CMS commenced operation at the beginning of the 2010 school year on the site of the previous Alice Springs High School. We provide quality education for students in Years 7 through to Year 9. CMS is the only public middle years school in Alice Springs providing young people with the opportunity to explore themselves and the world in which they live. CMS provides educational experiences that are meaningful and beneficial to all students and advance their learning capacity for future pathways to employment and training.
Our school provides students with:
- Access to meaningful and appropriate teaching and learning programs including transition into and out of the Middle Years of Schooling;
- Opportunities to become engaged in rich, real, relevant and rigorous educational experiences; and
- Achievement that is moderated and validated against the standards described in the Australian Curriculum.
School Motto
Our Future: Our Responsibility: Our Choice
Values
The CMS values were developed in consultation with students, families and parents during 2011 as a part of the School Wide Positive Behaviour Support framework.
As learners:
- We are respectful
- We are responsible
- We are fair
As educators, we understand these values to mean:
- Respect: Unconditional Positive Regard is the basis of every interaction at CMS.
- Responsibility: We maintain high expectations for all learners.
- Fairness: We provide the differentiated support that our learners need to be successful.
Vision
School:
CMS challenges every learner to achieve success in a safe and supportive community where diversity is valued.
Students:
To be the person I dream of becoming.
To discover new things and learn without fear.
To choose wisely in what I do and how I do it.
To make my family happy and proud.