At a recent Board meeting, the Celebrate the Arts Gold Key winners were recognized for having the best artwork in the show. These students demonstrated remarkable creativity and artistic excellence, rising to the top among hundreds of entries. The Board commended them for their talent, hard work, and outstanding representation of the arts in Columbus County Schools. ECJSHS Mckenna Ware-Rudnik ECJSHS Brittany Mitchell ECJSHS Milana Graham ECJSHS Sophia Robertson SCHS Greidys Avelino SCHS Madison McMillian SCHS India Sammons SCHS Samuel Cunningham SCHS Alan Rodriguez SCHS Drake Cribb SCHS Lily Greene SCHS Lena Taylor WCHS Samantha Strickland WCHS Zayda Eddie WCHS Brianna Thomas WCHS Lia Specht WCHS Karmen McDuffie WCHS Ricky Johnson WCHS Lindsey Hayes WCHS Ivan Osorio-Abonza ADES Dulce Gonzalez Gonzalez ADES Dulce Gonzalez Gonzalez ADES Vanessa Jauregui-Del Angel ADES Morgan Pridgen ECJSHS Sophia Alvarado Rivera ECJSHS Yamileth Gonzalez-Baza ECJSHS Luziana Cruz Perez HAES Cara Britt HAES Anthony Gurganious HAES Dondria Sadler HAES Mya Jacobs HAES Cole Lynch NMS Javier Diaz NMS Sara Rivenbark NMS Ellie Wright NMS Sandy Nunez NMS Bridgette Perdomo TCS Devora Redondo TCS Andrea Powell TCS Kimberly Manning TCS Loren Hinson TCS Mileigh Stevenson WCS Arabella Tchorz WCS Ella Fletcher WCS Kaylee Bethea-Davis WCS Kenzie Martin WCS Chantal Judd WTS Kalie Blanton WTS Julia Bailey WTS Joanna Cox WTS Aria Bowen WTS Johnny Dominguez WTS Johnny Domingues WTS Legend McCray

McKenna Ware-Rudnik of East Columbus Jr.-Sr. High School and AJ McGhee of Columbus Career & College Academy were recognized by the board recently for being named Poetry Out Loud County Finalists. These talented students demonstrated exceptional skill in poetry recitation and interpretation, earning recognition at the state level.

Congratulations to TCS for leading our district to number 4 out of 329 districts internationally for implementation and student growth with the Robokind curriculum. Congratulations to Sheila McKenzie, Tabitha Godwin and Carnelia Johnson (Team TCS) for being number 1 in implementation overall.

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This past Monday night, we celebrated our incredible student-athletes at the 2024–2025 Athletic Banquet! It was a night full of recognition, pride, and inspiration as we honored the hard work, dedication, and sportsmanship of our Warrior athletes. A special thank you to our guest speaker, Trey Benton, for sharing his powerful message and motivating our students to keep striving for excellence both on and off the field.

Schools will release students at approximately 1 PM on Friday, June 6th. Have a great summer!

Can't make it to graduation? Watch the ceremony live! All graduations will be streamed live on CCS Youtube, CCS and school Facebook pages, CCS Twitch, and the CCS mobile app.

Columbus County Schools Exceptional Children’s Office is hereby notifying the public of the intent to destroy confidential special education records. The public is duly notified that the former student or legal guardian of said student may need these records in the future for social security purposes, legal defense, or other reasons. Former students (or their legal guardians) born in 1998 or before who received special education services while enrolled in Columbus County Schools may request a copy of the confidential special education file. A copy of the file may be requested by the former student or legal guardian by notifying the Exceptional Children’s Office. Picture identification is required before records will be released to anyone. The person receiving the records will be asked to sign a form documenting receipt of the records. To request records, contact the Exceptional Children’s Office at 2586 James B. White Highway, Whiteville, NC 28472. (910) 642-5168 All confidential special education records of persons born in 1998 and before will be destroyed on or immediately after July 30, 2025.

Congratulations to Hailey Long, 2024 South Columbus High School Poet Laureate, for being named as an emerging poet by the North Carolina Poetry Society's Gilbert-Chapell Mentor Program. Hailey recently read a collections of poems on the campus of East Carolina University, and will have 5 poems published in the upcoming anthology. Congratulations!

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Today, a system error temporarily disrupted the NCTest platform statewide, affecting all students in North Carolina who were scheduled to test this morning. The outage lasted approximately 40 minutes. Prompt corrective action restored the system, allowing students to resume testing shortly thereafter. All tests were completed successfully. We sincerely thank our teachers and students for their patience, focus, and resilience during the disruption. At this time, we anticipate no further issues.

Reminder: All schools will be closed on Monday, May 26th, in honor of Memorial Day.

At TCS, students trade-in Accelerated Reader points for prizes!  

Students at TCS enjoyed participating in the Book Blast program this year.  We would like to thank everyone for your support in encouraging our students to read.  

At TCS, a selected group of 5th graders enjoyed a McDonalds treat from Ms.Sykes for their participation in Generations of Gratitude at Liberty Commons Nursing Facility

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Congratulations to our newest class of high school poet laureates!

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Congratulations to the Child Nutrition Team at Nakina Middle School for achieving a 100% Sanitation Rating all year! Thank you Mrs. Lula Bell Ganus, Mrs. Tiffany Stewart, and Mr. Rick Wilcox!

Federal law provides services for Exceptional Children who are parentally placed in private schools or homeschools. The Columbus County School system is in the process of contacting administrators of private schools to determine what services might be appropriately provided. If your private school is no longer operational, please notify our office. If you feel that a child might be disabled, and an evaluation is necessary, or if a child has already been classified as disabled and you would like services for that child, please plan to attend a meeting at the Columbus County Schools Board of Education, 2586 James B. White Hwy North, Building A, Whiteville, NC 28472 on May 27th, 2025 at 5:00pm to discuss services for 2025-2026 school year. If unable to attend, please contact Melanie McCready at 910-642-5168 ext. 24016 to discuss services.