Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools
Stratford High
   

1800 Stratford Avenue

Nashville, TN 37216
615.262.6730

School Board District 5 Map Stratford HS Photo

 

Facts About Our School

 

Year School Built              1961

Addition and Renovation    1988

Square Footage                234,258

Number of Students          965

Grades Served                  9-12

School Hours                   7:15 - 2:15

School Colors                  Black and Orange

School Mascot                 Spartan

School Motto:
"Choices Impact your Destiny and Destiny is in your Hands"

 

Principal:

Kim Finch, Ed.D - kim.finch@mnps.org

 

Assistant Principals:

Jimmie Bradford, Gayle Merkerson, Philip Hammonds

 

District 5 School Board Representative:

Gracie Porter - gracie@gracieporter.com

 

District 7 Metro Council Representative:

Erik Cole - erik.cole@nashville.gov, 228-1337

 

What Makes Our School Unique?

 

    Stratford High is committed to providing quality instruction in a safe and nurturing environment. There are numerous programs and practices that make us unique. We would like to share two of these programs. Stratford is the home of the district’s Information Technology Academy (SITA).This academy offers students across the district a rigorous study of technology which can lead to a national certification in CISCO System Networking and Website Design.

    Our AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) program is a college preparatory program that helps students with potential refine and develop skills that will ensure successful college admission and graduation. Through AVID, students have an opportunity for intensive future planning, individual tutoring, college visits, and ACT preparation.

Community Partners

  • Stratford has three parent organizations: Parent Teacher Student Organization (PTSO), Football Boosters, and Band Boosters.
  • Mt. Zion
  • Community Impact
  • Family Affair Ministries
  • Martha O’ Bryan Center
  • YCAP

 
Stratford Cluster Map (2008-2009)


What Does Our School Offer?

  • AP courses in English III, English IV, Human Geography, US History, Government, and Biology
  • AVID (Advanced Via Individual Determination) provides tutoring and mentorship for aspiring college students who have been identified as needing extra assistance.
  • Information Technology Academy
  • Academy preparing students for advanced study or work in Cisco Systems Networking or website design
  • Marching Band
  • Chorus
  • Drama
  • Yearbook
  • Newspaper
  • Athletic participation in cheerleading, football, volleyball, boys’ and girls’ basketball, boys’ and girls’ track, wrestling, cross country, softball, baseball, boys’ and girls’ tennis, boys’ and girls’ golf
  • Beta Club
  • Junior Civitan Club
  • Fellowship of Christian Athletes
  • Business Professionals of America
  • Tennessee Career Association
  • Forensics
  • Spanish Club
  • Drama Club
  • Future Homemakers of America
  • STARS
  • VICA
  • DECA
  • HOSA
  • Book Club
  • Poetry Cafe
  • Guitar Club
  • Website Club

Who Attends Our School?


    Students attending Stratford live east of downtown Nashville. The elementary schools in the Stratford cluster are: Cora Howe, Inglewood, Kirkpatrick Enhanced Option, Lockeland Enhanced Option, Dan Mills, Rosebank, Ross, and Warner Enhanced Option. The middle schools in this cluster are Bailey and Litton.

 

PENCIL Partners

 

PENCIL Foundation, a nonprofit organization, links community resources with Nashville public schools. A PENCIL Partner is a business or other community organization that teams up with a Metro school to volunteer time and donate resources that promote student success.

  • Creative Artists Agency (CAA)
  • Kroger - East Nashville
  • SiteMason
 
 
  Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, color, national origin, or disability in its hiring or employment practices or in admission to, access to, or operation of its programs, services, or activities. 2008