Here you go, you will find activities for all elementary ages.

SPECIAL DISCOUNTS FOR EVERYONE IN OUR COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOLS FAMILY TO CELEBRATE OUR WINTER BREAK

CCS offers FREE admissions/DISCOUNTS for ccs families during winter break to the following places:

• Free Family Admission to the OHIO HISTORY CENTER
• Free admission to COLUMBUS MUESUM OF ART
• COLUMBUS ZOO and AQUARIUM, new limited tickets are available for the weekends, but there are more tickets available during weekdays.
• DISCOUNTS to MAGIC OF LIGHTS, at the Historic Crew Stadium (Now through January 1)
  
• DISCOUNTS to CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (December 23 or January 16)
• Discounted Skating at Skate Zone 71 over Winter Break!
  

(December 23 or January 16)

After receiving a lot of great feedback from CCS families, our friends from the Cleveland Cavaliers are offering discounted tickets to two more upcoming games. Pick from the game on Friday, December 23, at 7:30 p.m. (vs Toronto Raptors) or Monday, January 16, at 3:00 p.m. (vs New Orleans Pelicans). The games are at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse with discounts good on nearly every seat.

CCS CAVS SPECIAL OFFER: https://cavaliers.group/Columbus2
No code needed. Just use the link to purchase your tickets.

This special promotion is being made available by the Cleveland Cavaliers. If you have questions about the tickets, call the Cavs Ticket Office at 800-820-CAVS (2287).

• High School & Middle School Lottery Applications: Accepted via the Parent Portal Wednesday, January 4, 2023 through Tuesday, February 28, 2023. The last date for the acceptance of late lottery applications for students who completed the 2022-23 school year with CCS is August 18, 2023. New students enrolling into Columbus City Schools can submit a lottery application for two weeks after their enrollment date until December 8, 2023.

• Elementary School Lottery Applications: Accepted via the Parent Portal Wednesday, February 1, 2023 through Friday, March 31, 2023. The last date for the acceptance of late lottery applications for students who completed the 2022-23 school year with CCS is August 18, 2023. New students enrolling into Columbus City Schools can submit a lottery application for two weeks after their enrollment date until December 8, 2023.

• Selective Admissions: Applications available to eligible students Monday, January 9, 2023 with a submission deadline of Tuesday, January 31, 2023. Applications must be submitted via the Parent Portal.

• Request to Return to Homeschool Application: Accepted via the Parent Portal Wednesday, January 4, 2023 through Friday, March 24, 2023.

• Reservations: Accepted via the Parent Portal for eligible students from Wednesday, January 4, 2023 through Tuesday, January 31, 2023.

• ROTC: Accepted via the Parent Portal Wednesday, January 4 through Monday, February 20, 2023.

1- Columbus Metropolitan Library

2- Literacy Pro CCS.

3- READ-A-THON.

Students can participate in all of them for example, they can participate in Literacy Pro Reading Challenge and count their minutes on their READ_A-THON and the Reading Challenge by Columbus Metropolitan Library.

Email attendance.gables@columbus.k12.oh.us (preferred) or call 1-380-997-6025 and leave a message.

Tickets REQUIRED for free admission

Community Shelter Board Winter Warming Stations Now Open

Community Shelter Board of Columbus offers warming stations for those in need. All Warming Stations have the ability to contact further resources through Mount Carmel Outreach Program at any time. Other resources include follow‐up on shelter access, crisis assistance, and housing assistance with Street to Housing Outreach Collaborative (SHOC).

Homeless? Need shelter?

Call the homeless hotline, open 24 hours a day

1-614-274-7000

To get help or give help, call 2-1-1. Food line 614-341-2282, Monday–Friday 8 am – 4pm.

Dec 1- Jan 31: Winter Reading Challenge. https://www.columbuslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2022-WRC-Flier.pdf

5-9: Penguin Patch "Kids' Holiday Shop"

12/10: Free Zoo and Aquarium Admission with CCS from 6:00-8:00 PM

12: Winter concert @ 6:30 PM. Graeter's Ice Cream Night after the Concert. Students report at 6:00 pm for tuning and warm-up.

16: Book Nook, and Pastries with the principal @ 9:00 AM.

19: PTA Meeting @ 6:30 PM.

20: 30-Minutes Early Release.

21-Jan 3rd: No School - Winter Break READ_A_THON Challenge.

01/04: School Resumes with new Bus Routes

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