Weekly update for Dec. 20, 2024
Dear CES friends and families,
Wishing you and yours a wonderful winter break! During the next two weeks, the main office will have modified hours. Please email me at mastudillo1@fcps.edu with any questions you may have that require a response prior to students returning from break.
We will see all of our Cougars back here at school on Monday, January 6th, 2025.
Take care,
Mike Astudillo
Proud Principal
Columbia Elementary School
PTA News & Notes
The PTA would like to thank everyone for their support this year. We hope you have a wonderful holiday and we look forward to seeing you after the break.
Fall Direct Donation Campaign
We are a third of the way to our goal! With increasing reliance on technology in schools for learning, it's more important than ever for our elementary students to learn fundamental typing skills to increase their digital literacy. The wonderful CES staff have requested support for a typing curriculum designed to increase typing proficiency for students in grades 3-5. We are hoping to raise $2,300 to purchase the Edclub typing program for three years that will allow Columbia teachers the ability to provide broad access to the program for their students. The campaign is now live and will run through January 15th. Please consider a contribution, any amount helps. Thank you!
Donations can be submitted several ways:
New Partnership with Papa Johns
Don't feel like cooking dinner? Is it Thursday? You can now order pizza ANY THURSDAY from 11AM – 11PM from Papa Johns in Annandale for delivery or carryout (carryout until 10 PM). Families will receive 40 percent off their entire order and 10 percent of their order goes to the PTA. This opportunity will last until the end of the school year. Online code “CES4010” - this code will also be accepted by phone in case of issues with the website.
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