Cornerstone Middle School is a public middle school located at 371 First Avenue South, Baxter, Tennessee, 38544. It is part of the Putnam County, Tennessee School District. Cornerstone serves more than 600 students in grades 5-8.
History
editOn January 6, 2003[1], the building that had historically housed the Upperman High School campus was opened for the first day of classes as Cornerstone Middle School. On June 22, 2004, the Herald-Citizen newspaper[2] reported that Cornerstone's first principal, Barbara Good, was to be replaced by Garry Lee.
Accreditation
editCMS, like all Putnam County Schools, is 100% accredited with AdvancEd, the parent organization of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools[3].
Behavioral Strategies
editStarting in 2008, Cornerstone Middle School (and all the Baxter, Tennessee schools) began to introduce the behavioral strategy of School Wide Positive behavior support.
Athletics
editCornerstone offers baseball[4], basketball[5], football[6], golf[7], softball[8] and volleyball[9]. Cornerstone's mascot is the yellowjacket and the school colors are black and gold.
Electives or "Encore" Classes
editIn addition to core subjects (English, math, science, and social studies), CMS offers art[10], computer skills[11], gym, instrumental music, Spanish[12], and vocal music[13].
Online Presence
editIn 2009, the former web site (www.cornerstoneyellowjackets.com) went offline for a brief period and a new site was created.[14]
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ http://www.pcsstn.com/cms/
- ^ http://www.herald-citizen.com/
- ^ http://www.pcsstn.com/pcs/
- ^ http://www.pcsstn.com/cms/baseball.htm
- ^ http://www.pcsstn.com/cms/basket2.htm
- ^ http://www.pcsstn.com/cms/football.htm
- ^ http://www.pcsstn.com/cms/golf.htm
- ^ http://www.pcsstn.com/cms/softball.htm
- ^ http://www.pcsstn.com/cms/volleyball.htm
- ^ http://www.pcsstn.com/cms/art.htm
- ^ http://www.pcsstn.com/cms/technology.htm
- ^ http://www.pcsstn.com/cms/Spanish.htm
- ^ http://www.pcsstn.com/cms/vocalmusic.htm
- ^ http://www.pcsstn.com/cms/