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| Facts about our School |
| Year School Built |
1989 |
| Building Addition |
2003 |
| Square Footage |
84,532 |
| Number of Students |
600 |
| Grades Served |
PreK-4 |
| School Hours |
8:00 - 3:00 |
| School Colors |
Blue & Yellow |
| School Mascot |
Tiger |
| Cluster |
Maplewood |
| School Motto: "Tom Joy: Where Learning is a Joy!" | |
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Principal: LaTonya White -
latonya.white@mnps.org
Assistant Principal: Elana Jones -
elana.jones@mnps.org
District 5 School Board Representative:
Gracie Porter -
gracie@gracieporter.com
District 8 Metro Council Representative:
Karen Bennett -
karen.bennett@nashville.gov
Parent Support Group Contact:
PTA President, Batina Kistner -
batinakistner@webtv.net, 258-3160
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| What Does Our School Offer? |
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Accelerated Reader is an innovative, computerized reading program that motivates students to read.
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Reading and Math Specialists on staff help meet the needs of our students.
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Computers in each classroom and our computer lab enhance our technology literacy program. |
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Hands-on Science is a program that provides students with a hands-on, inquiry-based curriculum that facilitates positive attitudes toward science.
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Our School Counselor provides extensive services to our students and serves as a liaison between the parents and the school. |
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Title I Tutors are used to provide assistance in reading and math.
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FLIP Tutoring Program
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Classroom Behavior Specialist
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Vanderbilt Therapist on Site | |
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What Makes Our School Unique?
Welcome to Tom Joy! We are a community of lifelong learners with a clear focus on improving student achievement and personal growth. Our goal is to assist every student to make the connection to school and career choices and opportunities. We strive daily to provide students an opportunity to apply what they have learned in the classroom to real life situations.
We are also committed to providing a safe, secure and positive school environment so that each child can thrive academically. We provide students a systematic approach to request assistance from administrators when they feel threatened. Mediation is conducted with students to resolve conflicts in a constructive manner. Administrators also promote a positive school climate and celebrate student successes.
We look forward to working with you and your child. We ask for your support and we strive to make Tom Joy a school where every child can develop to his or her fullest potential.
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Who Attends Our School?
Students attending Tom Joy reside north of downtown Nashville and are zoned to Maplewood High School. The elementary schools in the Maplewood cluster are: Chadwell, Hattie Cotton, Glenn Enhanced Option, Shwab and Tom Joy. The middle schools are Jere Baxter and Gra-Mar. |
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Community Partners
Book Attic
Insurors of Nashville
Jackson Park Church of Christ
Pinnacle Financial Partners
SKANSKA, Inc.
Trevecca Nazarene University
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Tom Joy has an excellent before and after school program sponsored by the East YMCA. Fun Company's morning hours begin at 7 a.m. Students are supervised after school until 6 p.m. Contact the East YMCA for further information. | |
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The Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, or disability in admission to, access to, or operations of its programs, services, or activities. MNPS does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices. 2009 - 2010
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