Special Announcements

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Important Announcement
All students entering the seventh grade must have an updated immunization record. Please read this Letter to Parents and have your Immunization Record completed to turn in when school begins in August.

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YMCA's "Walk with Drew & Friends"
The YMCA, Tennessee Coordinated School Health, UT Extension, Haywood County Health Department, and Healthy Haywood Coalition are sponsoring "Walk with Drew & Friends" from April 6 - June 15. Walks are most Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, mornings or evenings, at the L.Z. Hurley Memorial Track, and range in length from 1-4 miles. Everyone is welcome to participate.

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Announcements for GEAR UP:

May 9, 2013 - Haywood High School GEAR UP End of Year Celebration - 2:30 in the library

May 15, 2013 - Haywood Middle School Celebration - 1:30 in the gym

Parents are invited to both events.  

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HCS Summer Express coming soon!

Haywood County Schools will once again hold its Summer Express program from June 3 through 14. The popular summer classes are (STEAM) Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math-based with an emphasis on Common Core Standards enrichment.

The applications for Summer Express are in the offices at Haywood Middle, Haywood Elementary and East Side schools. This program is for current first- through seventh-grade students. The application deadline is Friday, May 17, and there is a limited number of student openings. “We will accept applications at each of the schools on a first-come, first-served basis,” Summer Express Director Don Sims said. 

The classes will be held each morning from 8 to 11:45 a.m. Students can come at 7:45 for breakfast and stay until 12:15 for lunch. Bus transportation will be provided on a limited basis.


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Haywood High School Senior Awards Night
Friday, May 17 at 7:00
in the HHS Gym
Graduation is Saturday, May 18,
at 10:00 at L. Z. Hurley Stadium.

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Haywood Middle School
8th Grade Promotion Ceremony
Haywood Middle School Gymnasium
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 6:00 p.m.
Home » News » Glynn Bridgewater selected as HHS Teacher of the Year

Glynn Bridgewater selected as HHS Teacher of the Year

February 3rd, 2012

Glynn Bridgewater has been selected by her fellow teachers at Haywood High School as Teacher of the Year. Ms. Bridgewater has taught all levels of English in grades 9-12, journalism (newspaper), ACT prep and Introduction to Fine Arts at Haywood High where she has been since 1977.  She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from Bellhaven University and a M.A.T. in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in English from the University of Memphis. She taught in Crawfordsville, Arkansas, for one year before coming to HHS.

She is a former member of Delta Kappa Gamma, a professional organization for teachers, the West Tennessee Council of Teachers of English, the Tennessee Council of Teachers of English, the National Council of Teachers of English and the Association of Supervision and Curriculum. She serves on the HHS Leadership Team and as an Instructional Facilitator at HHS. She was a fellow of the Greater Memphis Writing Project in the 1980s and conducted several in-service sessions on teaching writing. Ms. Bridgewater also served on the Professional Development Committee and has worked with that committee to design professional development activities for the HHS faculty. As the school’s Writing Center Director, she has developed materials and assisted teachers in developing writing activities for their classes. She has also been the supervising teacher for several student teachers.

In 1997 Ms. Bridgewater was selected as Haywood High School’s Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year. She has received commendations for her work with the Tennessee Academic Decathlon and was selected by students as a “Teacher Who Made a Difference” for 2009-2010 and 2010-2011. She is a member of the Wednesday Morning Musicale and the First Presbyterian Church. “My greatest contribution to my community is to do the best job I possibly can to help educate its young people,” Ms. Bridgewater said.

 
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