We are excited to welcome Coach Furtado to COMMERCE! Coach Kevin Furtado is currently the K-3 PE Director at Greene county Primary school. In 2021 1st season at Walnut Grove H.S in Loganville, GA. He rebuilt the WGHS Girls Basketball into a winning tradition. Finished the season with the First Winning Record in school history at 18-11. He was voted the Walton county Girls Basketball COY. Before that he built Lake Oconee Academy Girls Basketball into one of the premiere girls basketball programs in the GHSA A public school classification. He started the program in 2016 in its first year of existence for the program. They gradually got better as they went from 3 wins in his first year to a 21 win season and to the 2nd round of the state tournament last season. In the 2020-21 season they won their Region Championship and finished the season at 25-1, losing in the Elite 8. He started his coaching career in 1990 at Amelia Academy in Amelia, Virginia as Athletic Director, Head Girls and Boys Basketball coach and head softball coach. He has amassed over 485 career wins and 290 losses in both the GISA and GHSA school system leagues. His teams have been to 4 GISA final fours in girls basketball, 4 Region championships in GISA . He is known for his ability to take struggling programs and build them into competitive winning programs. In 1997, he took over a struggling LaGrange Academy Girls Basketball team who had 4 wins in the previous season, to a final 4 appearance in 1998 at Georgia college in Milledgeville, GA. He is very proud of his current assistant coach Lizzy Holt who played for him in 2016-2019 at LOA is now his current assistant coach. In addition, one of his former players Coach Julie Brooker is the current Girls softball coach at Alexander HS. He feels that the impact he had on shaping the lives of his former players is more important than the wins. "It's how they think about you 20 years down the road is the true sign of your coaching" says Coach Furtado.
Huge shout-out to our amazing Assistant Principal Jordan Raettig! We are so appreciative for the crucial role she plays at CHS!
We are proud to announce the promotion of Assistant Principal Mandy Lund as our next principal at Commerce Primary and Elementary schools beginning in the 2023-2024 school year! Dr. Cara Lindsey has accepted the position as Federal Programs Coordinator/Curriculum and Instructional Coordinator at our Central Office.
Mrs. Mandy Lund began her teaching career at Commerce Primary School in 2004. She taught 1st grade for 14 years. During this time, she was named CPS Teacher of the Year in 2009 and 2017. Since 2018, Mrs. Lund has served as Assistant Principal at CPS.
Mrs. Lund is originally from Calhoun, Georgia. She graduated from the University of Georgia in 2004 with a Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education. She earned a Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology from the University of Georgia in 2007, a Specialist Degree in Teacher Leadership from Piedmont College in 2012, and Tier 2 Leadership certification from Kennesaw State University in 2018. Mrs. Lund is married to Coach Matt Lund who teaches at CMS. They have a son, Harrison, who is a Kindergarten student at CPS. Mrs. Lund comes from a family of educators and looks forward to continuing to serve the students, staff and families of our school community. We are excited about the future of CPS and CES under the leadership of Mrs Lund!
Señora Ward’s Recipe group enjoyed some delicious pancakes this morning!👩🏼🍳
REMINDER: The Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce Future Woman in Business Scholarship is due this Friday!
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Ermay Vazquez set school record in 800 with time of 2:30.27 !
Awesome day for our Lady Tigers Track Team!
Paden Bell out there setting school records today! Long jump 16'11 1/2!!!
Youth Leadership Council explored and learned about the Gas and Electric Department at the meeting this afternoon.
Congratulations to senior soccer player, Kate Hill on scoring her 100th career goal for the Tigers! WAY TO GO KATE!!!
Congratulations to Junior Ivy Tolbert for committing to Cornell University on a Division I soccer scholarship! This Georgia High School Player of the Year has been instrumental in the success of our soccer program! Ivy's official signing is scheduled for November.
Reminder that Commerce City Schools will be closed for the entire week of April 3 - April 7 for Spring Break. Please enjoy this time off with your family and friends! 🐣🌷🔆--
Come out and support our athletes this week in action! Go Tigers!!
NATIONAL CHAMPION !!! Congrats to Hoke Poe-Hogan for winning NHSCA High School Nationals in Virginia Beach! 💪🥇
Jack Fowler & Fischer West both went 2-2 at NHSCA! GO TIGERS!!!
Congrats to Hoke Poe-Hogan for making it to Finals at NHSCA High School Nationals in Virginia Beach! He has battled through a tough 64 man bracket and is making Commerce proud! Hoke competes for National Title Sunday at 10am.
CHS TENNIS is on a road trip today to Frederica Academy on St. Simons Island. Match time is 3pm! GO TIGERS!!!
Congratulations to Jonathan Castro, J.C. Hall, and Kennedy Mullis for being selected to be members of the District 14 Jazz Honor Band! They will perform with this prestigious ensemble on May 6th at 445pm at East Hall High School. We are proud of our Tiger Band members! Go Tigers!
We are currently experiencing an issue with our cafeteria point of sale systems where transactions and balances are not updating properly to Infinite Campus and SchoolPay. Our vendor is working as quickly as possible to release a patch to resolve the issue. We appreciate your understanding.
Come help us celebrate Chloe Diaz tomorrow for her official signing with The University of North Georgia!
Thursday, March 23 at 2:45pm in the CHS Media Center. ⚽️🐾
The CHS Lady Tigers Soccer squad is Region 8A Champions after defeating Elbert County by a score of 10-0. Go Tigers!!! ⚽️🏆
CHS TENNIS - Senior Recognition today at 3:30pm prior to 4pm Match! 🖤🎾🎓
