School News

Columbia Area Career Center (CACC) is proud to announce that Graphic Design student Grace Radkowiec has been selected as the winner of Boone County’s official 2026 “I Voted” sticker contest. Her artwork will be featured on thousands of stickers distributed to voters across the county during the 2026 election cycle.

Columbia Public Schools is proud to celebrate the success of Rock Bridge High School students and teams who recently captured state championships. We congratulate the following students for their outstanding achievements...

Columbia Public Schools congratulates Travis Martin, mathematics teacher at Rock Bridge High School, on being named to the 2025 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program’s Distinguished Teachers roster. 

Columbia Public Schools is proud to announce that Rock Bridge High School senior Theo Wen Volz has been named a member of the 61st class of U.S. Presidential Scholars, one of the nation’s highest honors for graduating seniors.

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.

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.

Amelie Crane, a 2025 Rock Bridge High School graduate, placed first in the SkillsUSA Baking and Pastry Arts national competition for high school students.

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.

Five CPS students have earned recognition by the Missouri Scholars 100 program, a statewide program that honors 100 of Missouri's top academic students in the graduating class of 2025. 

A Rock Bridge High School student is a semifinalist in the prestigious and highly competitive U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars selects scholars annually based on their academic success, artistic excellence, essays, school evaluations and transcripts, evidence of community service, leadership, and demonstrated commitment to high ideals.

More than 5,200 of Missouri’s brightest future business leaders gathered in Springfield, Mo., for the 2025 Missouri Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) State Leadership Conference (SLC). Hosted at the University Plaza Hotel and Convention Center, this annual event brought together student leaders, advisers, industry professionals, and volunteers for three days of dynamic learning, competition, and connection.

Columbia Area Career Center (CACC) students demonstrated excellence in career and technical education by earning 23 medals at the 2025 SkillsUSA Missouri State Leadership and Skills Conference held earlier this month.

Seven Columbia Public Schools’ educators have been selected as this year’s Columbia Fund for Academic Excellence honorees. Since its inception in the 1979-80 school year, the Columbia Fund for Academic Excellence has recognized more than 250 educators in the Columbia Public School District for their outstanding teaching, leadership, and student support. 

The Eastern Missouri District Committee of the National Speech and Debate Association recently named CPS Debate Coach Danielle Johnson as the 2025 Speech and Debate Coach of the Year.