Sports
Columbia is involved in sports at various levels.
- An organized soccer program begins with the kindergarten through sixth grade in the spring, April through May, involving both girls and boys. Everyone gets to participate as those grades are sectioned into teams and they are coached and then compete with each other according to grade level.
- An organized soccer program also takes place in the fall beginning with the fifth grade through high school. This sport is open to both girls and boys. The elementary grades and junior high compete through the CYO league. Our high school competes through the OSAA and meet regularly scheduled games. The high school program begins the last two weeks of August with pre-season practice and concludes in October.
- An organized volleyball program also begins in the fall of each school year. This program involves girls from the fifth grade through high school. Fifth grade through junior high competes in the CYO league and the high school has a junior varsity and varsity team and competes through OSAA. We compete on the 1A level. The high school program begins the last two weeks of August with pre-season practice and concludes in October.
- The high school has a fall sports program for cross country competition. This program is through OSAA and we compete with other Oregon schools of similar size.
- Beginning in November each year we start our basketball season. This sport begins at the fifth grade level through high school. The elementary grades through the junior high compete through the CYO league. There are both girls and boys teams. The high school has girl's junior varsity and varsity and the boys have a junior varsity and varsity teams. They compete at the 1A level through OSAA. This program extends until the end of February.
- In the spring of the school year we begin a track and field program the first of March for the high school. Again our girls and boys compete with other Oregon schools through OSAA. The junior high learns and participates in track and field skills during their physical education class the last quarter of the school year and then participate in a track and field event in May with other schools.