Catholics Schools Week

Family Luncheon at SCS
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 ...

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CSW - Author Thrills Middle School 2023
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 stud...

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CSW Races Through to the MarioKart Tournament 2023
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 he...

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CSW - Amazed! Mystified! Mesmerized with Brent Kessler 2023
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 ...

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CSW - Students vs Teachers Volleyball Game 2023
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 ei...

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CSW - Tie Day 2023

Posted on March 01, 2023 in: Catholics Schools Week

CSW - Tie Day 2023
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...

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CSW - Friday Family Fun Movie Night 2023
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...

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CSW - Burble, Fizz, KaBoom! 2023
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 m...

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Feast of St. Blaise during Catholic Schools Week 2023
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 gre...

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CSW - Jonathan Kruk Master Storyteller 2023
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 ...

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CSW - Career Day 2023
St. Columba School is celebrating Catholic Schools Week all this week. As part of this celebration, the middle school hosted a Career Day. Professionals from Turkey Hill Inn, PA State Crime Lab. BTE, Bloomsburg Veterinary Hospital, and more. Police Detective Jason Bedisky from the Mahanoy Towns...

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CSW - Getting Ready for the BIG Week 2023
Catholic Schools Week will be here soon enough. The school will have many activities and events that will set this week apart from any other week here at St. Columba School. It is a week that the faculty, staff, and students celebrate our Catholic school. Here 7th graders Madison Morisco and Kaitlyn...

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Forensics Final
Our St. Columba Middle School Forensics team participated in the last competition of the year, and it was a big one. It took place at the Diocesean Center in Harrisburg. There were approximately 50 students who participated from all the diocesean schools. Our students competed in the Duos and O...

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Students v Teachers Volleyball 2022
This annual Catholic Schools Week event has been a route for seven years going. The students can't seem to beat those teachers. This year's edition of 8th graders versus the teachers though was a real barn-burner. As always it is the best out of three competition and the students came close ...

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Twins Dress Down Day is the Best
Throughout Catholic Schools Week, students had different dress-down days as part of the week's celebration. The most popular by far has been Twins Dress Down Day. All the students and teachers got into it as they did their best to look like the other. It was a "funderful" day and here ...

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Stewie Comes to SCS

Posted on February 05, 2022 in: Catholics Schools Week

Stewie Comes to SCS
Stewie came to St. Columba School. Who is Stewie? He is the Stuart Tank that is part of the Stuart Tank Memorial Association of Berwick. Dave Kavach, Tom McLaughlin, and Adam Hartzell presented a slew of items including pictures, blueprints, and artifacts all dealing with the construc...

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The Rosary Comes Alive During CSW
All our St. Columba School students gathered in our church to pray the rosary. The rosary was led by our 8th grade and a virtual rosary. The virtual rosary kept track of the prayers which really helped our younger students keep track with their own rosaries. Each student held a candle as well to cel...

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CDE Exotics Brings Reptiles to SCS
Cameron English of CDE Exotics knows quite a bit about exotic animals from around the world, and he brought a few of them here to St. Columba School. Cameron educated our student body on the care these animals need and precautioned the students in adopting some of these animals. People must be&...

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The magic of CSW with Matt Cadabra
One of our terrific Catholic Schools Week assemblies was Matt Cadabra. This high-energy magician performed great feats of prestidigitation aka magic which astounded the St. Columba student body. Matt Cadabra even brought his ventriloquist friend who made everyone laugh with his wisecracks and jokes....

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Ice Cream Sundaes for CSW

Posted on February 05, 2022 in: Catholics Schools Week

Ice Cream Sundaes for CSW
Our wonderful Saint Columba School volunteers created an outstanding ice cream sundae bar. The volunteers received an order form for sundaes from each student in school and tailor-made these delicious creamy desserts. From preschool to 8th grade each student received their very own personalized sund...

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Q & A with Father Mowery

Posted on February 05, 2022 in: Catholics Schools Week

Q & A with Father Mowery
As part of our Catholic Schools Week celebration, students had the opportunity to ask Father Mowery all sorts of questions. Some questions students asked were, "When did you decide to become a priest?", "What is your favorite saint?", "Do you hunt?", "How are you r...

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Middle School Dodgeball

Posted on February 05, 2022 in: Catholics Schools Week

Middle School Dodgeball
Our students had a friendly competition. They chose their dodgeball and went at it to discover which class would be the winner. The winner was everyone because they had such a great time. 

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SCS Catholic Schools Week Opening Mass
Join St. Columba Parish as it celebrates their very own school with the opening mass in celebration of St. Columba School's Catholic Schools Week. First, click Read More then {CLICK HERE} to watch this mass.  ​​​​​​​

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SCS Welcomes You
First, click Read More then {Click Here} the watch the Saint Columba School Welcomes You to our school video. 

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