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![Join the Columbia Board of Education Listening Session and share your voice with district leaders.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1756488059/cpsk12org/gt7p5pdvaavakjpomrwr/cps-Listening-Session.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1756488059/cpsk12org/gt7p5pdvaavakjpomrwr/cps-Listening-Session.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1756488059/cpsk12org/gt7p5pdvaavakjpomrwr/cps-Listening-Session.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1756488059/cpsk12org/gt7p5pdvaavakjpomrwr/cps-Listening-Session.jpg","width":1200}])
![“America’s Healthiest Schools 2026 Awardee badge alongside the Columbia Public Schools logo.”]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1789736484/cpsk12org/rom6udoxg2k3dpfgnvqm/America-Healthiest-Schools-Award-Web.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1789736484/cpsk12org/rom6udoxg2k3dpfgnvqm/America-Healthiest-Schools-Award-Web.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1789736484/cpsk12org/rom6udoxg2k3dpfgnvqm/America-Healthiest-Schools-Award-Web.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1789736484/cpsk12org/rom6udoxg2k3dpfgnvqm/America-Healthiest-Schools-Award-Web.png","width":1200}])
Columbia Public Schools celebrates 34 schools and programs recognized as 2026 America’s Healthiest Schools by Alliance for a Healthier Generation. All 34 received recognition for Supporting School Health Services, with Battle Elementary and Hickman High School earning additional honors for nutrition and food access and staff well-being.
![Aslin Administration Building]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1706110866/cpsk12org/kqxlbif5plnpqiccjicc/Aslin-Columbia-Public-Schools-Building_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1706110866/cpsk12org/kqxlbif5plnpqiccjicc/Aslin-Columbia-Public-Schools-Building_1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1706110866/cpsk12org/kqxlbif5plnpqiccjicc/Aslin-Columbia-Public-Schools-Building_1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1706110866/cpsk12org/kqxlbif5plnpqiccjicc/Aslin-Columbia-Public-Schools-Building_1.jpg","width":1200}])
Columbia Public Schools will host three Long-Range Facilities Planning Community Open House events this fall. Students, families, staff and community members are invited to learn about the district’s long-range facilities planning, share feedback and help shape the future of CPS schools.
![Stacey Throckmorton, Hickman High School Physical Education Teacher]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1787778468/cpsk12org/ktcjr4okufwnt8mktzne/Stacey-Throckmorton-hickman-high-school-moshape-teacher-of-year.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1787778468/cpsk12org/ktcjr4okufwnt8mktzne/Stacey-Throckmorton-hickman-high-school-moshape-teacher-of-year.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1787778468/cpsk12org/ktcjr4okufwnt8mktzne/Stacey-Throckmorton-hickman-high-school-moshape-teacher-of-year.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1787778468/cpsk12org/ktcjr4okufwnt8mktzne/Stacey-Throckmorton-hickman-high-school-moshape-teacher-of-year.jpg","width":1200}])
Stacey Throckmorton, a physical education teacher at Hickman High School, has been named a 2026 MOSHAPE Physical Education Teacher of the Year.
![CPS Students Earn Missouri Scholars 100 Recognition]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1779123328/cpsk12org/pwrskv3teo1p0hzqau8s/MissouriScholars100.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1779123328/cpsk12org/pwrskv3teo1p0hzqau8s/MissouriScholars100.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1779123328/cpsk12org/pwrskv3teo1p0hzqau8s/MissouriScholars100.jpg","width":533}])
Four Columbia Public Schools high school seniors have earned the Missouri Scholars 100 recognition from the Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals. This year's honorees are Hickman High School Seniors Megan Zguta and Griffin Byrne and Rock Bridge High School Seniors Keaton Hall and Mira Tosh.
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