School Safety at ESE

There are multiple levels of safety within a school - feeling safe emotionally, feeling safe to make a mistake in class and then learn from that…

HCS Update

  HCS Communications Update - September 19-23

School Safety in HCS

The issue of school safety has been in the news cycle frequently.  The tragedy in Uvalde, Texas was the most recent tragedy in what has become a long…

Bows on Buses

If you’re driving around Haywood County, you may notice that the HCS school buses have added a little pizzazz and color to their bright yellow…

Press Release – September 16

Gabe Hart - Chief Communications Officer 731.772.9613 ext 2330 gabe.hart@hcsk12.net  RELEASE DATE: September 16, 2022 SUPERINTENDENT JOEY HASSELL…

Academic Focus – East Side Elementary

There’s a big difference between being great once and being great consistently.  In any profession, being successful once or twice isn’t all that…

Academic Focus in HCS

Public education is one of the most fundamental and paramount institutions in our society.  At its root, the public education system in America seeks…

Diversity Hires in HCS

In 2020, a study of students in North Carolina and Tennessee was performed in order to see if there were positive effects tied to a student-teacher…

Personalized Learning Plans – HCS

At the root of public education is the formulaic desire to offer all students a challenging and rigorous education that prepares them for a…

HCS TVAAS Data

The Tennessee Department of Education released  the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) comparison data that measured each school…

Truancy Intervention in HCS

As full time learning resumed after two years of interrupted learning due to COVID-19, a few trends began to emerge in the world of public…

Data Dive – East Side Elementary

Data Dive - East Side Elementary Throughout the school year, students at each school in Haywood County Schools are assessed three times in order to…