West Creek Elementary Celebrates National Family Day with a Read-in Tonight

Tonight is West Creek Elementary’s Kick-off for Family Reading Night. It is also National Family Day. Principal Lynne Rains said she could not think of a better way to spend Family Day than with your children reading a book. The West Creek library will be open on Family Reading nights from 4:30pm-6:30pm.

Children must be accompanied by a parent. Mrs. Rains said it is hoped that these nights will encourage students to read as they see the value placed on reading by their parents.

College and Career Night Set for September 27th

Clarksville, TN – The annual Clarksville-Montgomery County College/Career Night for current high school students and their parents will be held on Monday, September 27th, 2010 at Austin Peay’s Foy Fitness Center from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.

The participating high schools include Clarksville High, CMCSS Middle College, Kenwood High, Montgomery Central High, Northeast High, Northwest High, Rossview High, and West Creek High. Students from local private schools as well as neighboring counties also are invited to attend. Last year, approximately 1,000 students and their parents were in attendance.

This is an event for current students and their parents to informally visit tables and pick up information about colleges and other post secondary institutions.

West Creek High Principal Named

Dr. Tosha Diggs has been named principal at West Creek High School. She has served as assistant principal at Clarksville High since joining the school system in July 2009.

She previously worked as guidance counselor at Pearl-Cohn Business Magnet Comprehensive High School in Nashville.

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Knowledge is ‘PowerSchool’ for CMCSS Parents, Students

Instead of signing the dotted line, parents and guardians of CMCSS students should be prepared to just sign on beginning with the first progress report of the year on August 27th. The School System introduced PowerSchool three years ago as an online tool for students and parents to get up-to-date student academic information.

Beginning this school year all progress reports and 9 week grade reports will be available online through PowerSchool, which provides secure and important information about student academic progress. If a parent does not have internet access, hard copies may be requested from a school. Parents who already have a PowerSchool “parent” password, will log into the system for the first time this school year by clicking on “Create an Account” and then follow the directions. The link is https://powerschool.cmcss.net/public/. [Read more]

High School Student to Win a Car

12 others to win laptops just for trying harder in school.

Today at 4:30pm more than 200 Clarksville-Montgomery County High School students will get some reinforcement that hard work does pay off.

These students are among the 40 percent of those who took and passed their Advanced Placement exams and earned the privilege of participating in the second annual Joe Heitz Toyota Pass and Go event. One of those students’ names will be drawn to win a 2010 Toyota Yaris.

Twelve of the students will win laptops, donated by Premier Medical Group and all of them will walk away with USB jump drives. Additionally, random drawings will take place for $25.00 gas cards donated by Beach Oil Company. [Read more]

Student Operated Credit Unions Opening Soon

Thirty two Northeast and Rossview School students have spent their summer with sums, learning the financial ropes of operating their own credit unions, which will open in late August on each campus.

Fort Campbell Federal Credit Union and Clarksville Montgomery County School System began making plans last winter to institute student operated credit union branches at both Northeast and Rossview High Schools. Current plans are for the Northeast branch to be open on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Rossview will be open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Both branches will be open during the lunch periods, and details are being worked out for hours at the branches.

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New Providence Middle Hosting sixth grade orientation

New Providence Middle School will host a sixth grade only orientation on the evening of August 4th. Teachers and administrators will meet with parents and students in the gym at 5:00pm for an information session. Students and parents will then go to the assigned homeroom and follow the students’ schedules to meet all core teachers.

K-12 and At-Risk Programs Coordinator Named

Dr. Kim Sigears has been named At-Risk Coordinator for Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, replacing Drew Williams who was chosen as assistant principal at Clarksville High School.

Sigears will begin her duties July 1st. She earned her doctorate of education at Tennessee State University, and received her Ed.S. and B.S. from Austin Peay State University. She earned a master’s degree in instructional technology from California State University, San Bernadino.

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New CMCSS Principal announcement

Richview Middle School Principal Appointed

Lisa Clark has been named Principal at Richview Middle School, replacing Mary Gist who announced her resignation this week to take a principalship in Williamson County.

Clark has been assistant principal at Richview for two years. She formerly served as assistant principal at Glenellen Elementary.

Clark earned her M.A. in educational administration and supervision from Austin Peay State University, where she also earned her B.S. in elementary education. Prior to her administrative experience at Glenellen, Clark served as an academic coach and math teacher at Richview. She also worked as an elementary school teacher at Sango.

MCHS held Groundbreaking Ceremony today at Noon

Clarksville Montgomery County School System received six competitive bids for renovations and additions to Montgomery Central High School with Denark Construction, Inc. of Knoxville submitting the low bid of $18,395,000.

Violette Architecture / Interior Design led the project’s multi-disciplinary design team from Master Planning through Construction Document production and Bidding. Architects, Interior, Graphics and Food Service Designers, Civil, Structural, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineers were challenged to upgrade the unique forty year-old education facility to current safety, accessibility and academic standards without exceeding fixed construction budget limits.

The project’s design increases the school’s total area by over fifty percent through six additions and interior renovations throughout. The largest addition is over 40,000 square feet in area. Located near Highway 48/13, it includes media center and administrative space on the first floor and freshman academy on the second floor.

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