Student Handbook

Dear Columbia Families,

Welcome to Columbia! We are glad that your family will be part of the CMS Community and hope that this handbook will be helpful to you in getting to know the school and staff. Parents, we ask that you review this handbook with your child.

This handbook communicates many of the policies used at Columbia. We hope that clarity about processes will assist you and your child in finding Columbia an exciting place to be and learn. Please use this handbook as a reference when questions arise during the year. We have tried to include as much information as possible, and we may need to make adjustments to school procedures throughout the year. Don’t hesitate to contact us should you have questions or suggestions for improving or clarifying this handbook.

At CMS, we are committed to supporting the whole child and invite you to join in this effort.  We believe that students should leave CMS with the knowledge, skills, and habits that will make them successful learners and contributors to society.  The CMS staff is committed to providing a meaningful and challenging experience for our students and have collaboratively developed the “guiding principles” below to define the beliefs we want all CMS students to leave with: