During Saint Columba School's Students and Family luncheon we had the unusual privilege of having three generations of family in the same room. Here 2nd grader (center) Maryn Berger enjoys her lunch with her two grandmothers Mary Howe left and Chris Berger right along with Sonnie Howe far right Maryn's great-grandmother. 

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During our Catholic Schools Week celebration best-selling author Marsha Hubler spoke to our middle school students about her books and her life as a nationally known author. Sister Suzanne Duzen, our middle school religion teacher, distributed Marsha Hubler's books to our students. The students read the books and discussed these books with the person who actually wrote the books they read...

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As part of the fun of this special week at St. Columba, our school held a MarioKart tournament. Students signed up for this event and were placed on the bracket board. During their recesses the students played MarioKart until we had our final four. Then on the last day of Catholic Schools Week we held the finals, and here are our winners. From left to right are 7th grader and winner Luca Cavallini...

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St. Columba School's Catholic Schools Week continues with Brent Kessler,  magician and illusionist. The entire school witnessed Brent Kessler's talents to make a table float, a cup full of soda empty on its own, and a dove to appear from inside of a balloon to name just a few of his tricks. After the show students clamored for a picture with Brent, so back row from left to r...

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It is back! Our Catholic Schools Week classic: the Students vs Teachers Volleyball Game! Monsignor Lawrence brought this game to St. Columba School many years ago and the tradition continues with Father Mowery jumping in this year. The students played hard but the teachers prevailed again for the eighth year in a row and defeated the students two games to one. It is a great tradition and the entir...

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We got all tied up during this Catholic Schools Week. One of our many dress down days this week, we had Tie Day. Students could dress down in anything they chose as long as they wore a tie with their "fit". So many ties were seen this day, and who knew that there would be so many varieties. From sports ties to Disney themed ties, to just plain weird ties they all were out this day. Here ...

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What a way to end our Catholic Schools Week celebration with our Family Fun Movie Night. Students and their families came dressed in their comfiest of clothes, blankets, and pillows and stretched out on the gymnasium floor to enjoy our miovie. There were tables of snacks courtesy of the Reese family for all. Thank you all for making this the best Catholic Schools Week yet! 

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As part of our Catholic Schools Week celebration the Box of Light with Rand Whipple brought us a science assembly called Burble, Fizz, KaBoom. Rand demonstrated in his own fun-filled way with tons of audience participation the basics of chemistry. He had students make liquid lasagna, he showed how marshmallows can be smashed, and then he helped students make their own slime. Here Ivy Faleski ...

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St. Columba School celebrated the Feast Day of Saint Blaise on Friday February 3rd. Father Mowery blessed the throats of all the students in school as is the tradition in the Catholic Faith. The martyr St. Blaise is the patron saint of ailments of the throat hence the blessing of throats. A great way to end Catholic Schools Week.  Here Myles DiPippa 7th grade receives his blessing from F...

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As part of St. Columba School's Catholic Schools Week celebration, Jonathan Kruk, master storyteller in residence for the Archdiocese of New York, came to our school to regale our students with many stories. His first audience was our kindergarten through 4th graders. For them he told the stories of "Saints and Samaritans." These stories demonstrated the love and kindness&n...

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