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Vote for CHS Show What You Know Team more>
Save the Date!
3rd Annual Healthy Capital 5K
Saturday, April 17, 2010 more>
 Trey Leonard is First Columbia Capital to Become State Wrestling Champion! more>
Region IV AA Wrestling Champions Include Mikel Nelson, Randy Medina, Tyreese Coaxum, Nate Harper, Trey Leonard more>
Akil Sharperson is Midlands Chapter of the National Football Foundations Scholar Athlete of the year! more>
Customer Care Prize Patrol Surprises Nurse Judy Scott with Richland One Customer Care Champion Award for Outstanding Care Provided to Columbia High Staff and Students!
Congratulations to Scholarship Awards Recipients
John Sells, Charleston Southern University - $28,000 and Johnson & Wales University - $32,000
Brittany Smith, Clemson University, $10,000
Nichelle Torres, Hampton University, $10,000 per Semester
CHS Receives $5,000 from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation to Host Project Lead the Way Summer Gateway Academy
Ten CHS FBLA students win awards at the FBLA District II Leadership Conference and qualify to compete at the FBLA State Conference in Charleston on March 18-21. more>
CHS Football Players, Jordan Jacobs and Christian Reed, Commit more>
An Apple for the Teacher,
A Chevy Cobalt for the Student
Local High School Seniors With Perfect Attendance
Eligible to Win New Car
Taylor Patterson, CHS class of 2009, was the lucky winner of a new Chevy Cobalt last year. You could be a winner this year!
Columbia High staff member, Donald Sweeper, to reenact an Interview with former SC slave, Robert Small more>
Columbia High Academy of Finance Students featured in "The State" newspaper more>
CHS Teacher Teaches from Home While Recovering from Surgery more>
Columbia High School
1701 Westchester Drive
Columbia, SC 29210
803-731-8950 803-731-8950
Ms. Shenequa Coles, Principal
2007-2008 and 2008-2009
Palmetto Gold Award
The Palmetto Gold Award was created by the Education Accountability Act to recognize and award academic achievement. Columbia High School was recognized at the September 8th School Board Meeting for being among three Richland One schools and 100 schools statewide that are sharing their success stories through the S.C. Department of Education's 2008-2009 Palmetto Gold and Silver Awards Showcase.
Columbia High School
Founded in 1884, Columbia High School operates in an urban area located in the capital city, Columbia, South Carolina. Student enrollment for the 2009-2010 school year is approximately 720.
The leadership team of Columbia High School has identified the following goals for 2009-10:
- To increase the passing rate of students taking both subtests of the HSAP for the first time.
- To increase the longitudinal passage rate of students taking HSAP.
- To increase the passage rates for students taking End of Course examinations.
- To systemically provide high quality instruction in a safe, positive, and challenging environment.
- To promote, build, and improve the five STEMS related academies in an effort to increase the number of completers in all academies.
These goals represent a focus on improving teaching and learning across various grade levels and subject areas. We are committed to improving the instructional process at Columbia High School while serving the needs of our students and community.
We believe that:
- Everyone learns.
Each person has immeasurable worth and needs to be valued.
- Every person is responsible for his/her choices and actions.
- Integrity governs our behavior.
- People are interdependent.
- Change provides opportunity for growth.
- Excellence is attainable.
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