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CMC Education Foundation hosts 27th Academic Awards

On March 18, 2016, the Clarksville-Montgomery County Education Foundation hosted the 27th year of student academic award recognition. The purpose of the Academic Awards Banquet is to honor students in the highest manner for academic excellence. To receive the academic achievement award, a student must maintain a 93 grade average with no grade lower than 85 in any one subject.

Students who are first- or second-year winners are honored at school assemblies in May and third year recipients are invited to be recognized at the Foundation sponsored banquet with their parents. This year, our annual awards banquet honored 191 high school students. Additionally, 846 students received awards for the first or second year.

Education Foundation Hosts Teacher of the Year Reception

On the evening of March 8, 2016, one hundred teachers received Teacher of The Year awards from the Education Foundation. Each recipient was chosen based off the nominations of fellow staff members in regards to the recipients’ dedication and hard work. The Education Foundation hosted a reception with light refreshments for the teachers at CMCSS Central Office, and they were also individually recognized at the CMCSS School Board meeting that followed.

2016-2017 Teacher of the Year by School

School	Teacher
Middle College	9-12: Cresta McGowan
Montgomery Central High	9-12: Jessica Krumel
Northeast High	9-12:  Bradley Hutson
Northwest High	9-12:  Kim Slight ***
Rossview High	9-12:  Kimberly Herndon
West Creek High	9-12:  Seth Ramsey
Kenwood Middle	5-8:  Erin Engler
New Providence Middle	5-8:  Margaret Johnson
Northeast Middle	5-8: Jennifer Halley
Richview Middle	5-8:  Christy Welch
Rossview Middle	5-8: Diane Eastham
West Creek Middle	5-8: David Wilee
BARKERS MILL	PreK-4: Christy Mauk, 5-8: Jennifer Curry
BARKSDALE	PreK-4:  Liz Moser
BURT	Prek-4:  Belinda Cornell, 5-8: Clarence Kendrick
BYRNS DARDEN Elementary	PreK-4:  Eleya Robertson
Carmel Elementary	PreK-4: Kimberly Homan***
Cumberland Heights Elem.	Prek-4:  Angela Welborn
East Montgomery Elementary	PreK-4:  Jennie Lee, 5-8: Ruth Coats
Glenellen ES	Prek-4: Angela Figueroa,
Hazelwood ES	Prek-4: Joan Chrisman, 5-8: Susan Taylor
Kenwood ES	PreK-4: Laura Wellhousen , 5-8: Robin Mang
Liberty	PreK-4: Ashlie Perry  , 5-8: Jeff Rauscher
Minglewood ES	PreK-4: Deborah Chancellor , 5-8: Elizabeth Thomas
Montgomery Central ES	PreK-4: Lorie Taylor, 5-8: Suzanne Wolard
MOORE	PreK-4: Jessica Arnold,  5-8: Michelle O’Bryant
NORMAN SMITH ES	PreK-4: Megan Koewler,
Northeast ES	PreK-4: Angel Dominique, 5-8: Jason Jackson
Oakland	PreK-4:  Ashley Meece, 5-8:  Audrey Jones
Pisgah Elementary	Prek-4: Amanda Hodges, 5-8: Cynthia Smith
Ringgold ES	Prek-4:  Kristina Davis, 5-8: Jamie Hormuth
Rossview ES	PreK-4:  Jennifer Menees***, 5-8: Angel Furcolowe
Sango ES	Prek-4:Krissy Crocker, 5-8: Pamela Moses
ST.B   ES	Prek-4:  Micah Damron
West Creek ES	PreK-4:  Jennifer Weston, 5-8: Sarah Kingston
WOODLAWN ES	PreK-4:  Holly Bucy, 5-8:  Joy Coy

 

City Saver raises $190,000 for public education

To celebrate the close of the Annual City Saver coupon book campaign and reward Clarksville-Montgomery County elementary and middle school students who participated, a party was held at the APSU Foy Center on Saturday, February 27.

At the event, City Saver’s Tom Beach presented the CMC Education Foundation with a check for $190,000! Money raised will benefit CMCSS Schools. The Education Foundation would like to thank all who participated in this year’s fundraiser.

CMCSS and the CMC Education Foundation have partnered to sponsor the City Saver Education Funding Campaign for six years. This year’s campaign ran from January 15 – February 12, 2016. Last year’s campaign raised over $200,000 for local schools and the CMC Education Foundation, with a total of $1 million raised over the past five years.

Foundation awards nearly $20,000 in grants to local educators

For the past seven years, the Education Foundation has offered CMCSS educators the opportunity to compete for funds that benefit their classrooms and special projects in a non-traditional way.

