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Vaccinations at Onsite

Vaccinations Help Prevent Serious Illness

Parents, as flu season approaches, please consider having your child vaccinated. Over 1,485 American children have died from seasonal flu (or influenza) in the past decade, and 50 of those children were from Tennessee.  Countless other children became seriously ill with this virus. The flu vaccine offers the best available protection from the risk of flu death.



Pisgah Elementary Principal Selected

Jami Skevington has been chosen as the new principal of Pisgah Elementary School. She replaces Sallie Oden who is relocating to New Mexico. Skevington has served as assistant principal at Glenellen Elementary since 2014. Prior to joining CMCSS, she was principal at Sanders Middle School in Sanders, Arizona. She has 13 years of experience in elementary education in CMCSS and in Arizona. She earned her master’s degree in educational leadership from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff and her B.A. in language arts and literature at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich.



Summer School

Summer School 2018 Info

Registration for 2018 CMCSS Summer School program has been scheduled, along with the Summer School dates, times and location.



2018 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools

CMCSS is so proud to announce that Rossview High, Northwest High, and The Middle College at APSU are ranked 2018 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools! The U.S. News rankings include data on more than 20,500 public schools in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Schools were awarded gold, silver or bronze medals based on their performance on state assessments and how well they prepare students for college. Rossview High received a silver medal and was ranked #16 in the state of Tennessee. Northwest High was ranked #28 and received a bronze medal. The Middle College at APSU received a bronze medal.



Weather Information

Weather Alert: All Athletic Events Clarksville-Montgomery County School System are canceled. Afterschool activities are NOT canceled.

Due to strong storms predicted for the early evening hours today, all athletic events for the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System are canceled. Afterschool activities are NOT canceled.



CMCSS

School Safety Forum

To watch a video of the entire forum, click here. Director of Schools Millard House II, Montgomery County Sheriff John Fuson, and Clarksville Police Chief Al Ansley took questions from the community during the meeting. Due to time constraints, some questions were not addressed. Please see below for responses to questions that were not addressed at the meeting.



The Kennedy Center

CMCSS Selected to Participate in Prestigious Kennedy Center Program

CMCSS and APSU’s Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA) are among seven teams nationwide selected to join the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Partners in Education, a program designed to assist arts organizations throughout the nation to develop or expand education partnerships with their local school systems. A primary focus of these partnerships is to provide sustainable and robust arts-based professional development for teachers.   Partnering with teachers is fundamental to arts-based learning. By the community strategically partnering to support and provide teachers with high quality and continuous arts-based professional development, teachers and students are exposed to new access points for learning.



2018 Teacher Job Fair

2018 Teacher Job Fair

For the 2018-2019 school year, the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System anticipates hiring approximately 400 teachers. During the Teacher Job Fair, candidates will have the opportunity to meet the principal from each school and learn more about what makes CMCSS The Defining Difference. Intent to hire contracts may be offered on the day of, or the weeks following, the event.



CMCSS Teaching Fellows

Clarksville-Montgomery County Teaching Fellows

THIS NEWS STORY IS FROM 2018 FOR THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR. INFORMATION REGARDING THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR WILL BE POSTED IN A DIFFERENT STORY. CMC Teaching Fellows is seeking current CMCSS classified employees with at least a bachelor’s degree and no teaching certification who desire to become high-performing teachers in ELA or math at the middle or high-school level. This program is made possible through a partnership between the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System and the Nashville Teacher Residency (NTR). There are a limited number of spots for the 2018-2019 cohort.   CMC Teaching Fellows one-year program includes: • An 8-week internship so that you can decide if CMC Teaching Fellows and NTR are right for you • Rigorous, hands-on night classes taught in Nashville by NTR to complement classroom work in CMCSS • Mentoring, coaching and support from NTR staff and experienced CMCSS teachers   Teacher Placement: We guarantee full-time teaching positions in ELA or math at a CMCSS middle or high school for all CMC Teaching Fellows graduates.   Our Ideal Fellows: Successful candidates are talented, ambitious, gritty, hard-working and socially committed individuals who are devoted to teaching in CMCSS after completing the CMC Teaching Fellows and Nashville Teacher Residency. We especially encourage candidates of color to apply.   Click here to download the application.   For more information, contact [email protected].



Kindergarten Kickoffs

Kindergarten Kickoffs Announced

Kindergarten Kickoffs for the 2018-19 school year will be held March through May at each of the 23 CMCSS elementary schools offering kindergarten. Barkers Mill, May 3 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Barksdale, April 5, from 5 – 6 p.m. Byrns Darden, April 19 from 4:30-5:30 p.m.