Cub Hub Newsletter September 2025

We are so excited to have our pre-k students with us this school year! The opening of CMCSS' first ever Pre-K Early Learning Center last year was an exciting adventure and we are so excited to open at full capacity this year! We are thankful for all of our families and the patience shown as we navigate doubling in size and navigating processes for arrival and dismissal. We want to thank parents for wearing their sticker on their chest while in the building and refraining from using their cell phones while walking students to class. Safety and security are priorities at the Early Learning Center. We want you to know that your students are rising to the occasion and working hard each day to be the best versions of themselves. With the support of you and our staff, we providing our students with so many early learning opportunities to ensure they have a strong social/emotional and academic foundation to be successful at the next school level. We hope you will follow us on our St. Bethlehem Early Learning Center Facebook page and Instagram Page in order to keep up-to-date on relevant information as well as to see all of the great things going on inside the building. We are here if you need anything! Thank you for allowing us to work with your pre-k child this year.

• Parent Notes (up to 5 days per student in a school year)
• Doctor/dentist/hospital notes
• Required court appointments
• Funeral Documentation

Any of these items and any questions you may have regarding attendance can be sent to our attendance clerk, shirley.burke@cmcss.net

• Early Dismissals- Please keep in mind that there are NO dismissals from the front office after 2:40 pm. Students must be here for at least 3 hours and 31 minutes in order to be counted present for the day. In addition, students are learning from the time school starts until the very end of the day, so please try not to dismiss your student early every day. We begin school-wide dismissal at 3:00.
• Contact information-Please make sure you keep us up-to-date on all phone number and address changes, as well as emergency contact information. You must make the changes at https://parents.cmcss.net/Home
• Photo IDs-A government-issued ID is required in order to dismiss your student early. Anyone who comes to pick your student up must be on the emergency card.

Website: https://earlylearning.cmcss.net/

Location: 2450 Old Russellville Pike, Clarksville, TN, USA
Phone: 931-648-5670

Why is Early Literacy Important?

Babies are born ready to learn. Research shows that we are born with billions of brain cells called neurons. The more stimulation a baby receives through its senses, the more pathways develop between brain cells. Young children must develop early literacy skills in order to be successful with formal reading and writing in school. Research shows that children who start behind typically stay behind. Providing your young child with opportunities to develop early literacy skills is important to their success in school, their success learning to read, and their success in life.