Education Foundation president Brian Taylor notes that the increase in funds awarded is possible because of contributions made by individual community members to recent Foundation fundraisers including the Vision to Reality Banquet and the Annual Campaign. “Each year we continue to offer more opportunities for our students and teachers in CMCSS because our donors witness first-hand how their support is making an impact in the lives of students.” We are very fortunate that more people are taking interest in our work and offering ways to support our efforts.

This year, 22 educators out of nearly 50 applicants were awarded up to $1,000 each to implement their ideas, which will impact approximately 6,000 CMCSS students both directly and indirectly. Awards received were based on a competitive rubric and its potential impact in the school or in the classroom and student learning. Foundation Board members Tommy Bates, Mark Kelly, Charles Keene and Rudy Johnson recognized the Great Idea Grant recipients at the Business After Schools event held at Northeast High School on January 28.

Grant recipients for 2016: 

Sango Elementary School

Casey Boehm & Sheila Krantz “Third Garde Technology, Centers, and STEM Integration”

Allison Stanley “iPad Use in Kindergarten to Increase Student Achievement”

Pisgah & Oakland Elementary School

Cary Wright “Enhancing ESLs Reading Skills through Parent-Child Read at Home”

Pisgah Elementary School

Ben Griffy “Obscure Sports:  Providing Unique & Different Opportunities”

Kaye Grant “iPads for Literacy”

Cumberland Heights Elementary School

Carrie Allison & Kelly Gaskins “Cumberland Heights Sensory Resource Library”

Rossview Elementary School

Jennifer Menees & Angel Furcolowe “Fractions and Decimals, Oh My!”

Glenellen Elementary School

Kristin Hedges “Social Skills and Impulse Control”

Norman Smith Elementary School

Amanda Tarver & Barbara Kane “Mobile Device Learning”

Ringgold Elementary School

Rebecca Zuercher “Creating a Sensory Classroom”

Burt Elementary School

Belinda Cornell “Time Life for Kids Nonfiction Readers for Small Group Differentiated”

Liberty Elementary School

Timothy Mitchell “iPads in Classroom”

Barkers Mill Elementary School

Mellissa Vallejos “Technology Integration in Reading”

Clara Patterson “Mini iPAD to Open the World”

Jennifer Curry “Technology Integrated Math Centers”

Kelsea Cox “Keep My Kids Seated!!!”

Nikki Lavigne “Building Conceptual Understanding of Place Value, Decimals, and Fractions”

Northwest High School

Ashley McDonald “Science captured through photography; a new way to embed literacy”

Northeast Middle & Northeast High School

Whitney Joyner ” Northeast Middle School National History Day After School Program”

Northeast Middle School

Todd Taylor “Northeast Middle School Robotics Programming and Training Program”

Clarksville High School

Shari Tharpe “900 Club”

New Providence Middle School

Rebecca Jackman “On Fire for Reading”

Business After Schools at Northeast High

Northeast High School, located at 3701 Trenton Road, will host Business After Schools from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Thursday January 28.

Guests will learn about all seven CMCSS high school career and college academies from the students, teachers and administrators.

Join us and network with CMCSS school leadership, Chamber business professionals, Education Foundation and School Board members and see what’s happening in our classrooms!

RSVP by January 22 to Payton.Baggett@cmcss.net

Elementary and middle school students to begin City Saver coupon book sales in January

For the sixth consecutive year, the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System and the CMC Education Foundation have partnered to sponsor the City Saver Education Funding Campaign that will run from January 15 – February 12, 2016. Last year’s campaign raised over $200,000 for local schools and the CMC Education Foundation, with a total of $1 million raised over the past five years.

During this year’s campaign, all Clarksville-Montgomery County elementary and middle school students will sell the new 2016 Clarksville City Saver coupon book, which contains thousands of dollars in savings at over 200 local favorite restaurants, attractions and retail stores. The 360-page book will sell for $20. It includes dozens of buy one, get one free and 50 percent off discounts that do not expire until February 1, 2017. This book is different than any other fundraiser because of the return on investment for all who purchase and use City Saver coupons.

Once again, the purchase of a book will include the popular Clarksville City Saver smartphone app, which allows consumers to redeem additional coupons on any iPhone or Android device. For every book sold, 50 percent will go directly to the individual school and 10 percent will go to the CMC Education Foundation.

Liberty Park Grill, Pbody’s, Edward’s Steakhouse, Smokin’ Chicken, Old Chicago Pasta & Pizza, Harbor Cafe, Taco Del Mar, Sakura Japanese, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, Sonic, Berry Bear and Jet’s Pizza are just a few of the great restaurants featured in the book.

