06/09/2026
🌟 Columbia Elementary Families! 🌟
We are excited to partner with Leading Edge Kids for after-school care during the 2026–2027 school year — We are GOOD TO GO for the fall!!
✨ Why families love Leading Edge:
🎨 Arts, STEM, reading, games, and enrichment labs
📚 Homework help & academic support
⚽ Physical play and social time
💛 Safe, nurturing environment with caring staff
🕕 Flexible scheduling options
👨👩👧 Discounts for siblings, military, and school employees
💲 Affordable rates with tuition assistance opportunities
PLUS — on non-student days, Leading Edge offers full-day care at another nearby location for added family support!
Families across D11 are sharing that Leading Edge has become their child’s FAVORITE part of the day!
📢 If after-school care would benefit your family, please consider registering today so we can bring this amazing opportunity to Columbia Elementary!
👉 Register at: LeadingEdgeKids.com
📞 Questions? 1-800-341-5791
📧 [email protected]
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05/27/2026
Super exciting news for our community! We've been hoping for a program like this for a long time! It's a great opportunity for our families!!
Register at: LeadingEdgeKids.com
📞 Questions? 1-800-341-5791
📧 [email protected]
¡Noticias súper emocionantes para nuestra comunidad! ¡Llevamos mucho tiempo esperando un programa como este! ¡Es una gran oportunidad para nuestras familias!
05/19/2026
For the second year running, the Columbia Special Education Team has been recognized for its outstanding inclusion practices. Well done to Room #3 for ensuring learning is accessible for everyone!
05/09/2026
Columbia’s Girls on the Run team completed a 5K today!! They crushed the course, made new friendships and realized their own grit! Way to go!!
05/08/2026
Columbia was recognized at tonight’s D11 Evening of Excellence for “Building Connected Communities”
We are so grateful for our community. Thank you, for recognizing us this evening!
05/08/2026
Staff Appreciation Week has been filled coffee, cotton candy and much more!! We love all of our staff at Columbia
05/06/2026
D-11 is on a two hour delay for Wednesday, May 6th. There will be no morning preschool or breakfast served. Busses will run exactly two hours later.
Our doors will open at 9:40 AM. tardy bell at 9:50 AM
Be safe on the roads!
04/29/2026
Kindergarten has started their final Knowledge unit of the year: Art and the World Around Us! In this unit, students will study different mediums to make art, and learn about some important artists in history and today.
To kick off the unit, each table made a collaborative poster to brainstorm all the different ways to make art! Then students presented to their classmates.