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Welcome to Murrell School
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the website for Murrell School. Murrell is a unique Special Day Program serving students from across the Davidson County area. We have students from kindergarten to seventh grade. Our 100% Special Education population consists of students with severe emotional and behavioral disabilities. Our students often also face the hurdles of learning, speech and language, and health related disabilities. We are proud to be an essential part of the Metro Nashville Public Schools in the effort to ensure that No Child is Left Behind.
We truly believe our motto “Taking Control for Success in Life” is an attainable goal for every student staffed into our program. By providing academic modification, and supporting behavioral change through well researched programming, our goal is to provide students the skills and confidences necessary to return to their neighborhood schools prepared for success. Through the dedication of school and district staff, Murrell students participate in a full academic program and are afforded the same resources available in every school in MNPS.
I hope you spend some time exploring our site to learn of the unique and valuable services we offer to children in Davison county. We are proud of the level of community support we’ve gained, and encourage you to join in our efforts to better serve this unique group of students.
Susan Siegel
Principal
Murrell Special Education Day Program
Our Motto
At Murrell our motto is more than a slogan. It is an essential part of the programming we provide to our students. Embedded in all of our lessons is the teaching of socially acceptable, safe, and appropriate behaviors and social skills. Our goal for every student entering our program is to provide a therapeutic environment that promotes the attainment of these skills in order for them to make a smooth, successful transition back into a less restrictive Moderate Intervention Classroom.
Families and students often arrive in our program feeling frustrated by negative school experiences. Some students with disabilities face hurdles that can be magnified in the typical school setting. When learning and emotional disabilities, often with biological or chemical origins, cannot be overcome, social and behavioral issues are often a result. Students struggle with negative feelings about school and themselves. These issues are multiplied for students who have suffered traumatic events which increase the effects or cause emotional disabilities.
Murrell’s program attempts to put all of the puzzle pieces together to provide the conditions necessary to give these students the assistance they need to meet their individual challenges. We believe that while disabilities may always present a challenge to our students, they do not have to be a roadblock to their success. By combining research proven modification to teaching and learning with behavior modification, we establish individual programs suited to each student. Our partners at Centerstone provide group and individual therapy, psychiatric services, and case management to increase our program's effectiveness. Achievement in academics, social and emotional skills, behavior, and self image all go hand in hand in preparing students for a transition back into a neighborhood school. This allows them to take control of their own destiny to find success in life.
The Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, creed, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, color, age, and/or disability in admission to, access to, or operation of its programs, services, or activities. MNPS does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices. Contact MNPS ADA Coordinator at 259-8531.
MNPS maintains an official complaint procedure that complies with the standards set aside by Federal Programs under No Child Left Behind. Complaints regarding Public School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services (SES) are covered under this procedure. It can be found by clicking on Complaint Process.
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