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![Superintendent Jeff Klein hands flowers to Outstanding Educator of the Year Grades 3-5 Winner Meg Tummons]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1773782380/cpsk12org/bomelgisgi5bmcaopchl/CPS-Columbia-Fund-Academic-Excellence-Award-Recipients.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1773782380/cpsk12org/bomelgisgi5bmcaopchl/CPS-Columbia-Fund-Academic-Excellence-Award-Recipients.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1773782380/cpsk12org/bomelgisgi5bmcaopchl/CPS-Columbia-Fund-Academic-Excellence-Award-Recipients.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1773782380/cpsk12org/bomelgisgi5bmcaopchl/CPS-Columbia-Fund-Academic-Excellence-Award-Recipients.png","width":1200}])
Seven Columbia Public Schools’ educators have been selected as this year’s Columbia Fund for Academic Excellence honorees.
![A group of HOSA student members from Columbia Public Schools pose together at the 2025 International Leadership Conference, standing in front of a HOSA backdrop and large 3D “hosa” letters.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1752852935/cpsk12org/tiyfwpofy2n5mt08gqql/Health-Occupations-Students-of-America-2025.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1752852935/cpsk12org/tiyfwpofy2n5mt08gqql/Health-Occupations-Students-of-America-2025.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1752852935/cpsk12org/tiyfwpofy2n5mt08gqql/Health-Occupations-Students-of-America-2025.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1752852935/cpsk12org/tiyfwpofy2n5mt08gqql/Health-Occupations-Students-of-America-2025.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1752852935/cpsk12org/tiyfwpofy2n5mt08gqql/Health-Occupations-Students-of-America-2025.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1752852935/cpsk12org/tiyfwpofy2n5mt08gqql/Health-Occupations-Students-of-America-2025.jpg","width":2200}])
Students from the Columbia Area Career Center (CACC) represented their schools and community with pride at the 2025 HOSA–Future Health Professionals International Leadership Conference, held this summer.
![DECA Students Qualifying for National Competition]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1744682661/cpsk12org/qpi3qy4fmrsjfhzjgalc/Distributive-Education-Clubs-of-America-Students-National-Qualifiers.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1744682661/cpsk12org/qpi3qy4fmrsjfhzjgalc/Distributive-Education-Clubs-of-America-Students-National-Qualifiers.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1744682661/cpsk12org/qpi3qy4fmrsjfhzjgalc/Distributive-Education-Clubs-of-America-Students-National-Qualifiers.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1744682661/cpsk12org/qpi3qy4fmrsjfhzjgalc/Distributive-Education-Clubs-of-America-Students-National-Qualifiers.jpg","width":829}])
Eight CACC recently placed in the top 10 in their respective categories at DECA’s Missouri State Career Development Conference and four qualified for international competition.
![Columbia-Public-Schools-News]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1722026395/cpsk12org/hqlnqd1xgnarvo3rbcxw/Columbia-Public-Schools-News.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1722026395/cpsk12org/hqlnqd1xgnarvo3rbcxw/Columbia-Public-Schools-News.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1722026395/cpsk12org/hqlnqd1xgnarvo3rbcxw/Columbia-Public-Schools-News.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1722026395/cpsk12org/hqlnqd1xgnarvo3rbcxw/Columbia-Public-Schools-News.png","width":1200}])
Columbia Area Career Center HOSA students had a very successful trip to their State Leadership Conference (SLC). Thirty-seven students attended and 15 secured spots to compete at the upcoming International Leadership Conference (ILC) in Nashville, Tenn., in June.
CACC HOSA students attended a record-breaking virtual HOSA State Leadership Qualifier Conference. The conference was the largest to date - with 2,304 participants from 104 local chapters. Thirty-nine CACC students qualified across a wide array of competitive events.
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