Columbus High School

There is no football game this week which allows us all to get ready for next week. We say "Welcome back!" to the upper classes AND Celebrate our senior fall sports athletes all week. September is also Pediatric Cancer Awareness month so we will GOLD Out for our Football Senior Night on the 25th. See you at Kinnett! #WeAreAsAlwaysColumbusHigh

Senior Parking updates! Last day to purchase Senior Parking is Thursday! Spot assignments will be posted on Friday and Seniors will be able to Chalk their Spots on Sunday at 6pm! Wear your mask! Bring Your own Chalk! Have a blast!

Hello Senior Parents! We know this school year is bringing its set of challenges. But Jostens has a solution to help keep things rolling along for your child’s special year! Because photos of your student will be more difficult to obtain this year with remote-learning & abbreviated sports & extracurricular seasons, Jostens is providing an online upload service to give you an easy, click and done solution for submitting your child’s photos that will appear in their yearbook. ... Be creative! Send us images of their days at home during remote-learning or what they did during summer quarantines. We want to see what their life has looked like through this whole unique year in their lives! Follow these simple steps: Choose the photo/s you’d like to submit for consideration in the yearbook. Click on this link - https://images.jostens.com/415466813 Upload your photo. Fill in your child’s name and enter important information in the description. THAT’S IT! You are all done. If I have any questions, I will reach out to you by email. Let me know if you have any questions as well. Thank you, A. McCabe CoHiScAn Yearbook Adviser [email protected]

As everyone is preparing to begin the new school year and navigate virtual courses, parents may feel uncertain or underprepared. Our friends at the district office have shared a great resource for parents! Check out the Parent Tech Academy at https://mcsd.instructure.com/courses/112074

MCSD Code of Conduct QR Please feel free to use this QR to access the 2020-21 MCSD Student Handbook & Code of Conduct. Please be sure to read it and familiarize yourself with its contents.

Teachers are back on campus today and students will have their Virtual First day in TWO WEEKS! We will be doing a First Week Spirit Week on Social Media. Here are the themes to help you get ready. #CHSVirtualSpirit 8/17- First Day Fit- show your first day of school outfit 8/18-Mascot at Home-make your own Blue Devil mascot to cheer you on at home 8/19-Class colors-wear your class color... 9th grade-orange 10th grade-blue 11th grade-white 12th grade-black 8/20-Throw back Thursday to Kindergarten-share your kindergarten pic 8/21-Teacher Appreciation Friday-Recognize the teachers who support you! See more

Hello Senior Parents! We know this school year is bringing its set of challenges. But Jostens has a solution to help keep things rolling along for your child’s special year! Because photos of your student will be more difficult to obtain this year with remote-learning & abbreviated sports & extracurricular seasons, Jostens is providing an online upload service to give you an easy, click and done solution for submitting your child’s photos that will appear in their yearbook. ... Be creative! Send us images of their days at home during remote-learning or what they did during summer quarantines. We want to see what their life has looked like through this whole unique year in their lives! Follow these simple steps: Choose the photo/s you’d like to submit for consideration in the yearbook. Click on this link - https://images.jostens.com/415466813 Upload your photo. Fill in your child’s name and enter important information in the description. THAT’S IT! You are all done. If I have any questions, I will reach out to you by email. Let me know if you have any questions as well. Thank you, A. McCabe CoHiScAn Yearbook Adviser [email protected]

Good afternoon Blue Devils! The administration has released the reopening plans for the school. There is a lot of information in the document including details on Registration, Transportation, New student and 9th grade Orientation, Verification Week, the Virtual Learning Schedule, and some of the building information you might need. Verification and Chromebook Distribution is scheduled by Homeroom. Please read the information in the document carefully. Thank you for your patience! Link to the document: https://drive.google.com//13zbhS7oPq1yWrY4mgoDmZ0aDY/view

National Beta Club Virtual Convention Results are in! Thanks to Mrs. Parker for supporting and encouraging our students-even in the summer and after they have graduated! Congratulations to Isabel, Yuag, and Natalie! We are so proud of you and wish you well in your future endeavors. ... We Are, As Always, COLUMBUS HIGH!

Congratulations to the CHS class of 2020. We are very proud of you all! Best wishes on a bright future!

