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![8 CPS Students Named 2026 National Merit Semifinalists]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1722026395/cpsk12org/hqlnqd1xgnarvo3rbcxw/Columbia-Public-Schools-News.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1722026395/cpsk12org/hqlnqd1xgnarvo3rbcxw/Columbia-Public-Schools-News.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1722026395/cpsk12org/hqlnqd1xgnarvo3rbcxw/Columbia-Public-Schools-News.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1722026395/cpsk12org/hqlnqd1xgnarvo3rbcxw/Columbia-Public-Schools-News.png","width":1200}])
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®) has announced the names of more than 16,000 Semifinalists in the 71st annual National Merit Scholarship Program, including eight students from Columbia Public Schools.
![CPS High School Art Teachers Featured in Montminy Gallery Exhibit]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1756832210/cpsk12org/bmk8sng4f3zrmlaqoqxh/CPSEducatorsFeturedMontminyGalleryExhibit.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1756832210/cpsk12org/bmk8sng4f3zrmlaqoqxh/CPSEducatorsFeturedMontminyGalleryExhibit.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1756832210/cpsk12org/bmk8sng4f3zrmlaqoqxh/CPSEducatorsFeturedMontminyGalleryExhibit.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1756832210/cpsk12org/bmk8sng4f3zrmlaqoqxh/CPSEducatorsFeturedMontminyGalleryExhibit.png","width":869}])
Nine Columbia Public Schools high school art teachers are being honored for their creativity and passion with a featured exhibit at The Montminy Gallery at the Boone County History & Culture Center.
![CACC Students Earn Top Honors at National HOSA Competition]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1752852935/cpsk12org/tiyfwpofy2n5mt08gqql/HOSA_2025.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1752852935/cpsk12org/tiyfwpofy2n5mt08gqql/HOSA_2025.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1752852935/cpsk12org/tiyfwpofy2n5mt08gqql/HOSA_2025.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1752852935/cpsk12org/tiyfwpofy2n5mt08gqql/HOSA_2025.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1752852935/cpsk12org/tiyfwpofy2n5mt08gqql/HOSA_2025.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1752852935/cpsk12org/tiyfwpofy2n5mt08gqql/HOSA_2025.jpg","width":2200}])
Students from the Columbia Area Career Center (CACC) represented their schools and community with pride at the 2025 HOSA–Future Health Professionals International Leadership Conference, held this summer.
Battle, Hickman, and Rock Bridge high schools each had an incredible showing at the MSHSAA Track & Field State Championship. Each school secured individual state champions.
The American Library Association (ALA) has selected forty-six (46) people to participate in its 2025 class of Emerging Leaders (EL), including Hickman High School's media specialist, Julie Ryan.
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