Summer 2024
What every Raider needs to know today:
School is out! Main office hours for the summer are Monday through Thursday for the month of July 8:00 am - 2:00 pm. Please call ahead if you need to assistance. The guidance office is closed and will reopen August 12. Enjoy the summer!
Attention all fall athetes and marching band members: OneView is currently up and running. Please enter a
nd/or update your information for fall. All sections of your child's OneView account and current physicals must be uploaded no laterJuly 22. If you are unable to upload your child's physical form, all hard copies must be handed to Trainer Adam or dropped off in the main office by the deadline above.
CHS Football's Annual Midnight Madness is Saturday, Aug. 3. Join the fun and start the fall sports season off with a great event.
Attention Fall Sports and Marching Band parents/guardians: Important information for your athlete and musician can be found on the flier. Please read it carefully and complete the OneView athletic form prior to July 22. Fall Sports pictures: Fall Sports teams, cheerleading, marching band and color guard and individual pictures are scheduled for Wednesday, August 14. For online orders, and presale pricing visit: cavanaughphoto.com/order. Printable order forms are available here.
Parking Permit information 2024-2025 school year: Parking permits for the 2024-2025 school year will be available for submission August 1. Please complete the parking permit application and bring a copy of license and insurance to the office with payment of $35 beginning August 1. If you pay online, please bring proof of purchase. Do not submit application prior to August 1.
Seniors: Once you have completed your parking permit application and paid, beginning August 16 you may paint your spot! Get all the details here and happy designing! ****Prior-year permits are no longer valid.
Fees for the 2023-2024 school year as well as past year's fees and outstanding CLSD property are overdue. Beginning fall 2024, all instructional fees, current and outstanding, will be due by September 15. Failure to pay fees will exclude students from all field trips, extracurricular activities and extra curricular transportation beginning October 1. The release of transcripts and diplomas will be held until all debts have been resolved. If you feel your children qualify for free or reduced price meals, please complete the application on the PaySchools website.
Payment options: Pay through the PaySchools website accessed on the main high school page. Mail payments, along with the bottom portion of this statement, to the address listed below. Accept payments in the main office by check made payable to Columbia High School or cash. Credit card purchases are also accepted in person in the high school main office and will not incur the additional fee which is charged when paying online.
School Meals for the 2024-2025 School Year: If you feel your children qualify for free or reduced price meals, please complete the application on the PaySchools website Meal prices for the 2024-2025 school year are:
- Student Breakfast $2.25
- Student Lunch $3.75
- Milk $0.55
- Adult Breakfast $3.00
- Adult lunch $4.80
The 2024 fall suppy list is available for summer purchasing. Please note this supply list is to anticipate supplies needed for the classes listed. We hope this will assist in taking advantage of summer sales and may not include items needed after the beginning of the school year.
Attention upcoming 12th graders. Ohio Revised Code states you are to receive a second booster dose of Meningococcal A PRIOR to entering 12th grade. The deadline for vaccine record is September 18, 2024. Please plan ahead and get your vaccine over the summer months to avoid possible exclusion from school. Immunization requirements can be viewed here.
Columbia High School issued Chromebooks and chargers: Students are responsible for keeping Chromebooks in good working order. If you have a damaged Chromebook that is not working properly, bring it to the main office for repair. If you have lost or damaged your charger, you are responsible for replacing it. They are available on Amazon. Make sure you check the model name before ordering a replacement.
Chromebook Insurance will be available for purchase for the 2024-2025 school and must be paid by $25 by cash or check in the school office. New students registering after the first day of school will have two weeks from date of enrollment to choose to purchase insurance.
Guidance Office News:
Report Cards: You may access and print a pdf. of your student’s report card in PowerSchool from your child's account.
Early Release and Late Arrival and Open Campus forms are available for the 2024-2025 school year and must be completed if you would like to participate in this privilege. These priviliges are open to juniors and seniors and must be approved once completed application is received. The updated GPA requirement is a minimum of 3.0 with a 90% attendance rate verified with the attendance office. Turn in completed forms to the guidance office prior to the day you would like to begin using this privilege.
