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Ryan Tolbert, Hickman High School journalism adviser, has been named the 2026 Rising Star Award recipient by the Missouri Interscholastic Journalism Association (MIJA).
A graduate of Columbia Public Schools is helping design technology that could one day support space exploration. Chase Stem, a graduate of Hickman High School, is a senior in aerospace engineering at the University of Science and Technology and serves as CEO of the university’s student-led Mars Rover Design Team.
Columbia Public Schools is proud to celebrate the achievements of several CPS students who were named winners in the 2026 Earth Day Art Contest, hosted by the City of Columbia in partnership with Boone County and the University of Missouri-Columbia
A Hickman High School senior has been selected to represent Missouri in one of the nation’s most prestigious student leadership programs.
Abdulrahman Adekunle, a senior at Hickman High School, has been named a 2026 delegate to the United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP). He will join another Missouri delegate during USSYP Washington Week, held March 7–14, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
Hickman High School's Ashley Fossum and John Warner Middle School's Cassidy Urie have earned National Board Certification, one of the most respected professional credentials available to PreK–12 educators, on December 6, 2025. Fossum and Urie are the only two educators from Columbia Public Schools to achieve this distinction in 2025.
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