Weekly update for May 2, 2025
Dear CES friends and families,
On behalf of the staff at Columbia, I would like to share our sincere grattitude and appreciation for the wonderful Staff Appreciation Week this week. The wonderful PTA at Columbia has done it again! What a wonderful week of food, surprises, and love. Our staff is so very grateful to the PTA and all families who supported the staff of CES this week!
Speaking of our staff, we have an opportunity for two individuals to join the Columbia staff for next school year. We are looking for one Special Education Teacher and also a Public Health Attendant. If you, or someone you know, may be interested in hearing more about joining the amazing CES team, please see below for more details and email me at mastudillo1@fcps.edu or call 703-916-2500.
Click on the link below and search for Columbia in the location drop down for more details:
https://careers.fcps.edu/vl/vacancy.htm
I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Take care,
Mike Astudillo
Proud Principal
Columbia Elementary School
PTA News & Notes
Teacher Appreciation Week
THANK YOU to everyone who contributed time, snacks, supplies and meals to thank our wonderful staff at Columbia. The week was special for our teachers and staff and we could not have done it without you!
Save the Date – Field Day
Please save Friday, June 6th for field day. We need volunteers to make this fun annual event happen for our kids. Please sign up HERE and help us make field day the best one yet!
Online Spirit wear Store is Live
Students, family and staff can now order spirit wear all year long. You can click HERE to order your gear.
Partnership with Papa Johns
We are excited to announce a new partnership with Papa Johns in Annandale. You can now order pizza ANY THURSDAY from 11AM – 11PM for delivery or carryout (carryout until 10 PM). Families will receive 40 percent off their entire order and 10 percent of their order goes to the PTA. This opportunity will last until the end of the school year. Online code “CES4010” - this code will also be accepted by phone in case of issues with the website.
Upcoming
Field day (6/6)
SOL Testing begins next week!
Tuesday, May 6th - 5th Grade Reading
Wednesday, May 7th - 4th Grade Reading
Thursday, May 8th - 3rd Grade Reading
Good luck to all our Cougars who are starting end of course tests next week!
Class Placement for 25-26 school year
Earlier this week, parents/guardians were sent an email with a link to the google form regarding class placement for the 25-26 school year. If you would like to share your input as we work through the class placement process this spring, please click on the link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSduPL5uGqvuTbv3GtI5RIOuN4G-cBm-G7fE-jbPh7Ms4MHTIA/viewform
3rd Grade Field Trip to Colvin Run Mill!
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Earlier this week, 3rd graders visited the Colvin Run Mill Historic Site and learned about simple machines and how they made work easier. Through hands-on experiences, students connected their social studies curriculum to real life as they learned how to use these machines, just like people did generations ago! |
STEAM projects and Lego Spike!
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Earlier this week, Ms. Sansone and Ms. Alba teamed up together with students to test out a new STEAM activity using Lego Spike technology. Using a brick set with a wide variety of LEGO® elements and intelligent hardware, along with the intuitive SPIKE™ App, students created projects with legos that were mobile and interacted with technology!
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