Joseph M. Gallagher is a PreK-8 school that provides students with a rigorous instructional program within a nurturing, multicultural learning environment. The school community fosters a climate of trust and respect and is committed to developing responsible students who achieve academic success and are creative and critical thinkers. Our children at all grade levels come to school eager to learn and experience a rigorous, standards-based, literacy-infused curriculum.
Our Mission
Joseph M. Gallagher will remove all barriers to create a high performing school that promotes diversity and high expectations..
Our Vision
Joseph M. Gallagher will be the highest performing multicultural building in CMSD.
3/4/2025 -- “It is the gold standard for Montessori education and the platinum standard for public Montessori,” said Celeste, who has been the school’s principal for the last eight years.
2/20/2025 -- "I picked her up out of her seat, got under her arms, and started doing the Heimlich," Tricia Page said. "For a moment, there was just silence. That was the scariest part."
CMSD scholars from four high schools gathered to engage in a candid and enlightening conversation about teen sexuality, at the 2024 Teen Health Summit.
The opening of Mound Wellness Center, Glenville Wellness Center and Clara E Westropp Wellness Center is a collaboration between MetroHealth and CMSD to provide school-based healthcare services