All students who are enrolled in CCP classes off campus as well as high school classes during the school year may complete a permission slip to leave the high school when they are not scheduled in a class. These will be available in August, 2024. Slips must be signed by a parent and returned to the guidance office. Students will not be permitted to leave during the school day without this signed acknowledgment from a parent or guardian.
Community Service - All students need to have 20 hours of community service completed and verification forms turned in to the Guidance office. Summer community service does count for this graduation requirement. Please email Mrs. Hechko at [email protected] if you have any questions.
Sports News:
Attention Fall Sports and Marching Band parents/guardians: Important information for your athlete and musician can be found on the flier. Please read it carefully and complete the OneView athletic form prior to July 22.
Fall Sports pictures: Fall Sports teams, cheerleading, marching band and color guard and individual pictures are scheduled for Wednesday, August 14. For online orders and printable order forms: visit: cavanaughphoto.com/order.
Attention Athletes: Athletic forms on OneView is now open for the 2024-2025 athletic seasons. You may access your OneView account from the high school home page. Forms must be completed prior to your child participating in 2024-2025 athletic programs. All sections of your child's OneView account and current physicals must be uploaded no later than one week before the season begins. If you are unable to upload your child's physical form, all hard copies must be handed to Trainer Adam or dropped off in the main office by the deadline above. Students will be denied participation in any practice or scrimmage if the online forms are not completed by the deadline. All athletes must have a valid physical by the first day of practice. Go to the OneView portal on our website to complete. Please note, that you will be prompted to upload your child’s current physical form. Please upload the 2024-25 PPE in PDF format. All pages must be scanned as one document and then uploaded. If you are unable to upload the physical form, please bring it to the main office and we will scan and upload it for you. The hard copy of your child’s current physical form must be on file or submitted to your child’s coach/director no later than the first official day of practice. Instructions on completion of the forms are available here. OHSAA sports physicals are valid for 13 months from the date of the exam. If you experience difficulty, you may email Mrs. Kobe at [email protected] or Trainer Adam at [email protected] with the physical for assistance.
Pay to participate fees of $150 per sport per season (fall, winter, and spring) will be due for fall sports by September 1, for winter sports on December 1 and for spring sports on March 1. There is an option to pay the participation fee through the PayForIt system or bring cash, check, or a credit card to the main office. If paying online, please forward your receipt with the team/activity your child is participating into Beth Kobe at [email protected] to verify payment and update our records. There is a family cap of $300 per season. Past due academic fees are due before athletes can board any school transportation to away sights. You may request a payment plan by contacting Beth Kobe at 440-236-5001 or by email request to the email above. Please pay these fees asap, they are now overdue.
Athletic Season Pass Information 24-25 are available for purchase in the main office for home athletic events. Senior Citizen will be admitted free to all home athletic events, no passes required. Senior citizens are those fans who are 62 years old and older.
Attention Raider Fans: No amplified noise makers or air horns are permitted in the gym or at the stadium for CLSD events.
Important Notice for Family and Fans supporting CLSD events! Columbia Local Schools will use online ticketing for all onsite events at the stadium through the HomeTown Ticketing platform. Buying tickets online will save you time getting into the event! Cash sales will be accepted at the gates for any CLSD events that require paid tickets. Event passes may be purchased in the high school office for HS events; middle school office for middle school events as well and senior citizen passes. These are not available at the gate. Review this informational letter from Mr. Ward with details to purchase and pass details.
Hey Students! Stop in the main office and buy your 5-event student athletic pass for only $20. This can be used at any home athletic event throughout the school year. If you buy your ticket online you pay $7.85 per ticket. The five-event pass will save you a total of $19.25 over the admission of five events.
Is your wardrobe ready for our current sports season? Looking for some new RaiderWear? Check out Columbia Athletic Boosters' newest styles! Go to our link and follow the directions on ordering your gear. Go Raiders!
Athletic Booster membership forms and information are available and online. Please consider joining and help support 7th-12th grade CLSD athletics.
Community Service:
Graduation requirement of community service hours. The community service log form is available in the offices at CHS and from Mrs. Meadows at LCJVS as well as on the website. Turn in log forms to Mrs. Hechko as they are completed. Seniors must have their required hours completed no later than May 1 of their graduation year. All students are required to complete this graduation requirement of 20 hours. Students should attempt to complete 5 hours per school year. Hours completed over the summer are eligible for use as required hours for graduation.
