Cleveland Middle

📅 THIS WEEK AT CMS! 💙❤️ 📝 Tuesday & Wednesday: iReady Testing 👨‍👩‍👧 Tuesday: 6th Grade Parent Meetings | 5:00 & 6:00 PM ⭐ Thursday: Beta Club Interest Meeting | 7:00 AM 🌎 Friday: Latinos Unidos | 7:00 AM | Choir Room ⚽ Friday Night: Party on the Pitch | 7:00–9:00 PM | $10

💙❤️ Great schools are built by great people! Today we’re proud to celebrate two educators whose leadership and passion will inspire the next chapter of greatness at Cleveland Middle School. 👏 Congratulations to Mrs. Cecily Williams, our new RTI Facilitator! As she begins her 26th year at CMS and 29th year in education, she brings decades of experience and a heart for helping every student reach their full potential. 👏 Welcome Mr. Weeks to the CMS family! With 15 years of teaching and leadership experience, he brings a passion for building relationships, serving others, and helping students and staff succeed. 💬 “CMS has been my home for the past 25 years, and I am incredibly grateful for the relationships, experiences, and memories I’ve built here. I look forward to working alongside our amazing teachers in this new role as we continue to support our students.” — Mrs. Cecily Williams 💬 “I’m excited to begin this new chapter at Cleveland Middle School! I can’t wait to meet the students, staff, and families and become part of such an amazing school community.” — Mr. Weeks ✨ Because when great people lead, great things follow. 🎉

📅 Mark Your Calendars, Raider Families! ❤️💙 📝 July 13 – Returning Student Registration Opens (Complete your annual PowerSchool forms) 🏫 July 30 – Open House | 3:30–7:00 PM 🚫 July 31 – Aug. 3 – No School for Students 🤝 Aug. 4 – Reconnection Day (Last Names A–K) 🤝 Aug. 5 – Reconnection Day (Last Names L–Z) 🚫 Aug. 6 – No School For Students 🎉 Aug. 7 – First Full Day of School for ALL Students! 🗣️We can’t wait to welcome everyone back for an amazing school year! #choosecleveland #MIDDLESCHOOLMATTERS

📰⚾️BREAKING NEWS:🗣️CMS has hired its next head baseball coach - Trevor Burns! ⚾️Burns previously led the program at Athens City Middle School for the last 6️⃣seasons, resulting in 6️⃣straight district championships, 3️⃣state tournament appearances, and 1️⃣ state runner-up finish. ⚾️He brings 1️⃣5️⃣+ years of coaching experience at the middle and high school levels. ⚾️Coach Burns’ wife, Krista, is a teacher in McMinn County. They have two children, Jenley and Manning, who are excited to be all in for all Cleveland! Go Raiders! 💙❤️#choosecleveland #middleschoolmatters

🧢It takes a lot of people in blue to keep Cleveland Middle School moving forward.🧢 From ⚡️ electricians… to 🗂️ secretaries… to 🚌 bus drivers… to 💧 plumbers… 👏Thank you for the work you do before the lights come on, before the buses roll, and before the first bell rings each morning. 💡🚌🔔 Behind every great Blue Raider school system is a team willing to serve others first. 💙 🤤And of course… nothing says appreciation quite like breakfast. 🍳☕️ Shout out to EGGS UP GRILL & Mrs. Sacharczyk for taking care of our amazing maintenance & transportation team this morning!🍳🥚 #BreakfastInBLUE #MiddleSchoolMatters #BuildingCommunity #CHOOSECLEVELAND

🗣️LESSON LEARNED: DODGEBALL EDITION✅ 👊Big thanks to Lady Raider Softball for hosting an electric event on Friday the 13th!🥎 Swipe through to see a faculty victory in pictures! 👏S/O to Jayden Duke for leading a wild 8th grade comeback run — nearly cleared the whole 7th grade solo then put on an encore for the 6th grade. Main character energy.🔥 🏆Never bet against teachers, even if the subject is dodgeball. Attendance was taken… and the faculty showed up UNDEFEATED. 🏆 Three-peat secured. Class = dismissed. 👩🏼‍🏫👨🏻‍🏫😎 💯It’s ALWAYS a great day to be a Raider.💙❤️ See you back in school Wednesday!