The following is a message sent on behalf of the CHS PTSA: Seniors! We are so excited to celebrate you TONIGHT at 6pm! Sometimes the best times are those that are unexpected! Parents, friends, and underclassmen: you may park around Lakebottom (make signs) to wave and celebrate the seniors as they leave. The only people allowed on CHS campus are senior students, administrators, faculty, staff, and police officers.... Seniors: Arrive in the senior parking with your decorated vehicle by 6pm in your cap and gown. Students CANNOT get out of vehicles at any time. DO NOT sit in the beds of trucks. Jeeps, convertibles, sunroofs, and waving from windows are acceptable. You may ride with friends as long as you meet up before coming onto campus. CHS Parade Path: Once seniors have assembled in the senior parking lot (by 6pm), a lead car/truck will help them process through the parade route. Seniors will navigate through the campus like they did for cap and gown pick up following the lead car/truck. After driving through CHS one last time, seniors will exit right onto Cherokee Ave, then turn left at the first red light (near Parker's Pantry), and circle one block of Lakebottom and leave by turning left onto 17th (in between Peach Little League fields and the track.) Drivers/students should follow this path marked off by police and the parade lead car/truck. All students, drivers, and passengers should observe all COVID-19 restrictions and Georgia transportation guidelines while participating in the parade. GRADUATION PARADE REMINDERS: 1. STAY IN YOUR CAR: Be in your CHS assigned parking spot by 6pm- we will dismiss you from the parking lot to start the parade. 2. Wear your cap and gown. 3. Decorate your car. 4. STAY IN YOUR CAR ONCE ON CAMPUS adhere to social distancing and CDC guidelines. 5. Each senior can have one car. You can only have as many passengers in your car as seat belts. 6. Bring a card with your name and your future plans (college, career, etc). 7. Parents can park at Lakebottom and watch you exit CHS for the last time. 8. We will have Margaret Ward there taking pictures and John Pyle flying his drone. We look forward to a memorable evening. For those unable to attend, please feel free to join us on Facebook live for the event. Sincerely, Nickie Tillery and the PTSA Board

Dear Seniors, PTSA would like to say CONGRATULATIONS CLASS of 2020!! We are so proud of you and all that you have accomplished. I know that this was not the senior year you pictured and we are so very sorry. Graduation was supposed to happen this Friday, then it was going to be virtual, and now it will be on TV and live in July. This is a lot of change on top of a stressful situation, we hear your pain. This quote reminds me of you, "Hard times do not create heroes, it...s during the hard times the 'hero' within us is revealed. Personally, I thought this would all be over and we would be back to normal by now. My wish was for you to have a typical graduation, but that is not the case. Your senior year will be in the history books forever and we will always look back and remember you. You have not been forgotten, we think of you often and wish we could take back what COVID took from you....but for a moment we want to stop focusing on what it took from you and relish in all you have done!!! You did it and DESERVE THE BEST! We also feel that you need closure. You have spent the last four years at CHS, and left without a good bye. So, if you would like to come, PTSA would like to have a parade this Friday, May 22 at 6pm to celebrate you. This is last minute, but sometimes those are the best memories. This will be your final drive through as a CHS student and a chance to see those people who made high school memorable. GRADUATION PARADE 1. STAY IN YOUR CAR: Be in your CHS assigned parking spot by 6pm- we will dismiss you from the parking lot to start the parade. 2. Wear your cap and gown 3. Decorate your car 4. STAY IN YOUR CAR ONCE ON CAMPUS adhere to social distancing and CDC guidelines. 5. Each senior can have one car. You can only have as many passengers in your car as seat belts. 6. Bring a card with your name and your future plans (college, career, etc). 7. Parents can park at Lakebottom and watch you exit CHS for the last time. 8. We will have Margaret Ward there taking pictures and John Pyle flying his drone. Again, we love you and hope you do not let the last three months tarnish four years of memories. If you do not want to come, please do not feel pressured to come. We still celebrate you!! Sincerely, Nickie Tillery and the entire PTSA Board

We have an important announcement regarding Chromebooks, textbooks, lockers, summer assignments, yearbooks for Seniors, fines/fees for Seniors, and diplomas. The following dates supersede all previous announced dates. Students who still need to turn in Chromebooks, textbooks, and clear out lockers, should adhere to the schedule below. Any student who wasn’t able to come to the school by Fri. May 22nd, must turn in their textbooks and clear out lockers on Tue. May 26, 2020. Tu...e. May 26, 2020 (Enter through the front doors of the school) 8:30 am 9:30 am 9th 12th students whose last name ends A F 10:00 am 11:00 am 9th 12th students whose last name ends G L 12:00 pm 1:00 pm 9th 12th students whose last name ends M S 1:30 pm 2:30 pm 9th 12th students whose last name ends T Z If you are taking a makeup AP exam June 1 5, 2020, you must turn in your textbooks and clear out your locker on May 26, 2020 and return your Chromebook only on June 8th. Follow the schedule below. Seniors will pick up diplomas and yearbooks, as well as pay any fines/fees that they owe on the morning of Mon. June 8, 2020. Follow the schedule below. Mon. June 8, 2020 (Enter through the front doors of the school) 8:30 am 11:00 am If you owe fines/fees see Mrs. Patrick in the Principal's office. (Seniors Only) If you need to return a Chromebook, go to the Media Center. Seniors pick up diplomas, yearbooks, & any awards on 2nd Floor. Textbooks & lockers had to be handled by May 26th (see above) 12:00 pm 2:30 pm (Enter through the front doors of the school) 9th 11th students who took the makeup AP exam June 1 5 will drop off Chromebooks only. Go to the Media Center. Textbooks & lockers had to be done on May 26th (see above) ONLY Senior yearbooks are being distributed. If a senior has not purchased a yearbook, he or she can purchase one at Jostens.com until Friday, May 22nd. Underclassmen yearbooks will be distributed on the first day of school in August as per the previous update in April. SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS: Schedules are currently being created. Students can begin working on summer assignments for CORE courses. If an ELECTIVE course has a summer assignment, please wait until after the first week of June to start working on it. Students with a schedule issue, related to summer assignments, will be contacted by June 8th, by Mrs. Grier.

Virtual Graduation for the Class of 2020 schedule.