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Happy Mother’s Day to the Beautiful moms of Cummings K-8 Optional School.

Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week! We are providing a list of suggestions of ways for students to celebrate and show appreciation for their teachers. Let’s shower are teachers with LOVE…They deserve it plus so much more! Cummings K-8 Optional School, Memphis-Shelby County Schools - MSCS

Cummings K-8 Optional School will host our annual Spirit Week, April 10-14, 2023. We are showing school spirit as we prepare to Finish Strong by acing the TN Ready Assessments! Memphis-Shelby County Schools - MSCS

Wishing you a happy Easter filled with plenty of love and happiness. Cummings K-8 Optional School, Memphis-Shelby County Schools - MSCS

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Congratulations Mr. Ice🎉🎊🍾🤗 Keep up the Awesome Work for the students of Cummings K8 Optional School!

This week’s Staff Spotlight is our Porter Goodwill Boys & Girls Club Director, Akumdi Okwumbua or as we call him, “Ife!” *How long have you been with BGCM? Since 2006. *What do you love most about our org? Working with the youth, impacting them in a positive, and helping them become productive citizens of society. *What is your guilty pleasure? Crawfish! *What do you like to do when you're not working? I enjoy working with wood crafts. I’m an artist on the side, I make custom wood decor for holidays, sorority pieces, and sports teams. *What was your first concert? TI concert in Baton Rouge when I was in college in 2002! *What was your favorite concert? Perk Waylum at Crosstown, I became a jazz fan after that! *Favorite movie? Public Enemy with Johhny Depp, I love a good gangsta movie. *What do you need more of in your life? Time! *Tell us something that would surprise us about you! I have a green thumb, I do gardens, indoor plants, and grow my own vegetables, my uncle taught me! *Give us your favorite BGCM memory :) Running into old club members in the community that I have impacted throughout the years and seeing them do well with jobs or return to work or speak at the Boys & Girls Club. Thank you for all you've done for BGCM. We are so grateful for you! You are a true role model to all of the lives you touch! #motivationmonday #missionmonday #greatfuturesstarthere #whateverittakes #bgca #forthekids #nonprofit

https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/local/nonprofits-team-up-to-ease-holidays-for-families-of-cummings-elementary-students-months-after-shooting-giveaway-gifts/522-6fefd296-7d36-4b41-b60d-dc2ec25b34b9

Nonprofits team up to ease holidays for families of Cummings Elementary students months after shooting Memphis Artists for Change and Beyond Educating Foundation teamed up to collect donations for a holiday giveaway for Cummings Elementary families.