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Elementary Education Director Named

Please note: This article was originally published on 6/24/2015. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. Dr. Mason Bellamy has been named Director of Elementary Schools, replacing Dr. Ann Griffin who retired this month. Dr. Bellamy most recently served as Director of  Services for Exceptional Children and served as interim principal at Kenwood Middle School. Dr. Bellamy is the former principal of Hazelwood Elementary, which was recognized by the state of Tennessee last year as a Reward School for growth and achievement.


CMCSS Graduations

Please note: This article was originally published on 5/21/2015. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. All eight CMCSS high school graduation ceremonies will be in the Dunn Center at Austin Peay State University May 21-23. The ceremonies will be live web streamed by Austin Peay State University at http://graduation.cmcss.net/. Copies of the graduation exercises are available by ordering through the APSU Communications Department.


Northeast Elementary School Principal Selected

Please note: This article was originally published on 5/20/2015. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. Regina Lyle has been selected to serve as the principal of Northeast Elementary School, following Gina Biter’s retirement.  Dr. Lyle has been an assistant principal at Northeast since 2007, serving as the STEM administrator for one year and the interim principal since April.  She began her teaching career with the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System in 1990. In 2007, Dr. Lyle earned her doctorate in educational leadership from Capella University.  She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Austin Peay State University.  


High Schools Director, Administrators Selected

Please note: This article was originally published on 5/7/2015. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. Marcus Shawn Heaston has been chosen as the CMCSS High Schools Director, replacing Dr. Bryan Johnson who was named Chief Academic Officer.  Mr. Heaston currently is principal at Tipton County’s Covington High School, which has won the SCORE prize for the past three years and recognized as one of the nation’s top schools by Newsweek and U.S. News and World Report.


Teachers of the Year Honored

Please note: This article was originally published on 4/15/2015. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. Each school’s Teacher of the Year candidate was honored by the CMC School Board and the CMC Education Foundation Board. The 2015-16 District Teachers of the Year are: Pre-K-4th Grade: Jason Jackson, Northeast Elementary; 5th-8th Grade: Laura Stamper, West Creek Middle; and 9th-12th: Mandy Frost, Northwest High. The Foundation presented the teacher of the year candidates each with a $100 check and the district candidates with $300 checks.


Board Honored for Achievements

Please note: This article was originally published on 4/15/2015. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. Congratulations to the Clarksville-Montgomery County Board of Education for being named a Board of Distinction by the Tennessee School Boards Association. School Board members include: (from left) Vice Chair Anne Murtha, George Giles, Eula Gardner Dowdy, Chairman Jimmie Garland, Stephanie Lobdell, Josh Baggett, and Willie Freeman


Administrative Appointments Announced

Please note: This article was originally published on 4/10/2015. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. Assistant principals for Woodlawn Elementary School and Northwest High School have been selected.  Northwest’s new assistant principal is Jessica Peppard, who has served as academic coach for Northwest and Northeast High Schools. She will replace Marlon Heaston, who has been named principal of Kenwood Middle.  Christina Irwin has been appointed assistant principal at Woodlawn, replacing Jennifer Silvers who was named principal of the school. In addition to her experience as a high school academic coach, Peppard was an English teacher at Northwest and at West Creek High School.  She earned her B.S. in English and her master’s in educational leadership from Austin Peay State University.


Tennessee Education Standards

Please note: This article was originally published on 4/6/2015. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. The curriculum navigator is a resource for parents and community members to access the Tennessee Standards.  On the curriculum navigator you are able to view the standards across grade levels and core content areas. Parents and community members can see how each student’s daily instruction is aligned with achieving a deep understanding of the respective content area. You simply click on the respective grade level/content area and are immediately able to access your student’s standards for the respective classes. Learn more by clicking on this link: http://curriculum.cmcss.net/public/index.aspx


CMCSS Offers Text Messages

Please note: This article was originally published on 4/1/2015. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. Using SchoolMessenger, the notification system, CMCSS has the ability to send parents and guardians of students text messages on important information. To begin receiving texts, simply text YES from your device to 68453. This program doesn’t allow anyone to receive messages who otherwise wouldn’t. It simply allows those who can already receive phone and email messages to also receive text messages.


KMS Principal Named

Please note: This article was originally published on 3/24/2015. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. Marlon Heaston has been named principal of Kenwood Middle School. Heaston has served as assistant principal at Northwest High School since 2013, where he also has served as the STEM and high school administrator. Previous to joining CMCSS, Heaston was a math educator in Covington, Tenn. He earned  both his doctorate in education and his master of education in educational leadership at Trevecca Nazarene University. He earned his bachelor of education from Southern Illinois University.