Beloved Elementary School Celebrates 35 Years

COME BACK TO COLUMBUS MAGNET SCHOOL

Calling all Columbus Magnet School current and past students, families, staff and friends! Columbus Magnet School of Norwalk, CT is celebrating 35 years of educational excellence with a variety of activities, and you’re invited. Celebration festivities will take place on Friday, May 20 and Saturday, May 21, 2016.

In true Columbus fashion, the celebration will be kicked off with an All School Meeting on Friday, May 20 at 1:30 pm in the school auditorium. The program will include a Columbus timeline, as well as guest speakers and the singing of Columbus “standards.”

Also on Friday, May 20, an Evening Social (18 and older) will be held in the Community Room at Norwalk City Hall, 7:00-9:00 pm. Join former and current members of the Columbus Community for an evening of wine, cheese, and reminiscing. An admission fee of $10 per person will be collected at the door.

On Saturday, May 21 there will be a Reunion Family Picnic in the Columbus backyard from 12:00-4:00 pm. This is a Bring-Your-Own-Picnic Basket event. An admission fee of $5.00 per family will be collected at the entrance. Don’t forget your blankets and chairs.

Over the past 35 years, Columbus has impacted the lives of hundreds of students and their families, please take a few minutes to complete a brief questionnaire sharing your life experiences since leaving Columbus: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/C3P9GMB.

Please contact CMS Parent Coordinator at lakint@norwalkps.org if you are planning to attend any of the 35th anniversary activities.

Columbus Magnet School is located at 46 Concord Street in South Norwalk. Under the leadership of Arthur Perschino, Marilyn Liberatore, Emily Lopez and, current principal, Medard Thomas, Columbus Magnet has maintained its original Bank Street philosophy stressing integrated curriculum, experiential learning and parental involvement. Further enhancing the school’s program, in 2000, Columbus was a designated a H.O.T. (Higher Order Thinking) School by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (formerly the Connecticut Commission on the Arts). In HOT Schools, the arts stimulate student learning, improve the climate and culture of the school, inspire the professional development of educators, and intentionally engage parents in the process.
Hope to see you at Columbus!