Archives for September 2020
Parenting Center Series: Emotional Support for Elementary Students During the COVID Emergency w/Nancy Kislin
The Parenting Center and PTAs Present:
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS DURING THE COVID EMERGENCY
for Grades K-5
SEPTEMBER 30TH – 7:30-9pm
Moderated by Mr. Leroy Johnson, Supervisor of Preschool Education
Nancy Kislin, LCSW is a leading expert in helping parents, educators, and communities cultivate resilience in kids in an age of uncertainty. Nancy will provide us with guidance, sharing the latest research, and give examples of how to assist your children through many of the challenges facing them today – including isolation, virtual learning, anxiety and depression.
Direct Link: https://bit.ly/2ZZOdHX
Event Password: TKdMM88iqr2
Join by Phone: 1-408-418-9388 Event Password (phone): 8536688
Access Code: 173 936 9964
MMS Fall 2020 YouthNet Clubs to Begin on Wednesday, September 30
MMS YouthNet clubs begin this Wednesday, September 30th. Clubs run from 3:15pm-4:15pm. Below are all the YouthNet clubs that will be running for the Fall session. See below or download the MMS YouthNet schedule.
District Newsletter – September Monthly Wrap-Up: Superintendent’s Message, Student Highlights, Parent Best Practices, Elementary Social Work Counseling Programs, Upcoming Events & More
Columbia’s High School’s Newspaper “The Columbian” Wins First Place from the American Scholastic Press Association for the Sixth Year In A Row
Columbia High School’s newspaper, The Columbian, has earned the first place award in an annual competition held by the American Scholastic Press Association for the sixth year in a row.
The national competition is open to any and all student-run newspapers from across the country. Entries are critiqued on journalistic content, journalistic decision-making, visual layout and design, photography, illustration, and overall editing. Columbia High School’s (CHS) newspaper team tallied enough points in each category to earn themselves a first-place position for the sixth year in a row.
Advisors for “The Columbian,” Joshua Enyeart (CHS English Dept.) and Cindy Malhotra (CHS Fine Arts) jointly shared, “We are so proud of the team and couldn’t be happier for them. Our students fought through a challenging transition last spring, showing grit and determination by moving our print-based processes to a digital platform for the first time ever!”
Judges noted that CHS has “…an excellent school newspaper, which shows the creativity and journalistic knowledge of [its] reporters, writers, photographers, layout/graphics designers and advisor[s].”
The Columbian is a student-run publication whose leaders are enrolled in the Production Journalism course (Fine Arts), and have earned their positions after completing the Journalistic Writing (ELA) or Computer Graphics (Fine Arts) courses. COVID-19, the global pandemic, and a school closure all challenged the team’s ability to continue to produce a print version of the publication so the shift to a digital platform was necessary.
The historic move marked the beginning of a new era in the institution’s more than 80-year existence. Martina Zacker, Nicholas Shires, Noori Zubieta, Jordan Young, Sydney Rednik, Zoe Slavin, Emily Wilner, Ari Mehlman, Ruari McEwan, and Jonathon Cutler made up the editorial board for the team for the 2019 – 2020 school year. The art/design team members for 2019-20 were Dana Hugel, Avery Soupios, Matt McBride, Arielle Loubier, Derek Gutierrez, Sydney Mannion, Isaac Weber, Jack Griffith, Leo Preston, Ethan Walden, and Charlie Hummel.
Advisers for The Columbian are Joshua Enyeart (English Dept.) and Cindy Malhotra (Fine Arts). The digital version of The Columbian can currently be found here: https://chsthecolumbian.blogspot.com.