Our school store is here! Click on the link in "Quick Links" on the left of this screen then check out our School Store and all the merch. Or you click on the photo and it will take you there too. First click "Read More" then click on the picture. Click away and get the SCS Merch today!

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Students from St Columba’s first grade and kindergarten classes enjoyed learning about soybean farming from Mr. John Esslinger.  Mr. Esslinger visited the school as a part of the 2022 Ag Literacy Week sponsored by Pennsylvania Friends of Ag Foundation and the PA Farm Bureau. Pictured here are the Kindergarten and first grades. From left to right back row Benjamin Parker, Finley Morris, ...

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St. Columba School's kindergarten through third grade took their first field trip in toes years (thanks covid). These students went to our own Bloomsburg Children's Museum. Our students toured the museum with tons of hands-on activities including a little classroom. Who knew you could go fishing for trout too, from a boat, and inside a building as our wonderful anglers are d...

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St. Columba School hosted the Bloomsburg Theater Ensemble for their production of Patchworks Life & Legends of the Coal Towns. This is the 25th anniversary of this production which was specifically written for schools. The ensemble presented stories of an immigrant coal mining family in Pennsylvania as they try to navigate their way through small town America and poor working conditions. In th...

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St. Columba School ended their observation of Lent with our Living Stations. Students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades participated in bringing the 14 stations to life.Our music teacher, Mrs. Trapane prepared the students for weeks in advance of this presentation to the school and parish. Pictured here is 8th grader Tessa Fazio, left portraying Mary. She is mourning the death of her son Jesus played by...

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St. Columba School hosted the Faith Bee. This event included participants from St. Columba School and Parish. Students were challenged with questions about the Catholic Faith. After many rounds and loads of questions it came down to our last two competitors, Emily Marino and James Samayoa. These two went back and forth with religious knowledge until, finally, James Samayoa came out on top as ...

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St. Columba's Middle School celebrated 3-14 with actual pie. After Mrs. Troiani's math class was finished working the ins and outs of the number PI they celebrated by having some pie. Here her 8th grade class shared pizza pie and some regular apple pie, blueberry pie, and chocolate mousse pie. Pictured here from  left to right are back row Emily Marino, Jacob Guerriero, Luke Traugh, M...

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Saint Columba School's 5th-grade Social Studies class is learning about the culture of ancient Egypt. as part of their studies, they have created their own names using ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. The students painted paper with diluted coffee to give the paper the "ancient look". After that, the students took the antiqued paper, and using the hieroglyphic alphabet they drew ...

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A St. Columba School tradition continues with our annual Leprechaun Loop. Yes, the pandemic interrupted the Loop for two years but now it's back and better than ever. This fundraiser for the school gathered over 200 runners and this crowd did push hard as they competed for the best times in their age groups. The Bloomsburg town police lent a hand as they redirected traffic making a clear ...

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St. Columba School recently lost one of its greatest volunteers, Mrs. Alicia Smiley. Mrs. Smiley dedicated a big chunk of her life to St. Columba School. She volunteered in the school cafeteria and spent much time with the students as well. Her family requested that our school observe her passing not by wearing black and mourning her, but to celebrate her life by wearing bright happy colors that w...

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St. Columba's preschoolers are learning about the importance of dental care. One of the more important dental care lessons they learned was flossing. Mrs. John, our preschool teacher, brought in ice cube trays for the students. In between the ice cube mold, she placed black play-doh. The students were then given floss to clean the bad stuff out between their teeth. Pictured here cleaning away ...

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St. Columba School's Forensics team wins again. This year's competition was a little different as it had to be done virtually. Each piece was recorded by the two schools, St. Columba and St. Joseph School in Danville. The individual pieces were posted online then the judges viewed them, and the results are in. In the front row is Christopher Getz who came in 1st place. Back row f...

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Rep. David Millard (far right) and legislative liaison for the PA Game Commission Josh Zimmerman (far left) visited our parish school to recognize Emily Shapeero (First Place) and Emily Marino (Second Place) as winners of the “Most Enjoyable Outdoor Experience” essay contest held last year. From left are Zimmerman, Mike Shapeero, Emma Shapeero, E...

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

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St. Columba School’s middle school is proud to share its fourth feature magazine and eleventh overall publication. First, click Read More then {CLICK HERE} to begin reading this issue. This year, we present our school’s homage to Brandon Stanton’s “Humans of New York” books and blog. The 36 Faces|36 Stories idea was pitched by our English teacher Sam Bidlema...

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