Good morning CMS community. The district is working on getting certified as a Heart Safe District. Part of this certification is running drills to ensure our safety team responds to situations in a timely manner.
Today we will be running a drill sometime between 10:00 AM and noon. Emergency Services may be called. Please know this is only a drill and not a true emergency. Thank you.
What a great week we had at CMS HS last week! Check out what's coming up this week! https://secure.smore.com/n/kjn24
📚 2026 Yearbooks Are On Sale!
The 2026 Cutter Morning Star Yearbook is on sale now for $45.00 until October 17th! Don’t miss this early-bird price—order online today before the cost goes up.
✨ Limited Quantities Available!
We still have a few copies of the 2025 yearbook available for $55.00. These must be purchased at school, and we gladly accept cash or checks for payment.
Secure your copy today -- once they’re gone, they’re gone!
The 2026 Cutter Morning Star Yearbook is on sale now for $45.00 until October 17th! Don’t miss this early-bird price—order online today before the cost goes up.
✨ Limited Quantities Available!
We still have a few copies of the 2025 yearbook available for $55.00. These must be purchased at school, and we gladly accept cash or checks for payment.
Secure your copy today -- once they’re gone, they’re gone!
Friday night's home game with Mountain Pine has been cancelled. The game was forfeited by Mountain Pine due to a large number of injuries, leaving them without enough players to field a team this week. This game will not be made up. The Junior High game on Thursday at Mountain Pine will still be played. Go Eagles!
CMS HS - It's another great day to be a CMS Eagle! Check out what's happening this week! https://secure.smore.com/n/dfv6r
📸 Picture Day is Coming!
Mark your calendars for Tuesday, September 2!
✅ Order online at mylifetouch.com
High School Picture Day ID: EVTSS8D7M
Elementary Picture Day ID: EVT6QBXDZ
✨ Order before midnight on Picture Day to get FREE shipping!
💵 Students may also bring their completed order flyer with cash or check on Picture Day.
📲 After Picture Day, all orders must be placed online at mylifetouch.com.
Mark your calendars for Tuesday, September 2!
✅ Order online at mylifetouch.com
High School Picture Day ID: EVTSS8D7M
Elementary Picture Day ID: EVT6QBXDZ
✨ Order before midnight on Picture Day to get FREE shipping!
💵 Students may also bring their completed order flyer with cash or check on Picture Day.
📲 After Picture Day, all orders must be placed online at mylifetouch.com.
Happy Labor Day! Check out what is happening this week at CMS HS! https://secure.smore.com/n/jpk12f
📸 Picture Day is Coming!
Mark your calendars – Tuesday, September 2, 2025 is Picture Day at Cutter Morning Star Elementary and High School.
All students will be photographed for the school yearbook and student records. Picture package information will be available to families in advance and online. Please see the attached flyers.
✨ Don’t forget to dress your best! We can’t wait to capture those smiles!
#CMSPictureDay #SayCheese #SchoolYear2025
Mark your calendars – Tuesday, September 2, 2025 is Picture Day at Cutter Morning Star Elementary and High School.
All students will be photographed for the school yearbook and student records. Picture package information will be available to families in advance and online. Please see the attached flyers.
✨ Don’t forget to dress your best! We can’t wait to capture those smiles!
#CMSPictureDay #SayCheese #SchoolYear2025
📢 The 2025 Yearbooks Have Arrived! 🎉
Yearbooks are here and going home!
✨ Students in grades 7–11 received their books today and some will receive their books tomorrow.
✨ Due to the rain today, elementary students (K–6th grade) will get theirs tomorrow.
✨ Seniors (Class of 2025) may pick their books up in the high school office.
📚 Didn’t order a yearbook?
No worries – we ordered extra! Yearbooks are $55.00 each.
💡 Want to spread the joy? You can also purchase a yearbook as a gift or donation – just let us know, and we’ll set it up for you.
🗓️ Why August instead of May?
Our yearbook covers the entire school year, including spring events, graduation, and summer highlights. The book isn’t officially finished until after school ends, which means it arrives in August. We truly appreciate your patience as our staff works hard to create one of the nicest yearbooks in the area.
CMS Athletics- The 5:30 PM 7th/8th-grade football game has been cancelled. The 7:00 JH game is still on as scheduled. We will continue to monitor the weather and provide updates if anything changes! Thank you and Go Eagles!