🗣️Today we proudly celebrate National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day. 💙 👏 Thank you, Officer Milam and Officer Spence, for showing up daily to protect, mentor, & support Cleveland Middle.🚔 💯Behind every safe school is a badge that believes in kids.👮🏻‍♂️

Reminder for CCS families 📣
Cleveland City Schools will have an abbreviated day this Friday, December 19. We hope our students enjoy a joyful and restful winter break filled with special moments with family and friends ❄️🎄
Students return to school on Wednesday, January 7, 2026.

🎃 RUN FOR YOUR LIFE (and a good laugh)! 👻 🕸️The CMS Trail of Terror is creeping up Friday, October 24th from 7:30–9:30 PM on the CMS Nature Trail💀 💰Admission: $10 — and yes, it’s open to the public! ⚠️BEWARE⚠️ - the coaches have traded whistles for witches’ cackles and are lurking in the dark… 🧙‍♀️😱 #BooCrew #CreepinItReal #SquadGhouls

💸FREE MATH TUTORING! 💸 📲 SCAN QR CODE TO SIGN UP 📲 ❓WHEN❓ 🗓️ Tuesdays & Thursdays ⏰ 2:30–3:45 PM ❓WHERE❓ 📍Meet in cafeteria after school. Free snacks provided! 🚗NO TRANSPORTATION🚙 👉 Students must be picked up at 3:45 📧Questions?📧hturner@clevelandschools.org

Fall Break is almost here! 🍂
Cleveland City Schools will be closed October 6–10.
Teachers will return for Staff Development Day on Monday, October 13, and students will be back on Tuesday, October 14.

Enjoy a safe and restful break 💙

🚨🏐 GAME DAY 🏐🚨 📅 Wednesday, September 17th ⏰ 6th Grade • JV • Varsity at 4:30, 5:30 & 6:30 📍 Cleveland vs Ocoee 🎉 It’s also 8th Grade Night 🎉 Come out and celebrate our amazing 8th graders as they play their final season at CMS! 💙❤️ 🗣️Our Lady Raiders are ready to bring the 🔥 on the court—let’s pack the stands and show BIG Raider pride! 🙌 ✨ Special Cause: In honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness, we’ll be collecting: 💵 Monetary donations 🍬 Bags of individually wrapped candy - All proceeds go to Mason’s Light Foundation 🌟💛 🗣️Let’s make it a night of 💪 competition, 💙 community, and 💛 giving back! #RaiderNation #GoRaiders #GameDay #MasonsLight #8thGradeNight

🗓️WEEK 2️⃣ IN PHOTOS!📸 🏈 Plays with pop. 💃 Choreo with swagger. 📣 Volume on max. 🥁 Beats that shook the turf. 😎C-MODE:🔛🔊 This week the C stood for Confidence, Courage, and Community—served in Blue and turned up Rowdy. 😎 📲 Swipe ➡️, & tap that 👍 button! 👀 See your Rowdy Raider featured? Let us know in the comments! ⬇️ 🗣️Say it with us, loud and proud: 💥We. Are. Cleveland.💥 #CodeBlue #RowdyRaiders #MiddleSchoolMatters #LeaveYourMarC

💙🏐❤️ SHOUTOUT TO OUR VOLLEYBALL TEAM! 🏐💙❤️ 🏐Yesterday’s match against East Hamilton was a HARD-FOUGHT battle 💪🔥 Our girls left it ALL on the court! 💥🙌 🗣️And let’s talk about THAT crowd…. ROWDY. LOUD. 100% RAIDER PROUD. 🥁📣 🏐From the first serve to the final point, you showed what Raider spirit is all about! 💙❤️⚡ Proud of our athletes, proud of our fans, and proud to be part of the Raider family! 🏐👊 #RaiderNation #MiddleSchoolMatters

