Substitute Update Training This Summer!
This leadership series is designed specifically for assistant principals preparing for the next step, focusing on key areas such as strategic school improvement, team leadership, budgeting, and effective decision-making. Participants also engage in real-world scenarios, collaboration, and even mock interviews to strengthen their readiness for the principalship.
We are thankful for leaders like Mrs. Cartrette who are dedicated to learning, growing, and bringing that knowledge back to support our students, staff, and school community here at West Columbus!
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Families interested in enrolling their child are encouraged to apply now. For more information or assistance with the application process, please contact Terri Ard at 910-642-5168 or tard@columbus.k12.nc.us
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Las Escuelas del Condado de Columbus ahora están aceptando solicitudes para Pre-K para el año escolar 2026–2027.
Se anima a las familias interesadas en inscribir a sus hijos a que presenten su solicitud ahora. Para más información o ayuda con el proceso de solicitud, comuníquese con Terri Ard al 910-642-5168 o por correo electrónico a tard@columbus.k12.nc.us
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Students have been busy all day preparing and are ready to showcase their incredible talents in band, chorus, dance, theatre, visual arts, poetry, and piano through performances and exhibits you won’t want to miss.
The Secret Geographer left our students a messed-up map and the challenge of locating the lost classroom dice. Their first field mission was to work together to find clues hidden around the courtyard that would lead them to the missing dice.
Each clue contained a piece of a torn map. When our students worked together and put all the pieces together, they discovered something exciting—it formed a map of our school!
Our junior geographers successfully used teamwork, problem-solving, their coordinates, and their map skills to complete the mission. 🗺️
Thank you to Rusty Davis for visiting our 2nd graders for Read Across America Week! 📚
He shared two fun Dr. Seuss stories, Yertle the Turtle and In a People House.
A special thank you also to Alexandra Barnhill Lee, EMS Instructor and Clinical Coordinator at Southeastern, for coming to read to our 2nd graders! She read I’m a Paramedic, shared a special treat with our students, and even showed them how she checks heart rhythm as part of her job.
We appreciate these community leaders for taking the time to inspire our classes and help us celebrate Read Across America Week! 📚
We are so proud of all of their hard work and dedication represented at competition:
🏅 3rd Place – 8th Grade PE: Carson Jones
🏅 4th Place – 6th Grade ELA: Russell Kirkham
🥇 1st Place – Cake Decorating: Kaylee Bethea-Davis
🏅 4th Place – Accessorized Design
🏅 3rd Place – Performing Arts Trio: Dance
🏅 3rd Place – Performing Arts Small Group
🥇 1st Place – Campaign Skit
✨ Golden Ticket Premier Performers: Addison Prevatte, Audrey Herring, and Elizabeth Herring
These pictures highlight some of our amazing entries. We couldn’t be prouder of how our students represented West! 🎉
🏆 Tournament Results:
• First Round: West defeated Williams 7–6
• Second Round: West defeated Tabor City Middle School 16–1
• Championship Game: West vs. Central
We are so proud of the hard work, determination, and teamwork shown by our players and coaches throughout the tournament!
Be sure to come out and support our baseball and softball teams as they kick off their regular season on Tuesday, March 24! Let’s go, Warriors! 💙
Our little learners proudly posed with their clever creations, hoping to catch that sneaky leprechaun! From colorful boxes to shiny decorations and tricky traps, their imaginations were hard at work. Great job to our Pre-K students for their creativity and enthusiasm! 🍀🌈✨
Monday, March 16, will be an optional teacher workday for all schools except Columbus Career & College Academy (CCCA). There will be no school for students.
Due to expected inclement weather tomorrow, CCCA will operate on a remote instruction schedule.
There will be no afternoon or evening activities at any school tomorrow due to the weather.
As part of our March Madness Challenge, this week, students turned learning time into MOVEMENT time—combining rigorous thinking with relay races, partner games, math manipulatives and lots of smiles as they showed what they know. Thank you to our teachers for designing engaging, standards-based activities that get bodies AND brains moving, and to our students for giving their best effort on every play. Columbus County Schools is all in on making learning active, joyful, and challenging—on and off the court! Check out the video: https://youtu.be/3WZen5ASBW0
Week 3 tip-off is HERE, Columbus County! 🏀 This week in our Rigor Rebound: March Madness Challenge, our Elite 8 will go head to head as we zero in on the 8 Qualities of Authentic Engagement in our classrooms. Check out our Elite 8 Match-ups here: https://youtu.be/nWMpLOUPtms
