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CMCSS – One Hour Delay, January 4 and 5, 2018

Because of the continued frigid temperatures forecast for Thursday and Friday, schools will be delayed one hour for both days.  Buses will be running inclement weather routes where possible.



MCES Nationally Recognized for Achievement

Please note: This article was originally published on 12/13/2017. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. The National Title I Association is pleased to announce that Montgomery Central Elementary from Cunningham, Tenn. has been named a National Title I Distinguished School by the state education agency in Tennessee. Montgomery Central Elementary is one of up to 100 schools throughout the country that is being nationally recognized for exceptional student achievement in 2017.



New Administrative Announcements

Please note: This article was originally published on 12/8/2017. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. Helen Nicholas has been chosen to fill the split position for the remainder of the year between Burt Elementary School and Barksdale Elementary School. The responsibilities for the split position include assistant principal duties at Burt Elementary School and to oversee the development and implementation of the Spanish Immersion program at Barksdale.  Next year, Nicholas will serve full-time at Barksdale to lead the Spanish Immersion program.  This position became available when Melody Nix returned to the classroom and assistant principal, Maribeth Mathis became the interim principal of Burt Elementary School.



Spanish Immersion Option

Please note: This article was originally published on 11/15/2017. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. Current research demonstrates that fully proficient bilingual individuals outperform monolinguals in the areas of divergent thinking, pattern recognition, and problem solving. CMCSS believes that students will be well served by a quality Spanish immersion education that ensures high proficiency in more than one language at no cost to English language academic performance.



CMCSS Exceeds State in All TNReady Proficiency Measures, 9 Schools Labeled ‘Reward’ Schools

Please note: This article was originally published on 10/19/2017. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year.   Clarksville-Montgomery County School System continues to see academic success for its students. The State Department of Education today recognized nine CMCSS schools as “Reward Schools” for exceptional gains made in academic growth or achievement.   The state currently is labeling the system’s designation as “pending” while it reverifies CMCSS data. The designation likely will be made in December. CMCSS is one of five school districts in the state that the Department is reverifying.



Have a great Fall Break!

Please note: This article was originally published on 10/6/2017. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. Students, staff and families, we hope you have a safe and restorative fall break, October 9 through 13. Please come back refreshed and focused, ready to finish out the rest of the Fall Semester!



Change to 2017-18 CMCSS Calendar

Please note: This article was originally published on 10/5/2017. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. A change is being made to the 2017-18 school calendar. Because a Montgomery County Primary Election was added after the school calendar for the year was set, the School Board has voted to not have students report on Tuesday, May 1. All CMCSS Staff will report for a professional development day.



CMCSS Grad Rate

CMCSS Grad Rate is 95.1%

The state Department of Education today released graduation rates across Tennessee. CMCSS’s rate is 95.1%! “Our initial glimpse at the data shows strong promise in reference to the hard work and focus that our students and teachers continue to make. We plan to be intentional about finding opportunities for continuous improvement and building on our successes in every way possible,” according to Schools Director Millard House. Here are the graduation rates by school: Kenwood High, 91.4 Montgomery Central, 93.7



Dr. Padgett Appointed as Assistant Principal, School Support Coordinator at Rossview High

Please note: This article was originally published on 9/15/2017. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. Dr. Rebecca Padgett has been selected as assistant principal and school support coordinator at Rossview High School. Padgett has worked in CMCSS for 12 years, most recently as academic coach for the Academies of CMCSS. She has experience as the AVID coordinator and teacher at Rossview, and as an English teacher at Northeast High School. Other academic experience includes being an adjunct instructor at Draughons Junior College. She has served as assistant women’s basketball coach at Austin Peay and head women’s basketball coach at the University of West Alabama.



APSU Game of the Week

Please note: This article was originally published on 9/8/2017. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. Throughout the 2017 high school football season, the APSU Department of Communications will broadcast a featured contest between two area schools.    The broadcasts will be available online through the CMCSS website. To view the broadcast, please visit http://sports.cmcss.net/ during the live game.  Scheduled kickoff for the games below are 7 p.m.