Employment Opportunities:
Kemper House, a family owned dementia care facility, is hiring summer help at their Strongsville location. We have opportunities for care givers, activity assistants, and dietary aids. No experience necessary, all we look for are individuals with caring hearts. Kemper House is a wonderful introduction to careers that give back and many of our summer helpers have gone onto study in medical fields. See the flier KH Job Fair Flyer 3-5-24 (2).pdf. We also can provide volunteer hours to fulfill graduation requirements.
Mack Industries: Summer Work Program. See the flier here.
LIFEGUARD AND WSI POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Attention students ages 15 and older! Get a head start in your future medical, Police, Fire, or EMS career by working as a Lifeguard. The Strongsville Rec is in need of certified lifeguards. Their starting pay rate is at $14/hr with opportunities to earn up to $16/hr. Please visit the Strongsville Rec Center’s website at www.strongsville.org/departments/human-resources or call 440-580-3260 for more information and check out the flier here.
Summer is here and Hasting Water Works is looking for lifeguards. Check the information here.
Check out our job posting board in the main entrance hall at CHS for more employment opportunities.
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Miscellaneous Information:
The Columbia High School class of 2024 commencement ceremony took place on Saturday, May 18. Due to technical difficulties, only a small portion of the ceremony is available for viewing here. 2024-2025 Senior Students of the Month are chosen by the CHS staff and honored each full month of the school year.
September:
Columbia High School Parents/Guardians: An email was sent to all parents/guardians on Thursday, February 22, 2024 detailing updates to school security. If you have not read the email we ecourage you to do so. The information can also be accessed here.
Reminder for students and parents leaving CHS by vehicle: Drivers, if you are turning left (traveling west) onto 82, please exit through White Hall’s parking lot to West River Road and proceed to the light. DO NOT take a left when exiting by the Methodist Church.
Attention Students: Only in season athletes will have access to leave practice bags in the school locker rooms before the tardy bell each morning. All school related materials need to be in your lockers in the hallways of CHS. No other students are to be in the locker rooms for any reason during the school day.
Families may add monies to their PaySchools (PayForIt) account to cover meal costs and extras for their children. See the user guide here for setting up an account and for frequently asked questions. The 2024-2025 school year Application for Free and Reduced Meals can now be accessed and filled out. If you would like to submit an application, you may download the form here. Please make sure all past school fees and lunch charges have been paid, as the release of transcripts and diplomas are held for unpaid fees. School transportation for extracurricular activities will also be denied. If you would like to set up a payment plan, please contact Mrs. Kobe in the main office at 440-236-5001. You may pay your school fees through the PaySchoolsCentral system online through the school’s website. You may also pay in the main office with cash, check, or credit card in the main office at CHS.
School transportation to home residences for CHS students and JVS students is available in the afternoon. JVS students are provided with transportation to and from the JVS. The morning JVS bus leaves the High School at 6:50 am sharp. Any day that Columbia High School has an early release or a professional development day, there will be NO transportation home from the High School on these days. Please check the school calendar to the right on our home page.
Attention Parents: Please take a moment to read the CLSD attendance policy. Please call in absences on the high school main line at 440-236-5001 and ask for Mrs. Boetticher, attendance secretary. For more information, please click here and scroll down to the attendance section.
Power School Information: Access PowerSchool from the HS website. If you are using the mobile app the district code is ZZGS.
If your child is a new student attending Columbia High School, online registration must be completed on our OneView link. Click on our enrollment/registration tab on the left of this page for complete information.
-- All academic fees, fines, lunch charges, and the return of any CLSD property, including textbooks and uniforms, must be taken care of before diplomas and/or transcripts are released. Please make sure all debts are paid asap. Pay on your PayForIt account online or bring money or a check payable to CHS to the main office.
School Meals for the 2024-2025 School Year: As of June August 2023, the federal government will no longer subsidize meals for ALL students. Meal prices for the 2024-2025 school year are:
- Student Breakfast $2.25
- Student Lunch $3.75
- Milk $0.55
- Adult Breakfast $3.00
- Adult lunch $4.80