Celebrating 40 Years of PIE

 

Columbia Public Schools Partners In Education (PIE) is thrilled to announce the winner of the 2023-2024 PIE Week Gallery Contest:

Noah H. from Hickman High School!

Since 1984, the Columbia Public Schools Partners In Education (PIE) program connects our businesses and schools to #Inspire Greatness.  

In 2024, we celebrate 40 years of school and business partnerships and friendships supporting Columbia Public Schools.  Kicking off the Partners In Education (PIE) 40th Anniversary Celebration, May 6-10, 2024 is our annual CPS PIE Art Gallery and Windows downtown in The District and Virtual Art Gallery. CPS students’ artwork is displayed in many shops downtown during PIE Week (first week of May). Participating shops display an Official Art Gallery window cling to advertise their participation.

In addition to inspiring #CPSBest budding artists, this is an opportunity for CPS Art Teachers to promote and highlight their incredibly talented CPS student’s artwork showcased to the City's Office of Cultural Affairs judges.  The winning school's art department receives a $500 honorarium to support purchasing art supplies for classrooms and an opportunity for their student's artwork publication.

PIE Week 2023-2024 Virtual Gallery

 

Downtown Shops in The District displaying CPS student’s artwork:

“We Always Swing”® Jazz Series

Alpine Shop

American Shoe

Artlandish

Barred Owl Butcher & Table

Black Tea Bookshop

Broadway Brewery

Calvary Episcopal Church

Central Bank of Boone County

City of Columbia

City of Columbia Office of Cultural Affairs

Columbia Art League

Commerce Bank

Daniel Boone Building

First Presbyterian Church

Goldies

Hawthorn Bank

Makes Scents

Maude Vintage

Mareck Center for Dance

My Secret Garden

Orr Street

Pizza Tree

Ragtag & Uprise Bakery

Simmons Bank

Skylark Bookshop

Sparky's Homemade Ice Cream

Stephens College

The District

The State Historical Society

Yellow Dog Bookshop