Friends of Weakley County Training School

04/01/2026

Travel with me to Martin, Tennessee, where historian and educator Beverly Caldwell Claybrooks shares the rich history of Weakley County Training School, a hi...

04/01/2026

08/19/2023

08/19/2023

We had a great parade this morning! We are having fellowship at the school on the old football field!

08/18/2023

Welcome back Home! This the “96” Homecoming Event!

Saturday, August 19th: parade will begin at 10am. The lineup will start at 9am. We will lineup at Martin City Hall.

Parade route: We will turn left out of the City Hall parking lot onto University Street then make an immediate left turn onto Lindell. We will go down Lindell and make a right turn at the traffic light onto to Jackson Street. We will cross the train tracks and make a left turn on N. McCombs Street. We will end at the old school building.

We will have food and fellowship again on the old football field from 10am until 3pm! We will food and vendors on the field.

We need your support! Come and join the parade, then come and fellowship on the field! When you participate you will help continue to make this event bigger each year.

We are the process of making plans to renovate the old school building and we have a brick campaign currently going on. If you attended Weakley County Training School or Martin Middle School, then we encourage you to purchase a brick for $250. We will have a wall in our new building with bronze plates of donors who purchase a brick.

08/12/2023

Homecoming is one week away! Are you making plans to attend? Parade will start at 10am and will end at the old school building on North McCombs!

We will have vendors again on the old football field from the 10am until 3pm!

07/27/2023

Who is also ready for Homecoming?? We will be back again this year!

The parade route will be the same: line up at City Hall; go down Lindell and turn right on Jackson Street, then left on North McComb! Parade will start at 10:00am: line up by 9:30am!

We will be back at the old school building on the football field! Please bring your lawn chairs and tents (umbrellas, etc.)!

Anyone interested in being a vendor please contact Beverly Claybrooks (731-819-6347) or Tara Tansil-Gentry (731-571-7973)!

11/18/2022

Dear Weakley County Alumni,

We are engaging in a $10 million renovation of the old Weakley Training School / Martin Middle School building. We would appreciate your participation in project of legacy and honor.

In our entrance hallway there will be a wall dedicated to persons that graduated and/or attended both schools. As a fundraiser we are asking for $250 per name plate to be placed on the bricks in the hallway. These will be commemorative bronze plaques with names displayed showing the attendees of both schools.

We hope that you would consider sponsoring bronze plaque for teachers, principals and staff (bus drivers, cafeteria workers, and janitors) who are deceased.

This will be a representation of the spirit of education that has been so richly displayed in this community for many years.

Please send questions or comments to: [email protected]
Or call Beverly Claybrooks: 731-819-6347; or Tara Tansil-Gentry: 731-571-7972.

Please send checks and information to:
Friends of Weakley County Training School (Please make checks payable to: Friends of Weakley County Training School)
P.O. Box 781
Martin, TN 38237

11/18/2022

We are having another school clean out this weekend: 520 N. McCombs Street!

10/26/2022

Putting their vision into action By Admin User | October 26, 2022 | 0 Sharon Star 219 Prince Hall Affiliated Masons gave several hours of community service work assisting the Friends of the Weakley County Training School. Most of their parents graduated from the school and they fully support the mis...

10/22/2022

A BIG THANL YOU to our University Students and Staff and Weakley County Sheriff Department Trustees for helping with the building clean out!