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Entries for January 2019

CSW Starts with an Open House
Saint Columba School opened its doors to start off the best week of the year aka Catholic Schools Week. Students brought their folks into the school after the Catholic Schools Week Mass and toured them around showing them all the sights and where all the learning happens. New families came as well&n...

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Kenya Comes to SCS

Posted on January 28, 2019 in: School News, School Showcase

Kenya Comes to SCS
Saiint Columba got a visit from the NED Show. The show focused on how kindness can influence people as far away as Kenya, Africa. People in Africa struggle to get the basic necessities such as clean drinking water. The NED Show demonstrated that we here at SCS have an impact on other people around t...

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First Grades Learns about Our Friendly Neighbor to the North
6th Grade students researched the differences in lifestyles between Canada and the United States. Dominick Rosini and Micheal McIlvried studied the foods of Canada and discovered certain foods only found in Canada. The first grade came to learn what these students found out about Canada's f...

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Pre-School is Ready so Let It Snow
Carson Golla gets dressed for the snow by his PreK classmates. Students figured out the perfect sequence on how to get ready for the snow in their winter unit. The students in Mrs. John's PreK class had a wintery blast selecting the proper warm weather clothes for Carson to wear. Carson for...

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St. Columba Follows the Yellow Brick Road
Saint Columba School, as part of our holiday traditions, attended Bloomsburg Theater Essemble's holiday play. This year BTE presented The Wizard of OZ. This festive fantasy included St. Columba's own 5th grader Emily LaRouche. The show also included St. Columba alums Isabel Benfeild, and Ana...

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Winterfest!

Posted on January 02, 2019 in: School News, School Showcase

Winterfest!
SCS went Christmas with the annual Winterfest. There were tons of gifts, tons of Dollar Tree items, and tons of festive frolic. Mrs. Luchas did an outstanding job organizing the entire event, from wrapping the Dollar Tree items with other volunteers,  to lining up all the Christm...

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Kindergarten Goes to the Food Cupboard
Students from Saint Columba Kindergarten recently visited the Bloomsburg Food Cupboard.  Students collected food to donate to the food cupboard and made thank you cards  for the food cupboard volunteers.

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Missionary Speaks to SCS

Posted on January 02, 2019 in: School News

Missionary Speaks to SCS
Father Michael Opoki of Our Lady, Help of Christians Church in Lykens traveled to St. Columba School to give an inspirational talk to middle school students about his experiences in his home country of Uganda. Fr. Opoki, a member of the Order of the Apostles of Jesus, offered a message of sharing an...

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Preschool Creates Their Turkeys

Posted on January 02, 2019 in: School News

Preschool Creates Their Turkeys
Our Preschool class readied themselves for Thanksgiving by creating their own turkeys. All the students needed for their turkeys were paper, paint, and their hand. The class learned nothing makes a great Thanksgiving turkey than their own hand.

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Fifth Grade Teaches the Lives of the Saints
The first grade were thrilled to learn about the lives of the saints. Maryellen Faus teaches students about a little known saint, St Eligius. His life as an ambassador to the French king is not what he is best known for. He is known for his miracles and his work with horses. The first grade enjoyed ...

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