September 2020 News

We want to thank our partners in the community, the I AM INVISIBLE BULLYING & SUICIDE TEAM, for welcoming our students on the first two days of our new 2020-21 school year. Inclusive on this day were two other community groups Diaper Angels and the YOU BEEN BLESSED non-profit organization. Special thanks to the photographer Ellery Edwards of www.lasewodphotography.com for capturing these moments through video and photography. LET’S GO KNIGHTS! Please Click Here to watch the video.

Kenwood Knights! A reminder that we have a Military Family Life Counselor (MFLC) at our school that is available to eligible military connected students, and their families (Active Duty, Reserve, National Guard, Coast Guard, KIA, or Retired within the past 6 months) to provide free, confidential, short-term, non-medical, solution-focused counseling, education, and support on a variety of day-to-day stressors of military life, including communication, deployment & reintegration, etc. Please contact our school’s MFLC at 270-331-5858 for further information or questions. Thank you.

The Clarksville-Montgomery County School System would like to remind parents and guardians of 7th-grade students, that the state requires proof that your student has had a booster dose of tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis vaccine (known as Tdap).

This requirement is necessary for your child to be admitted into the 7th grade. The state has not relaxed this requirement because of COVID-19. In fact, they are communicating that it is more important than ever to ensure your child is fully immunized.

The Tennessee Department of Health has issued an immunization requirement for all students entering into the 7th grade and as follows:

• • Documentation of Tetanus-Diphtheria-Pertussis Booster (Tdap) after 10 years of age (on the appropriate DTaP/DT/Td line of the TN Certificate of Immunization). We can only accept a TN Certificate of Immunization. Pharmacy receipts and immunization cards are not acceptable documentation.

Documentation is Due by Friday, October 2.

Tennessee state law requires facilities to accept only the official Tennessee Certificate of Immunization. Proof of immunization must be on this certificate. For currently enrolled students in 7th grade, only proof of the new immunization is required on the new certificate of immunization. It is not necessary to copy the information from the previous certificate on to the new certificate. Your healthcare provider or the health department will provide you with the certificate when you take your child for his/her required immunization. School staff, including the school nurse, cannot complete or make changes to the certificate. This must be done by your healthcare provider.

Please make arrangements with your healthcare provider, the Health Department, or one of the Immunization Partners on the attached list for your child to receive this new immunization prior to the first day of the 2020-2021 school year. The Montgomery County Health Department can be reached at 931-648-5747.

It is state law that no child be permitted to attend school until proof of immunization is provided to the school. *Exemptions: Please see our policy on medical/religious exemptions for more information.*

For additional information, please visit the TN Department of Health website.

Please feel free to contact the school nurse for any questions or additional information. You may also contact the Student Health Services Department, at 931-920-7976.

We still have yearbooks for the 2019-20 school year available for $35.00. Please contact our Media Specialist [email protected] if you would like to purchase one.