📣 CMCSS Administrative Announcement 📣

🌳 Minglewood Elementary Assistant Principal 🌳

Ania Tinord has been selected as an assistant principal at Minglewood Elementary School. Currently, Tinord serves as the AVID Coordinator and teacher at Kenwood Middle School. She began her career with CMCSS in 2013 and has served in several school-level leadership roles and teaching positions, including Extended Learning Coordinator, After-School Programs Director, Site-Based Induction Specialist and English Language Arts Lead Teacher at West Creek High and Kenwood Middle schools. Tinord earned her M.A.Ed. in Instructional Leadership, M.A.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, and B.S. in English from Austin Peay State University and her A.A.S. and A.A. from Hopkinsville Community College. ...

🤍💚 Teacher of the Year Celebrations 💚🤍
Featuring: Shelby Jackson
📸: Montgomery Central Elementary School

Shelby Jackson is a first-grade teacher at Montgomery Central Elementary. She loves sharing character-building lessons with her students. "My favorite unit to teach is Being a Good Community Member," she said. "The Montgomery Central community is such a connected and supportive community. I love highlighting our community’s accomplishments and encouraging students to be involved."

Thank you, Ms. Jackson, for supporting our youngest learners. Congratulations on being named a Montgomery Central Elementary Teacher of the Year! ...

🤍💚 Teacher of the Year 💚🤍
Featuring: Bethanie Hargett-Slack
📸: West Creek High School Coyotes Information

When asked to submit a photo to celebrate her recent West Creek High School Teacher of the Year announcement, Ms. Hargett-Slack said, "I asked members of my grade level content team and administrative team to take the photo with me because I believe an individual teacher is only as strong as those around them. “Iron strengthens iron”, and I work with an amazingly strong cohort of teachers and administrators."

For the past 33 years, Ms. Hargett-Slack has motivated students and educators alike. She is proud to be part of the West Creek community for the past five years.

"As a teacher, I LOVE organizing the learning space so students have the necessary time and scaffolding to become skilled thinkers, readers, and grammarians," she shared. "Empowering students with the necessary skills to be deemed college and career-ready brings such joy to my professional life. Furthermore, I love watching my students take ownership of their academic growth by tracking their own data and then working toward a personal best with an emphasis always on GROWTH."

Congratulations! ...

🤍💚 Teacher of the Year Celebrations 💚🤍
Featuring: Isamar Molina Osorio
📸: Spanish Immersion Elementary

Sra Molina Osorio has spent the past four years teaching 3rd grade at Spanish Immersion Elementary at Barksdale. This year, we are proud to recognize her as one of the school`s Teachers of the Year!

"I am amazed at how much I have learned from my students. Each one of them has taught me something new, whether it’s through their creativity, persistence, or the unique way they see the world," she said. "I’ve learned the power of asking questions and how curiosity sparks excitement in learning. My student’s curiosity encourages me to think deeply about the material and find new ways to make learning exciting and engaging. Their enthusiasm is a daily reminder of the joy of discovery and learning. Most importantly, I’ve learned that every student brings something special to the classroom.
Watching my students succeed is a reminder that the work I do is meaningful and has a lasting effect on their lives. The joy of witnessing their success reignites my passion for teaching and drives me to keep making a difference."

We are honored to have Sra. Molina Osorio and all of our educators who strive to make a defining difference every day! ...

💚🤍 Teacher of the Year Celebrations 🤍💚
Featuring: Amanda Buback
📷: Pisgah Elementary School

Amanda Buback has been teaching for four years in early childhood education with CMCSS. Before becoming a Voluntary Pre-K (VPK) teacher, Ms. Buback served as an education assistant and substitute teacher.

Ms. Buback shared that her students have taught her a lot over the years. "Especially with our youngest learners, each new group of students reinforces the criticality of teaching social-emotional learning and prevocational skills prior to challenging them to grow their academic strengths," she said.

Ms. Buback shared that her students have taught her a lot. "Especially with our youngest learners, each new group of students reinforces the criticality of teaching social-emotional learning and prevocational skills prior to challenging them to grow their academic strengths," she said. "My students have taught me that my first priority is to meet each and every child where they are and to ensure they feel accepted, safe, and loved within our classroom environment. Additionally, teaching consistently reminds me what an inherent privilege it is to be a source of influence in their young lives, as well as to find the joy and humor in our time together--there is no shortage of laughs!"

Congratulations, Ms. Buback, on being named a Pisgah Elementary Teacher of the Year! ...

💚🤍 Teacher of the Year Celebrations 🤍💚
Featuring: Holly Bucy
📷: Rossview Elementary

Join us in celebrating Holly Bucy, a Teacher of the Year for Rossview Elementary! Ms. Bucy has been changing lives inside the classroom for 14 years. "Over the years, I have really begun to love teaching science," she shared. "My students have always been very into it and eager to learn how things work OR why different reactions happen. It is fun to show them some phenomenon and get their brains thinking about how it connects to what we learn. We always discuss what they notice and what they wonder. One of my favorite things to teach them is about energy and circuits. It is during this unit that you always see EVERY student shine. The way their brains get to thinking and experimenting with how energy works is really amazing."

Ms. Bucy said patience is essential for elementary school students. "Early on, I learned that patience is a must, and I learned the value of a long pause," she explained. "My students have taught me more than I could have ever imagined, but one thing I can give them is time. Time to think. When I give them time, you see LOTS of connections and creativity. I have received questions that I honestly didn’t know how to answer, and so we explore and research together. We grow together. They have taught me that learning is a LIFE-LONG skill and it is something that we should be eager for throughout our whole life." ...

We hope our CMCSS families are enjoying a day of play and rest! This elementary student is all smiles today! If you would like the chance to be featured, share your snow day fun with us ☃ - tag @cmcssinfo or email [email protected].

Stay safe and warm 💚 ...