HMS Basketball Warriors finish season on top
The Haywood Middle School boys and girls basketball teams are WTAC Large Division Champions! Wandaryku Young and Dedrick Boyd were named game MVPs.…
Reading Is Fundamental “Book Jams”
By: Peggy Jackson, Family Resource Centers, Director In the middle of this cold winter weather, you are invited to join us on a tropical adventure…
Superman greets students at Anderson
Anderson students are rested and ready after Christmas vacation. When they came back to school Superman was there to greet them and get them excited…
Anderson gets Smart Boards
Research has shown that technology enhances education for 21st century instruction. Anderson Early Child Center supports this. Five kindergarten…
Anderson students learn a dinosaur dance
Kelly Key’s kindergarten class recently completed a unit on dinosaurs. They read many books and studied many facts about dinosaurs, continents, and…
Five HHS students earn membership in 30+ Club
Five Haywood High students recently scored 30 or above on the ACT to qualify them for membership in the school’s elite 30+ Club. Three seniors earned…
Students donate to Carl Perkins Center
Cindy Currie’s third-grade students adopted a child from the Carl Perkins Center and raised $230 to buy Christmas presents for him. Currie sent…
Students send greetings to soldiers at home and overseas
The students at HES have been busy coloring cards and writing letters in Art class to send to soldiers who will be unable to spend this Christmas at…
Eleven HHS Reach students receive diplomas
On Friday, December 14, 11 Haywood High School Reach Academy students earned their diplomas at a commencement ceremony at Sunny Hill. Those earning…
Christopher D. Parker nominated to USAFA
U.S. Representative Stephen Fincher announced military academy nominations for the U.S. Service Academies. Among the 14 students nominated is…
HHS Show Choir entertains with a “Musical Christmas”
The Haywood High School Show Choir has been entertaining crowds with its Christmas program in December. The choir entertained members of the Retired…
Students learn from “The Weight of the Nation”
Students at HHS will be viewing a series of instructional videos entitled, “The Weight of the Nation” as part of their health and wellness…
Congressman Fincher announces local student among USAFA nominations
Haywood High School senior Christopher D. Parker has received a nomination by U. S. Congressman Stephen Fincher to attend the United States Air…
Visitors enjoy the “Sounds of Christmas’ at HES
The sounds of Christmas filled the air on Friday, December 7, at Haywood Elementary as students in all three grades presented their Christmas…
Students become aware of “Distracted Driving’ at HHS
Students in Career and Tech classes at HHS worked together to promote awareness of “Distracted Driving” all week. These students in Skip Moss’s…
Broadcasting students “spotlight” East Side
HHS Broadcasting students visited East Side Intermediate School on December 4 to meet the students, visit the classrooms and ask some of the…
Dancing with the Students Stars
Students in Ms. Buffie Turner’s PE class at HMS have got it going on! Groups of students get together to make up their own dance routines, then…
Students study cells at East Side
Fourth- and fifth-grade students in Ms. Katrina Hill’s class at East Side Intermediate School recently had a chance to take a close look at…
Haywood Schools Central Office honors faculty and staff
The Central Office Staff at the Board of Education collected $757 for the Brownsville Radio Christmas Basket Drive on December 7. Their…
Students learn about economics in the “Real World”
Lisa Carlton and Cindy Smith from First State Bank conduct a “Real World” workshop with students in Miss Timberlake’s economics classes at Haywood…
HMS 1st Semester Exam Schedule
Haywood Middle School 1st Semester Exam Schedule Thursday, December 13 English/Language Arts Social Studies Friday,…
HHS Nursing students earn CPR cards
These nine seniors proudly display their CPR cards they received after successfully completing the CPR for Healthcare Professionals course. Students…
District “Elves” create Haywood Schools Christmas Tree
The creative staff of the District Office of the Haywood County Board of Education placed an entry in the local Festival of Trees. Of course, the…
FCCLA members attend national meeting
Members of Mrs. Jarratt’s, Mrs. Haynes’ and Mrs. Noles’ FCCLA chapters recently attended the National Cluster Meeting, which was held in…
School Coordinated Health addresses needs of students with asthma
