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Middle school students outside for garden class at Cleveland Central Middle School
Explore the Skillet
Explore the Skillet

Cleveland School District

Explore the Skillet

Cleveland School District is not seeking new Corps Members for the 2025-2026 term.

Cleveland School District’s vision the development of productive and successful citizens through innovative learning opportunities. Our mission is commitment to the educational and extracurricular achievements of all learners and our motto is “Committed to Excellence.” Cleveland School District’s garden programming is growing. All elementary schools in the district have at least one raised garden bed. Former and current FoodCorps partnership sites have expansive gardens at Bell Academy, Cleveland Central Middle School, Parks Elementary, and Pearman Elementary. Our partnership with Delta Fresh Foods has provided garden beds at DM Smith Elementary, Hayes Cooper Center, and Nailor Elementary, as well as, offer free field trips at their farm for students in our district. Our district has also been chosen to serve as a program site and implementation partner for The Mississippi Farm to School Network, in collaboration with Earth Island Institute, in their project, “Developing a Local Procurement Pipeline for Mississippi Schools.” Our district also serves 100% free breakfast and lunch under the Community Eligibility Provision.

As mentioned on the website, “Named by Southern Living and Smithsonian Magazine as one the best small towns in the South, Cleveland, Mississippi is home to an easy and gracious Delta lifestyle with all the shopping, restaurants, and accommodations that go with it. With a beautiful and well-kept downtown full of independent boutiques, jewelry stores, galleries, antique shops, cafes and restaurants, you and your companions can easily spend an entire day in just the downtown area. Along with the downtown, Delta State University adds a university-town vibe to the area, making Cleveland one Mississippi’s best college towns, and one of the best retirement towns in Mississippi.” Cleveland is also home to the Grammy Museum Mississippi, “Birthplace of the Blues” (Dockery Farms), Heritage Railroad Museum and the 50 Nights of Lights celebration with over 1,000,000 lights at the downtown walking trail during the holiday season. To see quick facts of Cleveland, MS census data click here.

Cleveland School District is not seeking new Corps Members for the 2025-2026 term.

Cleveland School District’s vision the development of productive and successful citizens through innovative learning opportunities. Our mission is commitment to the educational and extracurricular achievements of all learners and our motto is “Committed to Excellence.” Cleveland School District’s garden programming is growing. All elementary schools in the district have at least one raised garden bed. Former and current FoodCorps partnership sites have expansive gardens at Bell Academy, Cleveland Central Middle School, Parks Elementary, and Pearman Elementary. Our partnership with Delta Fresh Foods has provided garden beds at DM Smith Elementary, Hayes Cooper Center, and Nailor Elementary, as well as, offer free field trips at their farm for students in our district. Our district has also been chosen to serve as a program site and implementation partner for The Mississippi Farm to School Network, in collaboration with Earth Island Institute, in their project, “Developing a Local Procurement Pipeline for Mississippi Schools.” Our district also serves 100% free breakfast and lunch under the Community Eligibility Provision.

As mentioned on the website, “Named by Southern Living and Smithsonian Magazine as one the best small towns in the South, Cleveland, Mississippi is home to an easy and gracious Delta lifestyle with all the shopping, restaurants, and accommodations that go with it. With a beautiful and well-kept downtown full of independent boutiques, jewelry stores, galleries, antique shops, cafes and restaurants, you and your companions can easily spend an entire day in just the downtown area. Along with the downtown, Delta State University adds a university-town vibe to the area, making Cleveland one Mississippi’s best college towns, and one of the best retirement towns in Mississippi.” Cleveland is also home to the Grammy Museum Mississippi, “Birthplace of the Blues” (Dockery Farms), Heritage Railroad Museum and the 50 Nights of Lights celebration with over 1,000,000 lights at the downtown walking trail during the holiday season. To see quick facts of Cleveland, MS census data click here.