Partnership Awards
41st Anniversary Partners In Education
Every year, we acknowledge partnerships that commemorate important anniversary milestones. In 2024-2025, 48 businesses celebrate enduring collaborations with partner schools and programs.
Celebrating 40 Years as Partners In Education (1985-2025)
- Solventum – Shepard Blvd Elementary
- Ameren UE – Ridgeway Elementary
- Columbia Orthopedic Group – CPS Athletics
- Mediacom – Cedar Ridge Elementary
30 Years (1995)
- Job Point – Douglass High School
- Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Co. – Gentry Middle School
- MU Art Education – Locust Street Expressive Arts Elementary
- Schnucks Supermarket – Douglass High School
25 Years (2000)
- Access Arts School of Service – Benton STEM Elementary
- Columbia Fire Department – Derby Ridge Elementary
- MU Athletics Department – Columbia Public Schools
- MU Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology – Columbia Public Schools – School Counseling
- Peak Performance – CPS Athletics
20 Years (2005)
- Bass Pro Shops – Lange Middle School
- MU Women’s Basketball – Grant Elementary
- MU Museum of Art & Archaeology – Locust Street Expressive Arts Elementary
- AssuredPartners – Oakland Middle School
15 Years (2010)
- Focus On Learning – CPS MAC Scholars
- Hy-Vee - Columbia #3 – Cedar Ridge and Shepard Blvd. Elementary Schools
- Junior Achievement in Central Missouri – Columbia Public Schools
- Kappa Alpha Theta – Russell Blvd. Elementary
- Missouri United Methodist Church – Jefferson Middle School
- Veterans United Home Loans – Fairview Elementary School
10 Year (2015)
- Choral Arts Alliance of Missouri – CPS Fine Arts
- Forum Christian Church – West Blvd. Elementary
- Jefferson Farm & Garden – New Haven Elementary
- Missouri River Relief – CPS Science
- Tigers Community Credit Union – New Haven Elementary
Partnership Friends
Celebrating 25 Years as Partnership Friends (1995-2025)
- Boone Electric Cooperative – CPS Science
- FedEx Kinko’s – Columbia Public Schools
- Great Rivers Council, BSA – Columbia Public Schools
- Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company – Columbia Public Schools
- Little Dixie Construction Company – CPS Athletics
- Plaza Commercial Realty – CPS Athletics
20 Years (2005)
- Best Buy – Columbia Public Schools
- Chili’s – Columbia Public Schools
- LongHorn Steakhouse – Columbia Public Schools
- MU Sports Marketing – Columbia Public Schools
15 Years (2010)
- Fazoli’s – Columbia Public Schools
- GQT Forum 8 Theaters – Columbia Public Schools
- Kid’s First Optimist Club – Columbia Public Schools
- Noodles & Company – Columbia Public Schools
- Stadium Grill – Columbia Public Schools
- The Broadway, a Doubletree by Hilton – Columbia Public Schools
10 Years (2015)
- Plato’s Closet – Columbia Public Schools
- True North – Columbia Public Schools
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