This year’s fun stuff section contains great savings to popular local attractions including Austin Peay Athletics, Excape Games, Roxy Theatre, Rainbo Skate Center, Tie Breaker Park, Skyline Lanes, Gamez on Wheelz and several local dance and gymnastics studios. The book also contains discounts to several popular Nashville attractions such as the Nashville Predators, Sky High Sports, Nashville Zoo, Dave & Buster’s, Cheekwood Botanical Garden, The Frist Center and Zanies Comedy Club. The book also contains discounts to Firestone Complete Auto Care, Plato’s Closet, Great Clips, Lite Touch Auto Wash, Sam’s Club and several other local shops and salons.

The mission of the Clarksville-Montgomery County Education Foundation is to support the improvement of public education by providing the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System additional funding for the support of programs and initiatives that contribute to student achievement. City Saver is the largest fundraiser of the Foundation.

For more information about the Clarksville-Montgomery County Education Foundation, contact Candy Johnson at 931-920-7955.

For more information about the Clarksville City Saver book, contact Tom Beach at 877-450-SAVE (7283).

Click here to see the 2016 City Saver Merchants

City Saver Video for Middle Schools

City Saver Video for Elementary Schools

Clarksville City Saver

11th Annual Vision to Reality Gala & Auction

Around 350 guests attended the event, which raised $43,000 for the CMC Education Foundation programs for CMCSS student achievement and scholarships through ticket sales and both a live and silent auction.

The funds raised from this event supports programs such as:
Great Idea Teacher Grants, STEM Initiatives, CMC Teacher Warehouse, Academic Awards Program, 100% Graduation (Reality Check & Get Motivated), Career Academies, Student Scholarships, Kinder Kits, Leadership CMCSS and much more.

8th Grade Career Exploration Day 2015

The Sixth Annual 8th Grade “Your Choice, Your Future” Career Exploration Day took place from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on November 18 and 19 at the Wilma Rudolph Event Center.

The purpose of the event was to inform 8th grade students about a variety of future career opportunities from local businesses and workforce professionals. CMCSS recognizes that there are specific workforce needs for Montgomery County and Middle Tennessee, and is actively introducing students to these opportunities by offering more career education within the high school curriculum.

 

11th Annual Vision to Reality Gala and Auction

Each year the Foundation hosts a Fundraiser Banquet and Auction to provide funding for scholarships as well as the support of all programs initiated by the Foundation. These programs help to increase student achievement in Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools.

The funds raised from this event supports programs such as:
Great Idea Teacher Grants, STEM Initiatives, CMC Teacher Warehouse, Academic Awards Program, 100% Graduation (Reality Check & Get Motivated), Career Academies, Student Scholarships, Kinder Kits, Leadership CMCSS and much more.

Vision to Reality 2015 will take place at 6:30 p.m. on November 21 at the Wilma Rudolph Event Center. Tickets are $75 each and can be purchased online here.

Vision to Reality Silent Auction Basket/Item Donation Form 2015

Vision to Reality Sponsor Guest List Submission Form

 

Business After Schools at Clarksville High School

Clarksville High School hosted Business After Schools from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. on the evening of Thursday, September 24.

Students from Clarksville High, Richview Middle School, Barksdale Elementary School and Moore Magnet Elementary School showcased their STEM challenges to guests including CMCSS school leadership, Chamber business professionals, Education Foundation and School Board members and other community members.

8th Grade “Your Choice, Your Future” Career Exploration Day

The Sixth Annual 8th Grade “Your Choice, Your Future” Career Exploration Day will take place from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on November 18 and 19 at the Wilma Rudolph Event Center.

The purpose of the event is to inform 8th grade students about a variety of future career opportunities from local businesses and workforce professionals. CMCSS recognizes that there are specific workforce needs for Montgomery County and Middle Tennessee, and is actively introducing students to these opportunities by offering more career education within the high school curriculum.

Booths are free for exhibitors who register to inform students on the purpose of their organizations. Each booth will come equipped with a 6′ table and two chairs. Exhibitors are responsible for providing their own signage and table cloths. Organizations can request additional booth accommodations if needed.

Sponsors are also needed for the event. Sponsorship levels are: Career Day Partner: $200 and Career Day Title Sponsor: $500.

The registration deadline for the event is November 2, 2015. Click here to register.

For questions or more information, contact Karen Pitts at (931) 920-7829 and karen.pitts@cmcss.net or Brenda Scarborough at (931) 920-7796 and brenda.scarborough@cmcss.net.