Columbia High School students learned how to dust for and examine fingerprints during their Forensics class recently. The activity was part of the Fingerprint unit and led by licensed fingerprint examiners Douglas Shaffer and Jessica Zinssar from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services.
The Columbia Girls’ Bowling team won the NYSPHSAA Championship on Sunday in Syracuse. Congratulations!
The next Board of Education meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 13 at 7:00 p.m. in the Central Administration Conference Room.
The East Greenbush Central School District is offering a Five Hour Pre-Licensing Course on Tuesday, April 9 and Thursday, April 11 from 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. on both evenings in the Columbia High School library classroom.
The East Greenbush Central School District is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Casey Frankoski ’13, a graduate of Columbia High School and a helicopter pilot in the National Guard. According to reports, Casey was tragically killed when her helicopter crashed on Friday afternoon while conducting aviation operations as part of a border security mission near Rio Grande City, Texas.
The Columbia Kicks Cancer team led by Patrick Donnelly ’24, Cole Durivage ’24 and Corey Hamilton ’24 won the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 2024 Student Visionaries of the Year by raising more than $90,000. The money will be donated to LLS for blood cancer treatment and care.