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African American Cultural Celebration

African American exhibits, cuisine, and much more will be featured Thursday, Jan 31, at 4:30 p.m., as Murfreesboro City Schools and Patterson Park Community Center celebrate The African American Cultural Celebration. The event will be held at Patterson Park Community Center located at 521 Mercury Blvd. “We invite the community… Read More »


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2019 Teachers of the Year

Murfreesboro City Schools is proud to announce the 2019 Teachers of the Year. Teachers from each school were nominated for the prestigious education award given by the Tennessee Department of Education. Twenty-four teachers were chosen for the honor based on their commitment to teaching excellence both in and outside of… Read More »


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Foundation Gala to Honor Doug Young

The City Schools Foundation will honor the late Doug Young at the Excellence in Education Gala to be held on Friday, January 25, 2019. Young served on the inaugural board of directors for the Foundation, established in 2005, and continued serving on the board or a board committee until his… Read More »


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MCS named Exemplary Access District

The Tennessee Department of Education announced that Murfreesboro City Schools has been selected as 1 of only 6 districts to be named as an Exemplary ACCESS District for intensive work and exceptional dedication to providing ACCESS for all students to high quality instruction and intervention over the past two years… Read More »


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Salem Elementary Announced

Murfreesboro City Schools is proud to announce the name of the 13th Elementary School. The school will be called Salem Elementary . This name is a tribute to the history of the area and will serve as a landmark for the Salem community. The name was one of over 500… Read More »


Kids working on STEM projects at Overall Creek Elementary

Overall Creek to host TN Rural STEM Collaborative

Overall Creek Elementary will serve as the host school for the Tennessee Rural STEM Collaborative on Friday, December 7.  The program will introduce cohort members to resource-based thinking and help facilitate solutions development for regional STEM education challenges in West, Middle, and East Tennessee. Overall Creek was one of only 15 schools… Read More »


City Schools’ students cheer Lady Raiders to victory

They entered Murphy Center excited to watch the MTSU Lady Raiders play a college basketball game. All of the thousands of Murfreesboro City Schools’ students left happy when the final horn sounded. In between, they danced, wiggled and screamed as the Lady Raiders used a 22-7 fourth-quarter spurt to defeat… Read More »


Duke Selected as Principal

Trey Duke has been named Principal of Murfreesboro City Schools’ newest elementary school, scheduled to open in August 2019. Duke will assume his new role in January and will oversee the opening and hiring for the school. “Mr. Duke’s experience and leadership are ideal for the role of Principal of our newest school,” says Dr. Linda Gilbert, Director… Read More »


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