E.A. COX MIDDLE SCHOOL

 

CMS...Creating Minds for Success

Welcome to E. A. Cox Middle School

Welcome to E. A. Cox Middle School, proud home of the Cougars!  We’re located in the city of Columbia, Tennessee and we serve as the educational headquarters for approximately 650 outstanding 5th through 8th graders.  We have an excellent group of administrators, teachers, and staff members whose top priority is the success of your children. We understand that middle school is an important time in the life of every child, and we believe that the life skills they will learn here will be instrumental in helping them become wise, responsible, young adults. We are extremely proud of the disciplined, learning-centered environment that we’ve created for the students here at E. A. Cox Middle School.


We provide a wide variety of educational, athletic, and social activities to help them learn and develop into successful young adults. So please feel free to browse our website, and find out what E. A. Cox Middle School has to offer you and your child.  Learn more about us, check out our events calendar, or contact us with any questions. 

 

 

School Hours

7:05 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.

 

School Bell Times:
First Bell: 7:35 a.m. (Bus room dismissal)
Tardy Bell: 7:43 a.m.

Classes Begin:  7:45 a.m.
Dismissal Buses: 2:45 p.m.

Dismissal Car riders:  2:50 p.m.

Dismissal  Late Buses:  2:55 p.m. (Athletes, Clubs, & Detention)

A Message from our Principal

Greetings Parents and Guardians,

 

I, along with our teachers and staff, am thrilled to be a part of the shaping of your children’s future. We are grateful for the trust that you have placed in us for this purpose. Education is important to me, and passing that yearning for knowledge to our students is a welcome challenge.

 

We take education seriously and want you to know that we have the highest expectations for our staff and teachers. We're dedicated to giving your children the knowledge and skills that will enable them to be successful in the future. We also strive to teach your children self-sufficiency and independent thinking skills.

 

We know that a good education goes beyond the textbook. We hope your children will get involved with clubs and athletics to learn team work and partcipation. We have many extracurricular activities for students to be involved with and hope that you encourage your students at home to excel in their personal studies.

 

Take some time to browse through our website. We’ve tried to include all the information you may need to know about our school. We want this to be the first place parents turn for information. We know you’ll like what you find!

 

Most Sincerely,


Dr. Debbie Steen

Principal

You are invited to participate in an anonymous survey that will help your school and administrator(s). Please click on the link below to take the survey about your principal and assistant principal(s). There will be instructions within the survey to guide you. Please complete one survey for each administrator in your building. Please do not complete multiple surveys for the same administrator. Thank you for your time to participate and for the continued support of your school! Deadline to submit is at the end of day May 23, 2012.

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