Collierville Middle School is a

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( grades 6–8) located in

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, 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.

History

Collierville 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

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award from the

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. 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. 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.

Academics

CLEP courses in United States history and the

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are offered to 8th-grade students at the school. Nonetheless, in 2019, the school was designated as requiring "support and improvement" after the

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reported that economically disadvantaged students struggle disproportionately at the middle school.

Activities

Arts

Collierville Middle School has programs for the

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, and

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. In addition, it has a

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and an

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, as well as a band that plays at Collierville town events.

Athletics

Collierville Middle School offers

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, cross country, football,

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, pom, hip-hop, girls' soccer, and

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sports programs in

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;

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(with cheerleading),

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, swimming,

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, and

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; and

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, boys' soccer,

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, and

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in the spring.

Extracurriculars

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offered at Collierville Middle School include clubs for art,

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, Best Buddies, Biblical studies,

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, mathematics,

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, and yearbooking; there are also divisions of the

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and Junior Beta Club.

References

External links

*{{Official website, https://colliervillems.colliervilleschools.org/ 1973 establishments in Tennessee Educational institutions established in 1973 Public middle schools in Tennessee Collierville, Tennessee