Children 18 and under can enjoy free breakfast and/or lunch Monday through Friday (at each school except Union Academy). Breakfast is served from 7:30 a.m. until 8:30 a.m., and lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 12 noon. Our Summer Feeding Program continues until July 12th.
Registration for returning students starts next week!
Early Online Registration for returning students will begin Monday, May 20, and end Saturday, May 25.
Please sign in to the Parent Portal at cmsd.powerschool.com and click CMSD Student Registration 24-25 to begin.
If you have any questions, please contact your child’s school. #ExcellenceDriven #StudentCentered #FalconStrong
Today is the day; get out and vote!
Remember, this bond will not raise your taxes if approved. The funds will go toward upgrading our facilities and giving our students a better and safer learning environment! Help us build a strong future for CMSD.
When we say school nutrition professionals are heroes, we mean it! That’s why we celebrate them every spring with the annual School Lunch Hero Day. Join CMSD as we recognize the difference these team members make for every child who comes through their cafeteria. These women and men are committed to providing nutritious and delicious meals to the children of their communities. We recognize the tireless efforts of school cafeteria workers who ensure students can benefit from healthy meals each school day.
Thank you for all you do! You make a difference every day. #StudentCentered #ExcellenceDriven
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
Absentee Voting is Open! See attached for locations.
Early voting opens TODAY! Please remember to vote.
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
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
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.
Help spread the word!
The CMSD annual job fair will be Saturday March 2nd from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Come join our Falcon team! Now hiring: teachers, administrators, bus drivers, secretaries, and more. You can register online with the QR code. It's a great day to be a Falcon! #FalconNation #StudentCentered #ExcellenceDriven
