Facts About Our School
Year School Built 1996
Square Footage 76,300
Number of Students 706
Grades Served PK-4
School Hours 8:00 - 3:00
School Colors Blue and White
School Mascot Cougars
School Motto:
“Cockrill Cougars are Going to College!”
Principal:
Catherine Prentis - catherine.prentis@mnps.org
Assistant Principal:
Antonia Spearman - antonia.spearman@mnps.org
District 1 School Board Representative:
George Thompson - ghthompsoniii@aol.com, 242-2180
District 20 Metro Council Representative:
Buddy Baker - buddy.baker@nashville.gov
Parent Support Group Contact:
PTO President, Patience Hamilton
What Makes Our School Unique?
At Cockrill, we have the dream that college is within the grasp of every student. Good academic instruction prepares our students to be successful in middle and high school. We also believe that character education is an important foundation of every child’s education. By emphasizing the traits of respect, responsibility, caring, patience, trustworthiness, courage, self-control and citizenship we will encourage the wise use of their gifts and talents. A formal four year college education is not the goal of every child, but knowing what their opportunities are and how to reach them is something we begin teaching when they are very young.
The Cougar Center is the before and after care program that we run for our boys and girls in K-4th grades. Cougar Center operates 7:00-8:00 a.m. to 3:00-6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Other before/after care programs that serve our area include: St. Lukes, Happy Meadows, American Child Care, Little Hearts, Preston Taylor Ministries, Youth Life Learning Center and 61st Avenue UMC.
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What Does Our School Offer?
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Accelerated Math
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Accelerated Reader
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After School: Chess, Science and Dance Clubs
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Book It
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Character Education Pilot School
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Classroom computer assisted instruction
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Early and Soar to Success Reading Program
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Encore/Excel
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Fall Service Project: Food 2 Families (Second Harvest Food Drive)
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Home/school/community connection
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Math Tutors
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PALS
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Parent involvement work shops with family/school coordinator
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Reading Recovery
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Symphony in the Schools
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Title I schoolwide project school
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Volunteer tutors
Who Attends Our School?
Students attending Cockrill live west of downtown Nashville and are zoned to Pearl-Cohn High School. The elementary schools in the Pearl-Cohn cluster are Cockrill and Park Avenue Enhanced Option. The middle schools in this cluster are W.A. Bass and McKissack Professional Development (PK-8).
Community Partners
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Boy Scouts of America Eagle Project site
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Family School Connection Volunteer Program
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Family/school coordinator parenting activities
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Preston Taylor Ministries
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PTO
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Sixty-First Avenue United Methodist Church
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TACA artist demonstration site
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Tennessee Arts League
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West Nashville Kiwanis
PENCIL Partners
PENCIL Foundation, a nonprofit organization, links community resources with Nashville public schools. A PENCIL Partner is a business or other community organization that teams up with a Metro school to volunteer time and donate resources that promote student success.
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