- Collierville Middle School
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Collierville Middle School Location 146 College Street
Collierville, TN 38017Information Type middle school Established 1973 School district Shelby County School District Principal Mrs. Ingrid Warren Faculty 51.0 (on FTE basis)[1] Grades 6 - 8 Enrollment 949 (as of 2005-06)[1] Student to teacher ratio 18.6[1] Information 901-853-3320 Website School website Collierville Middle School is located at College Street, Collierville, Tennessee, USA and educates in grades 6-8. It is a part of the Shelby County School District. The principal is Ingrid Warren. Collierville Middle is a Blue Ribbon School and was part of the first group of schools nationwide to be selected for this honor.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 949 students and 51.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 18.6.[1]
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History
The school was established in the fall of 1973 on a site at Peterson Lake Road. It originally taught students in grades 5-8. In fall 1976 the school moved to a new site at North Byhalia Road. The school now served students in grades 6-8. Then in 1995 the school moved to College Street in a premises exchange with Collierville High School.[2] The present building was built by C. H. Harrell.[3]
Band
CMS band is an award winning band under the direction of Jason Seek.
Blue Ribbon school
During the 1982-83 school year, Collierville Middle School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,[4] the highest award an American school can receive.[5][6] Collierville Middle was one of the first schools to receive this award.
Athletics
Collierville Middle School has many athletic opportunities such as a boys and girls basketball team, boys and girls lacrosse team, softball team, cheerleading squad and a dance team. The Dance Team has won the UDA National Dance Team Championship in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 for the pom division and in the hip hop division in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.
Extracurricular activities
Collierville Middle started an innovative initiative in 2007 providing a feeder system supplying brass players to high schools.[7]
The school finished second and fourth, respectively, in the 2004 and 2007 editions of the Tennessee Geographic Bee.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d Collierville Middle School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 17, 2007.
- ^ "CMS History", Shelby County Schools, accessed 17 December 2007
- ^ "Collierville Education Foundation", accessed 18 December 2007
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed December 17, 2007
- ^ CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department, Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
- ^ Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."
- ^ "CHS band director heads to Arlington", Cheryl Maccarino, The Commercial Appeal, September 9, 2007
- ^ "Tennessee Geographic Bee", National Geographic Bee, accessed 18 December 2007
External links
Categories:- Middle schools in Tennessee
- Blue Ribbon schools in Tennessee
- Educational institutions established in 1973
- Schools in Shelby County, Tennessee
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