Columbia County School District - Columbia County School District (2024)

Attention Parents!

Media Materials Services for 2023-24

The Columbia County School District recognizes and understands that parents and guardians have an important role in determining their student's reading selections and media center use. Each family has the right to determine the appropriate library resources for their student. The school district strives to provide appropriate access to resources that consider student need, interest, the support of state academic standards, and curriculum alignment, as well as familial, cultural and personal points of view. The district has a duty to provide students free access to high-quality reading selections and to ensure the materials in our media centers align to state statutes. Please complete the following form to help us provide the appropriate experience and access for your student. If you have more than one student in the district, please complete a separate form for each child. If you do not wish to submit this form, or if it is not received by Aug. 19th, 2023, your student will default to Level 1, or open access, for checking out all media center materials.

Columbia School District uses ParentSquare for school communication, primarily with email, text and app notifications. ParentSquare automatically generates an account for each parent, using their preferred email address and phone number. We encourage parents to access their accounts so they can download the mobile app and update their preferences on when and how they are notified.

Here’s what you can do with ParentSquare:

• Receive messages from the school via email, text or app notification
• Choose to receive information as it comes or all at once with a daily digest at 6pm
• Communicate in your preferred language
• Comment on school postings to engage with your school community
• Direct message teachers, staff and other parents
• Participate in group messages
• Sign up for parent-teacher conferences
• Sign up to volunteer and more all from your desktop or mobile device