Facts About Our School

Year School Built           1989
Building Addition            2003
Square Footage             84,532
Number of Students       486
Grades Served               PK-4
School Hours                 8:00 - 3:00
School Colors                Blue & Yellow
School Mascot              Tiger
School Motto:

“Tom Joy: Where Learning is a Joy!”

Principal:

LaTonya White - latonya.white@mnps.org

Assistant Principal:

Elana Jones - elana.jones@mnps.org

District 5 School Board Representative:

Gracie Porter - gracie@gracieporter.com

District 8 Metro Council Representative:

Karen Bennett - karen.bennett@nashville.org, 291-6708

Parent Support Group Contact:
PTA President, Batina Kistner - batinakistner@webtv.net, 258-3160

What Makes Our School Unique?

    Welcome to Tom Joy! We are a community of lifelong learners with a clear focus on improving student achievement and personal growth. Our goal is to assist every student to make the connection to school and career choices and opportunities. We strive daily to provide students an opportunity to apply what they have learned in the classroom to real life situations.
    We are also committed to providing a safe, secure, and positive school environment so that each child can thrive academically. We provide students a systematic approach to request assistance from administrators when they feel threatened. Mediation is conducted with students to resolve conflicts in a constructive manner. Administrators also conduct grade level assemblies periodically to promote a positive school climate and celebrate student successes.
    We look forward to working with you and your child. We ask for your support, and we strive to make Tom Joy a school where every child can develop to his/her fullest potential.

What Does Our School Offer?

• Accelerated Reader is an innovative, computerized reading program that motivates students to read.
• A reading specialist is on staff to help meet the needs of our students. 
  Computers in each classroom and our computer lab enhance our technology literacy program.
• Hands-On Science is a program that provides students with a hands-on, inquiry-based curriculum that facilitates positive attitudes toward science.
• Our Guidance Counselor provides extensive services to our students and serves as a liaison between the parents and the school.
• Title 1 tutors are used to provide assistance in reading and math.
• FLIP Tutoring Program

Who Attends Our School?

    Students attending Tom Joy reside north of downtown Nashville and are zoned to Maplewood High School. The elementary schools in the Maplewood cluster are: Chadwell, Hattie Cotton, Glenn Enhanced Option, Shwab, and Tom Joy. The middle schools are Jere Baxter and Gra-Mar.

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