We are incredibly proud to announce that Cutter Morning Star High School has been named a 24-25 National Beta School of Merit! #betaSOM
Congratulations to Macy Bailey for being our first senior to receive a college acceptance letter this school year! #eagleschooseexcellence
CMS HS - School is in full swing! Check out what is happening this week at CMS HS! https://secure.smore.com/n/0dwbeq
It's game day! Come out tonight for scrimmage games against Episcopal. Games beginning at 6:00 PM. The bleachers may be hot, so bring something to sit on! Also, all children under the age of 12 must remain in the bleachers with their guardians at all times. Go Eagles!
Support our CMS HS Beta Club by donating gently worn or new shoes! You can drop them off at CMS High School, or call Laura at 501-545-5576 for pick up!
CMS HS - What's happening this week? Check out our newsletter to find out! https://secure.smore.com/n/xc8mq
Sign up your future Eagle Cheerleader for the CMS High School Mini Cheer Camp! We want to see them all cheering on our Eagles at the September 5th game!
What a great start to the school year! Be sure to read our weekly newsletter to stay up to date with everything happening at CMS HS! #excellentbychoicenotbychance https://secure.smore.com/n/6ewa3v
🚓💙 Exciting News for CMSPD! 💙🚓
Thanks to a generous donation from the City of Russellville, the Cutter Morning Star School District Police Department is proud to welcome two well-maintained police vehicles to our fleet!
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Russellville City Council, Mayor Fred Teague, Chief David Ewing, Deputy Chief Phillip Varnell, and Lieutenant Keith Spears for their support in making this possible.
📸 Pictured left to right: CMS Chief of Police Chad Durham, Lt. Keith Spears, and CMS Captain Patrick Naven.
#CMSStrong #CommunitySupport #SchoolSafety #Grateful #RussellvillePolice #CutterMorningStar
Thanks to a generous donation from the City of Russellville, the Cutter Morning Star School District Police Department is proud to welcome two well-maintained police vehicles to our fleet!
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Russellville City Council, Mayor Fred Teague, Chief David Ewing, Deputy Chief Phillip Varnell, and Lieutenant Keith Spears for their support in making this possible.
📸 Pictured left to right: CMS Chief of Police Chad Durham, Lt. Keith Spears, and CMS Captain Patrick Naven.
#CMSStrong #CommunitySupport #SchoolSafety #Grateful #RussellvillePolice #CutterMorningStar
📚 Cutter Morning Star Teachers & Staff – Days 2 & 3 Recap! 💡
Our theme this year is "Excellence by choice, not by chance," and our staff showed just that with two powerful professional development days led by Cara Shores from Solution Tree!
For two days, our educators dug deep into Supporting Students to Meet Standards. Cara guided us through building learning progressions, designing aligned assessments, and creating rigorous, tiered lessons to ensure every student is supported and challenged.
👩🏫 Day 2 Highlights:
✅ Unpacking standards to build learning progressions
✅ Designing both formative & summative assessments
✅ Using assessment data to drive instruction & intervention
✅ Examining rigor in instruction
✅ Planning extensions for students who master the standards
🧠 Day 3 Highlights:
✅ Tiering instruction based on assessment data
✅ Creating scaffolds for struggling learners and extensions for advanced students
✅ Designing complete tiered lessons with purposeful groupings
✅ Exploring digital tools & AI to support differentiated instruction
Our teachers worked incredibly hard – collaborating, planning, and preparing to meet every student where they are and take them further than ever before. 💙💛 #ExcellenceByChoice #CMSStrong #ProfessionalDevelopment #SupportingAllStudents #SolutionTree
Our theme this year is "Excellence by choice, not by chance," and our staff showed just that with two powerful professional development days led by Cara Shores from Solution Tree!
For two days, our educators dug deep into Supporting Students to Meet Standards. Cara guided us through building learning progressions, designing aligned assessments, and creating rigorous, tiered lessons to ensure every student is supported and challenged.
👩🏫 Day 2 Highlights:
✅ Unpacking standards to build learning progressions
✅ Designing both formative & summative assessments
✅ Using assessment data to drive instruction & intervention
✅ Examining rigor in instruction
✅ Planning extensions for students who master the standards
🧠 Day 3 Highlights:
✅ Tiering instruction based on assessment data
✅ Creating scaffolds for struggling learners and extensions for advanced students
✅ Designing complete tiered lessons with purposeful groupings
✅ Exploring digital tools & AI to support differentiated instruction
Our teachers worked incredibly hard – collaborating, planning, and preparing to meet every student where they are and take them further than ever before. 💙💛 #ExcellenceByChoice #CMSStrong #ProfessionalDevelopment #SupportingAllStudents #SolutionTree
