science Fair at the end of the month. Huge shout out to Ms. Sophia Harmon for mentoring and leading our science fair students to success! She was recognized at the Region V Science Fair and awarded the Michael Adam Memorial Award. The Michael Adam Memorial Award is given to a teacher who exemplifies and expresses similar interests in advocating for the Science and Engineering fair student activity and the person is nominated by a student. Congratulations Mrs. Harmon and our CMS students. #StudentCentered #ExcellenceDriven #ScienceFair Behavioral and Social Science 3rd Place—8th Grade—Zyla Harris Organic Chemistry 1st Place—6th Grade—Dawson Jones 3rd Place—7th Grade—Dallis Lawson 3rd Place-8th Grade-Ja’Miyah Burgin 1st Place-8th Grade—LaRencia Ham Earth and Environmental Science 2nd Place-6th Grade-Amiya Magee Biomedical and Health Science 3rd Place-6th Grade-Caleb Woods 2nd Place-6th Grade-Olivia Jones 1st Place-6th Grade—Carson Hendricks 3rd Place-8th Grade-Aurora Valdez-Carranza Physics and Astronomy 3rd Place-8th Grade—Landyn Abrams Engineering Mechanics 1st Place-6th Grade-Landen Sparks 2nd Place-7th Grade-Nasir Abrams Plant Sciences 2nd Place-6th Grade-Jamosika Moore 2nd Place-8th Grade-Caiden Anderson

You're not going to want to miss the Columbus Arts Council March next week. The March Gallery features art from Columbus High School and Columbus Middle School Students. Check it out Thursday 5:30-7 p.m.

"Help Wanted" This movie stars two Columbus Middle School students, Cameron and Jacobi Baldwin. It was filmed this summer and chosen for the Magnolia Independent Film Festival, which will be this weekend in Starkville. Both students have been invited as VIP guests to talk about their experiences filming the movie. Check out the movie this weekend and help support our talented Falcons! #StudentCentered #ExcellenceDriven #FalconNation

Come celebrate the new CHS Falcon Football head coach next Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, at the CHS gymnasium! Help spread the word and let's give Coach Barrin Simpson a warm, Falcon welcome! #WeAreColumbus #StudentCentered #FalconNation

Columbus Municipal School District has hired former Mississippi State linebacker Barrin Simpson as the Columbus Falcons head football coach. The CMSD Board of Trustees approved Simpson’s hiring during the regular board meeting February 12. Coach Simpson is a Starkville High School graduate. He was a two-time all-state middle linebacker at SHS where he won two back-to-back state championships. He earned his bachelor's degree in kinesiology and fitness management from Mississippi State University. Simpson was an MSU linebacker from 1995-1999. He was later inducted as a Mississippi State SEC Legend in 2017. He played 11 seasons in the Canadian Football League where he was a seven-time CFL All-Star, five-time league-leading tackler, and two-time defensive player of the year. Simpson has been coaching football for the past ten years throughout Texas. He kicked off his coaching career as an intern and analyst for the University of North Texas. While with UNT, he developed a program that helped student-athletes set and meet their academic goals and organize their time and schedules. He spent time as a defensive coach with Robert E. Lee High School, Keller Fossil Ridge High School, Chisolm Trail High School, Brewer High School, and Timber Creek High School. He has four children, Atira, Avery, Bryce, and Braylon. “Words cannot express the excitement I feel about the opportunity to build a program of champions here at Columbus High School through our new Culture and Core Values of Desire, Determination, & Discipline, that will help us reach our Destiny,” Coach Barrin Simpson said. Coach Simpson will start with CMSD in the coming weeks.