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On Wednesday, September 23, representatives from the Madison Street location of the Publix Super Market in Clarksville delivered $7,000 worth of donated school supplies to the Clarksville-Montgomery County Education Foundation’s Teacher Warehouse located at the CMCSS Central Services South building on 1312 Hwy 48/13.

The items were collected during school supply drive that Publix conducted for three weeks throughout the month of August at both its Madison Street and Tiny Town Road locations.

Crayons, books, notebook paper, ledgers, journals, pencils and pens were among the items that were generously purchased by the Clarksville community. In total, the two stores collected supplies adding up to a combined value of $12,000.

Norman Rubio, the Store Manager of the Madison Street Pubix location commented that the supply drive inspired “a lot of customer enthusiasm.”

He went on to say that over the three and a half years that his location has been in operation, they have had “a good relationship” with the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, and giving back to local schools was “a very easy decision to make.”

The Teacher Warehouse allows CMCSS teachers the opportunity to have access to new and gently used donated supplies for the benefit of student achievement. In the past five years, the store, operated solely by volunteers, has saved local teachers nearly $222,000 in out-of-pocket expenses. For more information, visit the CMC Teacher Warehouse page on our website.

For more information on the Madison Street Publix location, visit their website.

In celebration of National Literacy Day (September 8) and as part of the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group 12th annual Responsible Business Action Month, Country Inns & Suites By Carlson launched a book drive with Read Indeed.

The book drive took place in participating hotels to benefit the international charity founded six years ago by Maria Keller, a then eight-year-old girl from Minnesota. Participating in the initiative, Country Inn & Suites By Carlson located in Clarksville, TN hosted a book drive event on October 3, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. More than 150 books were collected for the Clarksville-Montgomery County Education Foundation’s Teacher Warehouse to be used by local educators in their classrooms.

The Clarksville-Montgomery County School System and the Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce honored local businesses and organizations that contributed to public education in the 2014-2015 school year with the Annual Partners In Education (PIE) Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. at the Wilma Rudolph Event Center on September 3.

This year’s theme was “Small Things Make a Difference!”

PIE works to unite CMCSS schools with local businesses and organizations for community benefit, integrating the ideas and energy of young people with the knowledge and experience of the business and civic community. A CMCSS PIE is an official documented partnership between a high school career academy, an individual school, entire district or STEM program and a community business seeking to make a long-term partnership commitment. Community partner contributions can include monetary contributions, in-kind support, training and professional development related to specific topics and volunteer support.

Award Winners:
Rising Star Partner Award: Rick Reda Home Builders – Northwest High School Partner

Boots on the Ground Partner Award: 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment – Kenwood Elementary School Partner

Boots on the Ground Partner Award: 1-101 Aviation – Glenellen Elementary School Partner

Partner Service Award: Living Hope Baptist Church – Barksdale Elementary and Rossview Middle

Partner Service Award: APSU Athletics Department – Burt Elementary School Partner

Innovative Partner Award: F&M Bank – Northeast Middle School Partner

Partner Commitment Award: Bridgestone – Northeast High School Partner

Partner Commitment Award: Planters Bank – Richview Middle School Partner

Corporate Partner Award: Exit Realty Screamin’ Eagle The Griffis Team – West Creek High, West Creek Middle and Hazelwood Elementary School Partners

STEM District-Wide Partner of the Year: City of Clarksville Fire Department, Four-Year STEM and Externship Partner with multiple CMCSS schools

Career Academy District-Wide Partner of the Year: CMC Education Foundation – Partnered with NWHS Health Science and WCHS Criminal Justice Academy

Sarah Ditmore Cooper Partner Award: Fort Campbell Federal Credit Union – Clarksville High School and CHS Business and Finance Academy Partner

During the 2014-2015 school year the CMC Teacher Warehouse saved teacher shoppers $47,000 collectively,  in out-of-pocket expenses on school and office supplies they would have spent for their classrooms. This figure equates to about $40 for each visit made to the store by a teacher. One hundred and sixty plus new CMCSS teachers visited the Warehouse on July 30-31^st to secure needed items not only as a new teacher, but also for students that may potentially show up at school without supplies. Many of the shoppers during the two-day event could not believe all of the items they had access to and were very appreciative of the support from the community!

Click Here to see The Teacher Warehouse article Featured in the Leaf Chronicle Newspaper:

http://www.theleafchronicle.com/story/news/2015/07/30/teacher-warehouse-saved-area-teachers-nearly/30913905/

Volunteers are needed weekly to staff the store and provide support to operations. To sign up please visit:

http://volunteerclarksville.volunteerhub.com/Events/EventGroup/Summary.aspx?EventGroupID=21596

Because of our volunteers, today we are able to sustain even more programs than we started 29 years ago like; The Teacher Warehouse, 100% Graduation, Reality Check, Vision 2 Reality, Get Motivated, Stuff the Bus, Academic Awards, Kinder-Kits, Pass and Go, STEM Initiatives and much more. The Teacher Warehouse was our program logging the most volunteer hours with more than 1400 hours served. Our overall volunteer totals for the year has been nearly 1,800 hours given to support our work by 213 volunteers and because of their work we can use more of our donated funds to go directly into classrooms. These hours equated to more than $39,852 in savings for our operating cost.

The CMC Education Foundation & Director of Schools hosted a CMCSS District Teacher of the Year reception before the School Board meeting on April 14, 2015. All recipients were given a $100 gift from the Foundation Board and the top 3 who will go on to represent CMCSS at the regional level received $300. The Foundation is proud to honor these outstanding educators in such a special way.

The winners are listed below:

The Wyatt Johnson “Subaru Share the Love” Event proved to be a great success for local non-profit, Clarksville-Montgomery County Education Foundation. The Foundation was selected in early January as the Hometown Charity for the local and national dealership campaign giving event.

During the one-month period ending in February 2015 nearly 35 Subaru’s were sold at the Wyatt Johnson dealership and as a result a donation was made to the Education Foundation board from incentive proceeds in the amount of $9,639.00!

The Foundation board accepted the check during their quarterly meeting on April 10th from General Manager Bill Powers, who is also a Foundation Board Member. The proceeds will be used to support the CMC Teacher Warehouse, a free-supply store for CMCSS teachers and their Count Me In Endowment Campaign.

Wyatt Johnson is a strong partner with CMCSS and the lead sponsor of the AP Pass and Go event which takes place in the summer with a car giveaway incentive for one student winner excelling in their Advanced placement courses. Dominos, Premier Medical and Beach Oil are all co-sponsors of the Pass and Go event as well. Earlier this year, Wyatt Johnson presented a $5,000 check to the school system to support AP training for teachers to help students succeed in those courses. Wyatt Johnson is truly a supporter of Public Education in Clarksville-Montgomery County!