There are 212 article(s) tagged Germantown Municipal School District:

• February 2019

  • $2.25M permit filed for Houston High field house, concessions

    The Germantown Municipal School District filed a building permit Thursday for a new athletic fieldhouse and concessions stand at Houston High School.

    By Natalie Pilgrim February 08, 2019

  • Germantown strives to nurture students’ emotional well-being

    Germantown Municipal School District includes social and emotional learning as part of its curriculum. As the district heads into its sixth year, leaders want to continue to improve on the district's foundation.

    By Abigail Warren February 04, 2019

• January 2019

  • Germantown school district will not enforce tuition for non-residents in 2019-20

    The Germantown Municipal School District was scheduled to vote on nonresident transfers paying tuition. Instead, they tabled the vote until September.

    By Abigail Warren January 16, 2019

  • Germantown Municipal Schools to charge tuition for non-resident transfers

    Germantown Municipal School District is further revising its transfer policy for nonresidents. The new policy would enforce tuition for students who wish to attend GMSD and live outside Germantown.

    By Abigail Warren January 12, 2019

  • Germantown Planning Commission approves Houston High improvements

    A more than $4 million investment will bring a fieldhouse and other improvements to Houston High School as part of a project that won a key approval from the Germantown Planning Commission Tuesday night. 

     

    By Abigail Warren January 09, 2019

• December 2018

  • Germantown leader’s ‘purpose’ in special education earns honor

    Germantown Municipal School District's executive director of Exceptional Student Education has earned state honors for her achievements in special education. She sees her role in special education as accomplishing her "purpose."

    By Abigail Warren December 22, 2018

  • Germantown Board of Education expands anti-bullying efforts to include mental health

    Germantown Municipal School District is focusing efforts on its bullying task force while also addressing the emotional needs of its students.

    By Abigail Warren December 19, 2018

  • Germantown Municipal School District tightening its transfer policies Tuesday

    Germantown Municipal School District is tightening its transfer policies ahead of the 2019-2020 school year with the final decision on the amended criteria set for the Board of Education meeting Tuesday.

    By Abigail Warren December 18, 2018

• November 2018

  • Suburban school districts finish high, SCS sees bright side of low ACT scores

    Suburban school districts here finished at the top of Tennessee’s ACT scores, while Shelby County Schools came in near the bottom but is seeing improvement among its economically disadvantaged students and has four high schools above the state average of 20.2, its best score ever.

    By Sam Stockard November 02, 2018

  • Two seats hotly contested for Germantown Board of Education

    Over the next year the Germantown Municipal School District (GMSD) Board of Education will create a new five-year strategic plan, so the races for board seats in this year’s election carry extra weight.

    By Michael Waddell November 01, 2018

• October 2018

  • Houston High teacher’s travels, approach gain recognition with regional award

    Michael Robinson has traveled to a lot of places in his life – journeys that have brought a fresh perspective and a unique vision to his social studies classes at Houston High in Germantown.

    By Michael Waddell October 01, 2018

• September 2018

  • Forest Hill-Irene Road improvements pave way for new school, development

    As part of new elementary school plans in Germantown, the suburb is turning the tree-lined, two-lane out-in-the-country-style Forest Hill-Irene Road into a four-lane thoroughfare with a landscaped median between Poplar Pike and Winchester.

    By Michael Waddell September 25, 2018