Joey Hassell

HHS Investigation

By Superintendent Joey Hassell Several weeks ago, our district administration learned of social media posts by a number of Haywood High School…

East Side entertains with letters and songs  

East Side Intermediate School students performed their annual holiday program, “Dear Santa: Letters and Songs to the North Pole.” Some of the…

HHS DECA students bite into the “Big Apple”

Fifteen Haywood High School DECA students attended the annual New York Experience Marketing Conference held in the Big Apple December 6-10. The…

Anderson celebrates the holidays

Kindergarten and preschool students celebrated the season by performing a program of holiday songs for their parents, grandparents and friends. Among…

HHS “Angels” share at Christmas

At the Fourth Annual Senior Angel Tree at Crestview, the Health Science students went to Crestview Healthcare and delivered two gifts to each of the…

REACH Academy graduates 13

On Tuesday, December 12, 13 students graduated from the REACH Academy at a commencement ceremony. Graduates were Jackson Alford, Laterius Bynum,…

FCCLA students give back

FCCLA students at Haywood High School donated money to provide Christmas presents for two children at The Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of…

Retired Teachers enjoy holiday luncheon

Members of the Haywood County Schools Retired Teachers organization gathered at Haywood High School in the C & T Commons for their annual holiday…

Students are “Angels”

Members of the Lean on Me Club were busy shopping Friday for the Anderson Angel Tree Program for the people in the community who donated money. They…

December Board Meeting

Board of Education approves Values, Mission, Vision and priorities When the Haywood County School Board met in regular session on December 14, one of…

HES enjoys “Charlie Brown” presentation

Haywood Elementary students and staff enjoyed a presentation of "Charie Brown" by the Haywood High School Drama class. .

Enrichment class studies business finance

Haywood Middle School has enrichment classes as part of its curriculum. This is one of the eighth-grade classes that is studying business finance,…

HHS Pom Squad cheers on the Tomcats

With the job of cheering on the HHS basketball teams, members of the HHS Pom Squad are Briana Mann, Angelisa Kimball, Shanya Palmer, Acayla Palmer,…

HMS Beta Club elects officers

Selected by members, the Haywood Middle School Junior Beta Club officers are (from left) Vanessa Littlejohn, president; Caoni Turner, vice president;…

HMS Beta Club collects food

The Haywood Middle School Beta Club sponsored its annual canned food drive the week of November 13-17. Our students and faculty collected 469 cans,…

HMS students create “Graffiti”

Seventh and eighth graders learned about contemporary art using graffiti. They studied different types of fonts and designs to use. All students…

HES honors Veterans

On Friday, November 10, Haywood Elementary School students, under the direction of music teacher Patricia Gaietto (pictured right, below), presented…

STEM teachers address board members

Susan Evans and Sharon Clark were invited to address the Haywood County Board members at the November 9 meeting. Both teachers teach STEM classes at…

New park “Smoke Free”

HHS Student Health Council members invited Mayor Rawls to consider proclaiming the new Uniquely Haywood Park on the corner of Anderson and Jefferson…

School officials receive Patriot Awards

Pictured at the presentation of the Patriot Awards to three Haywood County Schools officials were (from left) Ronnie Wilson; Jennifer Braden, CSFL…

“Five Little Turkeys”

Students in the Save the Children Afterschool reading program did some unusual reading this week. Once they guessed what was in the "IZIT" box, they…

Project LIT Book Club

On Thursday, November 16, HMS Project LIT Haywood Community Book Club celebrated its first book club selection Wonder by R.J. Palacio. In the book,…

Anderson students learn the letter “U”

Kindergarten students at Anderson, while studying the letter U, created arrows out of cheese as part of their "healthy snack" lesson that week. Each…

How Spider Saved Halloween

Kindergarten students in Mrs. Shead's class at Anderson recently enjoyed reading the story How Spider Saved Halloween, by Robert Kraus with School…

Pancake for Parents a “sweet” treat

Anderson Early Childhood Center held its "Annual Pancakes for Parents" the week before Thanksgiving. PEP volunteers help Anderson staff members to…

Seymour wins a TSSAA A.F. Bridges Award

HHS Athletic Director Tim Seymour received the TSSAA Athletic Director of the Year in District 8. He received the plaque from Greg Scott, TSSAA Board…

School board supports Trane proposal

At the November School Board meeting, board members approved to recommend the Trane proposal to update aging infrastructure in Haywood County…

School Board members support Trane proposal

At the November School Board meeting, board members approved to recommend the Trane proposal to update aging infrastructure in Haywood County…

Jamirah Shutes to be a Tiger

Stand-out Haywood High School basketball player Jamirah Shutes signed on Wednesday, November 8, to play for the University of Memphis. She had a host…

Gear Up sponsored a cooking class

Haywood County GEAR UP TN sponsored a cooking class for 12 Haywood High School culinary students and culinary arts teacher, Kim Marble, at Salud…

Lean on Me Kindnesses

The HHS Lean on Me Club had a great day recently spreading kindness at all Haywood County Schools. They gave sweet treats to all of the faculty and…

HCS honors students for ACT scores

Friday night, November 3, at halftime during the football game, Haywood County Schools recognized seniors, Class of 2018, who have an ACT composite…

HMS proud of its garden

Haywood Middle School is serious about its garden! The gardeners have six raised bed garden boxes with different kinds of greens, along with fall…

Students receive flu shots

Approximately 75 students so far have taken their flu shot through the flu shot clinics that the Health Department brought to grades 1 - 8 in…

EPSO Week a success at HHS

The Tennessee Department of Education designated October 23-27 as Early Postsecondary Opportunity (EPSO) Week, and as part of our effort at Haywood…

Health students help with health screenings

 Members of the health classes at Haywood High School, Career and Technical Division, are helping conduct health screenings in the other schools.…

Anderson Cubs “ROCK”

It was a very lively site at Anderson Early Childhood Center on October 31 as all the students danced and sang their way through the school’s annual…

Reading at East Side!  

East Side has a wonderful drawing on one of its front hall walls that tells the “story” about the importance of reading. The “Reading Builds a Strong…

ES Pep Rally

East Side Intermediate School held its first 2017-2018 Pep Rally on Thursday, and the lucky winner of the bike is fifth grader Michelle Bradford. Her…

Red Ribbon Week at ES

East Side Intermediate School students received a special treat on Wednesday, October 25, when Corporal Mark Brown visited the school in honor of Red…

HHS Choirs perform at Fall Fest

Haywood High School choirs opened the annual day-long Hatchie Fall Fest Saturday, October 21, in downtown Browsville. Three choirs performed: the…

Students learn from Manufacturing Day

A group of Haywood High School students participated in Manufacturing Day on October 6, with Lasco Fittings, Teknor Apex, Precision Coils, Dynametal…

New hire for HCS

 Superintendent Joey Hassell hires Jeremiah Cavitt as Chief of Operations and Special  Projects.

Scavenger Hunt

You've never seen a scavenger hunt like this!

Scavenger Hunt

You've never seen a scavenger hunt like this!

Tomcat College Fair

HHS students had the opportunity recently to learn about area colleges, universities and trade schools when representatives from these schools…

Buster the School Bus

HES supports Go Jim Go

HHS students tour industry

October School Board meeting

The Haywood County Schools Board of Education met in regular session on Thursday, October 13. Members approved policy updates, approved several…