University Schools

Friendly reminder - All University Schools will be closed on Friday, April 18th. Enjoy your long weekend, Tigers! 🐯

Happy Assistant Principals Week to best Assistant Directors across University Schools! Thanks for all that you do to support our school community! 🐯💙

University Schools will open first new elementary school in 113 years.

University Schools and St. George's Independent School have partnered to transition the St. George’s Memphis Campus to the University’s new Innovative School District, beginning with the 2025-26 school year.

Today, the University of Memphis Board of Trustees voted to approve the acquisition of the St. George’s location on Kimball Avenue and will operate under the new name “Campus School Kimball.”

The University Schools at the UofM serve over 1,200 students from birth to graduation, and have historically been among the highest performing school systems in the state of Tennessee.

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University Schools is excited to announce the opening of our second elementary school! See the link below for more details on this news!

https://blogs.memphis.edu/newsroom/2025/04/07/university-schools-to-open-first-new-elementary-school-in-113-years/

Please join us for our next Family Learning Session on March 19th at Orgel Educational Center, at 5:30pm. We look forward to seeing you to learn more about healthy sleep! 😴 Register here: https://bit.ly/familylearningsession2

We’re days away from Spring Break, Tigers! 🐯

Friendly reminder that March 17th is a PD day for teachers. Students return on Tuesday, March 18th.

Congratulations to our Girls Basketball team and Coach Cedric Lewis on their win as District Champions! Go, Tigers, Go! 🏆🏅🐯

Happy Belated National School Resource Officer Day to our SROs, Officer Burress, Officer Jones, & Officer Fant (not pictured) with UofM Chief of Police, Keith Humphrey! Thank you for all that you do for our students, faculty, staff, & school community! We appreciate you! 🐯

All University Schools will be open for in-person instruction tomorrow, Friday, February 21st. Welcome back, Tigers! 🐯

All University Schools will remain closed Thursday, February 20th due to inclement weather.

While there was significant melting on the roadways throughout the day today, many roads have the potential to refreeze overnight. Those refreezing conditions present potential travel risks for tomorrow morning during the hours that individuals would be making their way to campus. As our students and staff travel to our schools from every corner of the county, we have made the determination to remain closed tomorrow out of an abundance of caution for the safety of our school community.

Please be safe and we look forward to seeing you all once school reopens!

Due to forecasted winter weather conditions, which can pose a danger to our students, families, faculty, and staff, all University Schools will be CLOSED on February 19, 2025.

Please note: this announcement pertains only to University Schools and does not indicate a university-wide closure.

Enjoy your snow day, Tigers! 🐯❄️☃️

We are honored to share that our sweet Simone was featured in The Washington Post! Thank you for sharing her story & the impact she is making at University Middle School!

3 caged puppies were left in a trash pile. One is now a therapy dog. “Simone just wanted to hug you forever. She was that kind of a puppy,” said Ginger Natoli, a co-founder of Tails of Hope Dog Rescue in Memphis.

Happy National School Counseling Week, (February 3-7, 2025) to our school counselors! We are proud to celebrate these extraordinary educators! Thank you for all that you do! 🐯💙

Save the date for the Aspire to Lead in K12 Ed Leadership Virtual Forum hosted by the UofM Department of Leadership & Policy Studies!

Register here: https://bit.ly/aspiretoleadink12

For those who have inquired about Simone’s amazing Therapy Dog trainers, West Tennessee K-9, they will be at the Agricenter this weekend if you want to pay them a visit and see how they can support your pet training needs! 🐾

Families, we are excited to introduce to you our Family Learning Sessions, which will take place one evening each quarter in the Orgel Educational Center. These sessions aim to help support families as you support your students, while also helping you build a network of other families within University Schools.

Our first FLS (this session was rescheduled from December due to a scheduling conflict) will take place on Thursday, January 23, at 6pm. The session will be facilitated by Dr. Christian Mueller, a professor and researcher at the University of Memphis in the College of Education.

Promoting a Growth Mindset for Your Teens: The Importance of the Parent Message!

Students who have a growth mindset (defined as a belief in personal change through effort) have been shown to feel better about themselves, have more positive relationships with parents and friends, and do better in school in the long-run. Unfortunately, many teens struggle with developing these beliefs. The good news is that parents matter, and they matter a lot! Come to this session and learn more about what growth mindset is, why it matters for students and their personal well-being and achievement in school, and most important, how parents can help their teens develop these important beliefs.

RSVP: https://bit.ly/usfamilylearningsession

We are so excited to share that our very well loved Simone was featured in People Magazine. We want to thank West Tennessee K-9 & Tails of Hope Dog Rescue for the work they are doing to help support missions like Simone’s. Thank you! We look forward to highlighting more of the important work Simone is doing for our students, staff, & school community!

Injured Puppy Dumped with the Trash Gets 'Second Chance' as a Beloved Therapy Dog for Tenn. Middle School (Exclusive) Simone works as a therapy dog at University Middle School at the University of Memphis. Before this role, she was rescued by Tails of Hope, which found the puppy abandoned by garbage cans

University Schools will be closed on Monday, January 20, 2025 in observance of MLK Jr. Day. We will return on Tuesday, January 21st. Have a great long weekend!