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Dear CES Friends and Families,
Although we only had two days with students this week due to holidays and teacher workdays, it was still a productive and exciting week at Columbia. It was wonderful to see our students learning, playing, and connecting in the hallways, classrooms, and on the playground.
On Thursday, we were grateful to welcome visitors from George Mason Regional Library. All students learned about the many resources, programs, and opportunities available to them through the public library. They also shared that the library’s planned renovation has been slightly postponed, which means families and community members will be able to enjoy the library for almost the entire summer.
There are many fun and exciting end of year activities ahead of us in the coming weeks. Make sure to scroll down and checkout the Save the Date section.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Take care,
Mike Astudillo
Proud Principal
Columbia Elementary School
 Field Day Update!
A huge thank you to everyone who has signed up to volunteer for Field Day on June 12th! We will be in touch closer to the event with specific details and assignments.
We still need volunteers to lend pop-up tents and to support the 2nd-3rd grade session from 11:30 - 1:45 pm and the 4th-5th grade session from 1:30-3:45 pm. If you are available - we'd love to have you! Sign up using this link.
*New Opportunity to Get Involved!*
We've put together an amazon wish list of Field Day supplies - everything purchased will be donated directly to the Columbia PE program to add to the equipment students use all year long. Items will be shipped directly to the school. Amazon Wishlist Questions? email columbiapta@gmail.com
Shout out to Ms. Nevin on VDOE Grant!
A special shout-out goes to Ms. Rosemary Nevin for her leadership in applying for and receiving funding through a Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) STEAM grant. Thanks to her initiative, our FLES/STEAM program is growing with new hands-on coding and robotics tools, like Ozobots and Bee-Bots. These experiences are helping students continue to build confidence, teamwork, problem-solving skills, and computational thinking while sparking excitement for science, technology, engineering, arts, and math. We are grateful for Ms. Nevin’s commitment to creating meaningful learning opportunities for our students!
Columbia Elementary School PTA Needs Your Support!
Join us for a Five Guys Community Event!
Date: June 3, 2026
Time: 4:00 PM–8:00 PM
Location: Five Guys
6546 Little River Turnpike
Annandale, VA 22312
Five Guys will donate 20% of your purchase to support Columbia Elementary School PTA.
No code needed.
Save the Date!
June 3 - Parent Night Out at Five Guys, 4 - 8pm
June 4 - 2nd Grade Musical, 6:30pm
June 5 - 5th Grade vs. Staff Kickball Game, 3pm
June 12 - Field day
June 15 - Kindergarten Promotion, 10am
June 16 - 5th Grade Promotion, 9:30am
June 17 - Last Day of School, Dismissal at 2:05pm
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