Cullman City Schools
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The Cullman City Board of Education is composed of schools that serve the city of Cullman, Alabama
, US. As of 2011, there are 3,017 students enrolled in Cullman City Schools.
As of 2011 Dr. Jan Irons Harris is the Superintendent of Cullman City Schools.
utilizes stay-in-classroom sets of laptops as well as Apple iPads
. Students are allowed to bring their own personal laptops for school use or they may elect to use a school-owned laptop during the school day. Students are also allowed to check out laptops and iPads
to use at home for homework and projects. Cullman High School
also boasts a state-of-the-art multimedia classroom which allows entire classes of students to have teleconferences with students in other countries. Notably, several history classes at CHS have had multimedia teleconferences with high school students in Canada
. The multimedia classroom is also used for the school's ACCESS program, which allows students to enroll in online courses and webinars. All elementary school students in Cullman City Schools experience laptops through the use of mobile laptop labs, which each class uses on average about once per week. This gets younger students acquainted with computing and is Cullman City Schools' more modern approach to the traditional computer lab. Elementary school students have also used iPads
and other technologies as part of these mobile labs.
Because of Cullman City Schools' extremely innovative and national-standard-setting technology programs, Cullman City Schools has received many national awards for technology use, including being named a National Salute District by the National School Board Association, winning the Technology TEAM Award from the Consortium for School Networking
, and being recognized for technology use by educational media company BrainPOP
. In addition to these national awards for the district as a whole, Cullman City Schools superintendent Dr. Jan Harris received a National Tech-Savvy Superintendent Award from eSchoolNews recognizing her visionary leadership in the school system.
and RC points at the elementary and middle schools. The scores for the STAR Reading test also increased exponentially. The campaign has also been widely publicized and has started a surge in similar programs at other school systems. A song to complete the WDYRLN program was written and recorded by East Elementary School third grade teacher and trained vocalist Cindy Pass, and arranged by EES music teacher Tim Clemmons.<.
Cullman, Alabama
Cullman is a city in Cullman County, State of Alabama. Cullman is located along Interstate 65, about north of Birmingham, and about south of Huntsville. According to the U.S...
, US. As of 2011, there are 3,017 students enrolled in Cullman City Schools.
As of 2011 Dr. Jan Irons Harris is the Superintendent of Cullman City Schools.
Schools
- Cullman City Head Start
- Cullman City Primary School
- East Elementary School
- West Elementary School
- Cullman Middle School
- Cullman High SchoolCullman High SchoolCullman High School is the largest public high school in the city of Cullman, Alabama as well as Cullman County, Alabama. The school is classified as a 5A school and belongs to the Cullman City School District....
- Turning Point (Cullman City Alternative School)
1:1 Laptop Initiative
Cullman City Schools is notable for several things: offering advances courses, the most modern education technologies, leading the state in athletics, fine arts (including the award-winning Cullman High School band program), and the 1:1 Laptop Initiative, which began in the 2006-2007 school year by providing all 7th and 8th graders of Cullman Middle School with a laptop to be used as a tool to further their education. As of 2011, the laptop initiative expansion has been completed. All students in grades 7 and 8 receive a take-home laptop. Cullman High SchoolCullman High School
Cullman High School is the largest public high school in the city of Cullman, Alabama as well as Cullman County, Alabama. The school is classified as a 5A school and belongs to the Cullman City School District....
utilizes stay-in-classroom sets of laptops as well as Apple iPads
IPad
The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
. Students are allowed to bring their own personal laptops for school use or they may elect to use a school-owned laptop during the school day. Students are also allowed to check out laptops and iPads
IPad
The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
to use at home for homework and projects. Cullman High School
Cullman High School
Cullman High School is the largest public high school in the city of Cullman, Alabama as well as Cullman County, Alabama. The school is classified as a 5A school and belongs to the Cullman City School District....
also boasts a state-of-the-art multimedia classroom which allows entire classes of students to have teleconferences with students in other countries. Notably, several history classes at CHS have had multimedia teleconferences with high school students in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The multimedia classroom is also used for the school's ACCESS program, which allows students to enroll in online courses and webinars. All elementary school students in Cullman City Schools experience laptops through the use of mobile laptop labs, which each class uses on average about once per week. This gets younger students acquainted with computing and is Cullman City Schools' more modern approach to the traditional computer lab. Elementary school students have also used iPads
IPad
The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
and other technologies as part of these mobile labs.
Because of Cullman City Schools' extremely innovative and national-standard-setting technology programs, Cullman City Schools has received many national awards for technology use, including being named a National Salute District by the National School Board Association, winning the Technology TEAM Award from the Consortium for School Networking
Consortium for School Networking
The Consortium for School Networking, or CoSN, is a member-based association and advocacy group based in Washington, DC, USA, which promotes partnerships and awareness of emerging technologies amongst technology decision-makers in K-12 education.- History :...
, and being recognized for technology use by educational media company BrainPOP
BrainPOP
BrainPOP is a group of educational websites with hundreds of short animated movies for students in grades K-12 covering the subjects of science, social studies, English, mathematics, arts and music, and health and technology. BrainPOP is used in more than 25% of U.S. schools and also offers...
. In addition to these national awards for the district as a whole, Cullman City Schools superintendent Dr. Jan Harris received a National Tech-Savvy Superintendent Award from eSchoolNews recognizing her visionary leadership in the school system.
What Did You Read Last Night?
The What Did You Read Last Night? (WDYRLN) campaign is a pro-reading campaign launched by the Cullman City Schools System during the 2006 - 2007 school year. It has been highly acclaimed for its ability to promote reading to children of all ages and its acceptability. It was praised by the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) for seamlessly tying in with ALSDE English and Reading curriculum standards. It also greatly increased the amount of received ARAccelerated Reader
Accelerated Reader is a daily progress monitoring software assessment in wide use by primary and secondary schools for monitoring the practice of reading. It was created by Renaissance Learning, Inc...
and RC points at the elementary and middle schools. The scores for the STAR Reading test also increased exponentially. The campaign has also been widely publicized and has started a surge in similar programs at other school systems. A song to complete the WDYRLN program was written and recorded by East Elementary School third grade teacher and trained vocalist Cindy Pass, and arranged by EES music teacher Tim Clemmons.<.