⚡ What. A. Week. ⚡️ The halls of Cleveland Middle School were buzzing with energy as we launched Summer 2025 with a legendary start to our Myths & Legends theme! ☀️⚔️ 🛡️Students & faculty were introduced to their epic teams — 🏺Athena, ⚔️Sparta, ⚡️Zeus, & 🛡️Valkyrie — each ready to battle it out (academically & athletically!) over the next 4 weeks. 🛡️ The spirit is high, the legends are forming, and the games have officially begun. The quest for victory is just getting started. Which mythic team will rise to the top? Stay tuned. 👀 💥LET THE BATTLE BEGIN! #MiddleSchoolMatters #RaiderOnTheRise

🏁What. A. Day.🏁 👉Our annual Catch the Spirit celebration at Cleveland Middle School was a blast from the first inflatable jump to the last dance! 💥Zorb balls were flying across the football field ☄️ 💥Laser tag was lighting up the band room 🔫 💥 Trike racing was iconic in the parking lot! 🏎️💨 😲And yes… teachers and admin were braving the dunk tank! 💦 swipe to witness 📲 💥Every grade level got in on the fun, and the smiles were nonstop!😊 👏We’re so thankful for our CMS staff who helped make today unforgettable—and a HUGE shoutout to Monterrey’s for serving up those legendary chips, queso, and salsa! 🧀🌶️🙌 🔵🔴This is what Raider spirit is all about!🔵🔴 #ItsAGreatDayToBeARaider #MiddleSchoolMatters #EndOfYearVibes

🙃FACULTY FOR THE WIN!🙂 🏐The students spiked with spirit, & nearly schooled the staff—but in true comeback fashion, the faculty aced it!💯 🏐With grit, guts, & maybe a few extra credit plays, the staff sealed the deal and stayed UNDEFEATED in all student vs. faculty events this year!💪 2️⃣more days of school left—& we’re saving the best for last! We can’t wait to wrap up the year with Catch The Spirit—get ready to celebrate like champions!🥳🎈 #leaveyourmarC #MiddleSchoolMatters #ItsAGreatDayToBeARaider

🎓COLLEGE BOUND!🚎💨 📎Our 8th graders spent the day at UTC exploring what life after middle school could look like! 🆒 📎From a campus scavenger hunt to learning about GPAs, scholarships, 💸and that famous all-you-can-eat dining hall 🤤— it was a day full of future-ready inspiration.😎 🗣️Big thanks to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for showing us the MOC-tastic side of college life! 💛💙❤️ This was all made possible thanks to Mrs. Emily Raper - 8th grade assistant principal. Your hard work inspires our Raiders to dream big!💭🤩 ⸻ ❓Did you know❓ 👉🏼UTC offers over 140 undergraduate programs and is home to more than 11,000 students! It’s a place where big futures begin — maybe even yours!🎓 #MocsInTheMaking #FutureFreshman #RaiderOnTheRise #MiddleSchoolMatters

🥎MIRACLE GAME🥎 💙2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣❤️ 💥From big hits to even bigger smiles, this softball game was a home run for everyone involved. 💥Thank you to every volunteer, teacher, and fan who made this day unforgettable. This is what community looks like. 👊🏼Special shoutout to CMS Lady Raider Softball for hosting this event! It’s a GREAT DAY to be a Raider!👏 #EmpowerThroughPlay #MiddleSchoolMatters #WeAreCleveland #BuildingCommunity *NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE MIRACLE LEAGUE*

🗣️Happy School Principals’ Day, Mr. Akiona! 👏 💙Thank you for being the heart of our school & the steady engine behind every success we celebrate. Your leadership is marked by compassion, vision, & an unshakable belief in what’s possible when students & staff feel seen, supported, and inspired. ❤️Heroes don’t always wear capes—sometimes they hold megaphones in the car line, greet every student by name, and lead with a quiet strength centered on service. You are that kind of hero for our school, lifting others with your presence and empowering ALL Raiders to rise! 🦸🏻‍♂️ 👉🏼Because of you, it’s always a great day to be a Raider. 💯 📲SWIPE to the end to see Mr. Akiona like you’ve never seen him before—as a comic book SUPERHERO!🦸🏻‍♂️