Collierville Middle School is a public middle school (grades 6–8) located in Collierville, Tennessee, which operates under Collierville Schools. It was founded in 1973 in the Shelby County Schools and has since used four different campuses as one of the two public middle schools in the town of Collierville. [3]
| Collierville Middle School | |
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| Address | |
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580 Quinn Rd , 38017 United States | |
| Coordinates | 35°01′44″N 89°39′39″W / 35.0289°N 89.6608°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | You Belong Here! |
| Established | 1973 |
| School district | Shelby County Schools (formerly) Collierville Schools |
| NCES School ID | 470014901575[1] |
| Principal | Anita Swindle[2] |
| Teaching staff | 62.00 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 6–8 |
| Enrollment | 792 (2020–2021)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.77[1] |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Maroon and Black |
| Mascot | Dragon |
| Nickname | CMS |
| Website | colliervillems |
History
editCollierville Middle School was established 1973, originally teaching the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades before shifting campuses in 1976 and reducing its taught grades to sixth through eighth. During the 1982–83 school year, Collierville Middle School became one of the first educational institutions in the country to receive a Blue Ribbon School award from the United States Department of Education.[4] The school moved campuses again in 1995, transferring to the first campus of Collierville High School. It currently operates from its fourth campus on Quinn Road in southern Collierville.[3] It was administrated by Shelby County Schools until Memphis City Schools merged with Shelby County Schools, spurring the creation of Collierville Schools in February 2014.[5]
Academics
editCLEP courses in United States history and the natural sciences are offered to 8th-grade students at the school.[6] Nonetheless, in 2019, the school was designated as requiring "support and improvement" after the Tennessee Department of Education reported that economically disadvantaged students struggle disproportionately at the middle school.[2]
Activities
editArts
editCollierville Middle School has programs for the visual arts, STEM,[7] and theatre. In addition, it has a choir and an orchestra, as well as a band that plays at Collierville town events.[8][9]
Athletics
editCollierville Middle School offers cheerleading, cross country, football, mountain biking, pom, hip-hop, girls' soccer, and volleyball sports programs in autumn;[10] basketball (with cheerleading), bowling, swimming, trap, and wrestling in winter;[11] and baseball, boys' soccer, softball, and track and field in the spring.[12]
Extracurriculars
editExtracurricular activities offered at Collierville Middle School include clubs for art, literature, Best Buddies, Biblical studies, drama, environmentalism, video gaming, Harry Potter, engineering, Lego, mathematics, robotics, student government, and yearbooking; there are also divisions of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Junior Beta Club.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Search for Public Schools - Collierville Middle School (470014901575)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ a b "TNReady 2019: Five suburban districts have Reward schools". The Daily Memphian. August 15, 2019. Archived from the original on June 17, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ a b "History". colliervillems.colliervilleschools.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ Corcoran, Thomas B. (1986). The Search for Successful Secondary Schools. Research for Better Schools.
- ^ "Memphis and Shelby County merge 2011". March 15, 2011.
- ^ "CLEP Information". colliervillems.colliervilleschools.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ "Collierville Education Foundation to fund middle school STEM lab". The Commercial Appeal. December 12, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ "Fine Arts and CTE". colliervillems.colliervilleschools.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ "'We want to honor them': Collierville's Veterans Celebration planned at Town Square". The Commercial Appeal. November 6, 2019. Archived from the original on November 6, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ "Fall Sports". colliervillems.colliervilleschools.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ "Winter Sports". colliervillems.colliervilleschools.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ "Spring Sports". colliervillems.colliervilleschools.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ "Clubs and Activities". colliervillems.colliervilleschools.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
