Superintendent's Message

There is always something happening in Burbank. Games are being played, students are learning, classrooms are busy, and our schools are filled with moments worth celebrating. Last year, Columbia School District introduced ParentSquare as a way to bring our school communications together in one place and provide families with timely updates, reminders, events, and celebrations as they happen. This year, we hope to take that connection one step further by exploring ParentSquare access for grandparents, alumni, community members, and others who want to stay connected to CSD. Stay tuned for more details over the next month as we want all of our Coyotes to have an opportunity to keep up with what is happening in our schools.

The success of ParentSquare has also given us an opportunity to rethink our traditional monthly newsletter. Rather than repeating information you may have already received, we want this newsletter to serve a different purpose. ParentSquare can help us share what is happening, but some stories deserve more than a quick update. They deserve a chance to be told. That is the idea behind our new CSD Newsletter.

Rather than another monthly collection of dates, reminders, and announcements, we are changing things up. A few times each year, the new CSD Newsletter is creating a place where we can slow down, dig a little deeper, and share the people, history, learning, traditions, and stories that make Columbia School District special. Think less “nightly news” and a little more “60 Minutes” Coyote style. We want to introduce you to students doing remarkable things, reconnect with Coyote alumni, take you inside our classrooms, celebrate accomplishments, explore our history, and tell some of the stories that might otherwise go untold. And what better place to start than Homecoming?

In a small community like ours, Homecoming is about much more than a football game or a week of activities. It is one of those special traditions that connects generations of Coyotes. The names and faces may change, but the purple and gold, school pride, friendships, traditions, and sense of belonging have a way of carrying on.

That is exactly the kind of story we want this newsletter to tell. So, as you continue through our first edition of the year, we invite you to take a trip and learn a little more about Homecoming. Because Columbia isn't just three schools in Burbank. It is about generations of Coyotes past, present, and future and every generation adds another chapter to our story. We hope you enjoy this first edition. Keep reading...there are some pretty great Burbank stories ahead!

Go Coyotes!
Todd Hilberg, Superintendent