Each year Coordinated School Health and the school nurses have fourth-grade students who have asthma attend a four-week class to learn more about…
HES students learn about Thanksgiving
Mrs. Elizabeth Lovelace’s first-grade students learned all about the first Thanksgiving before going home for Thanksgiving break. Students worked…
School Board discusses bids on Tornado Safe Space at Haywood Elementary
The Haywood County Board of Education held a called board meeting at Anderson Early Childhood Center on Tuesday, November 27. There was one…
HMS Beta Club holds annual food drive
Members of the Haywood Middle School Beta Club outdid themselves this year with the annual canned food drive for the Salvation Army. According to…
Students enjoy “healthy Thanksgiving feast”
Anderson students in Mrs. Jennifer White’s kindergarten class held a “healthy Thanksgiving feast” before going home for the holidays. Students…
HHS students learn from job shadowing
Jackson General Hospital offers a job shadowing program for students interested in a career in healthcare. Job shadowing is a firsthand look at the…
Peer Reading fosters an interest in reading
At Anderson Early Childhood Center, Miss Elizabeth Becraft’s kindergarten class and Mrs. Leslie Phillips’s Pre-k 3 class shared in a peer reading…
Students complete School Climate Survey
Students at HHS recently completed an on-line school climate survey for the State of Tennessee Department of Education. Haywood County Schools is…
East Side Triple A students enjoy a field trip
On November 3, East Side Intermediate School Triple A before- and after-school program students took a field trip to Donnell Century Farm in…
2011-2012 HHS Ladies Basketball
Members of the Haywood High School Lady Tomcat Basketball team are Alexis Peeples, Ida Parish, Chelsey Owens, Trinity Jackson, Je’Lisa Bell, Zaneese…
Warrior Band performs at Salvation Army event
The HMS Warriors Marching Band performed for the 2012 Brownsville/Haywood County Salvation Army Kettle Campaign Kickoff at Walmart on Friday,…
School Board meets in November session
The Haywood County Board of Education met in regular session on Tuesday, November 13. Board Chairman Harold Garrett conducted the meeting that…
Four HMS Warriors chosen as All-Conference
The HMS Warrior Football team concluded their season on October 16. The Warriors finished with an 8-2 record and in the Final Four of the large…
HMS students learn about “Right Choices”
Each nine-week period, students at HMS participate in a class that advocates making healthy choices. “Right Choices” is a company in Dyersburg that…
HES Family Resource Center holds “Happy Hour”
The Family Resource Center at Haywood Elementary School recognized students for their use of the Center and hosted a Happy Hour in the morning and…
HES honors students at awards ceremony
HES first awards programs for this school year were held on Friday, November 9. Students were recognized for their academic accomplishments and…
Students “parade” around HES with new words
In October, students in Mrs. Elizabeth Lovelace’s first-grade class participated in a Vocabulary Parade based on the book by Debra Frasier, Miss…
Students cast ballots in “mock” presidential election
On Election Day, adults were not the only ones voting for President. Students at Haywood Elementary School participated in a mock election where…
Backpack Program a great success
Each week Haywood High students help pack over 130 bags of food and load them for delivery to students at Anderson, Haywood Elementary and East Side…
HHS sophomores meet benchmarks on PLAN test
Eighteen Haywood High School sophomores recently scored at or above the 90th percentile and/or met ACT college readiness benchmarks on the PLAN…
HMS students win recipe contest
Pictured at the Healthy Recipe Contest winner presentation are Cindy Smith, School Health Coordinator; HMS student winners David Gonzalez, third…
HHS HOSA students learn at the Memphis Zoo’s Classroom
HHS Health Science teachers Julie Taylor and Kristin Carlton took their HOSA students to the Memphis Zoo on Friday, October 26, for an outstanding…
HMS Beta Club announces officers
The 2012-2013 Haywood Middle School Beta Club officers are: Elliot Garrett, vice-president; Will Chapman, reporter; Victoria Perry, treasurer;…
HHS Tomcat Basketball Team 2011-12
HHS 2011-2012 Varsity Basketball Team Members of the 2011-2012 HHS Varsity Basketball Team are Kendal Middlebrooks, Detarion Boyd, Tarecus Hughes,…
HHS FCCLA members attend Fall Leadership meeting
Haywood High School’s FCCLA members recently attended the FCCLA Fall Leadership meeting, which was held at the University of Tennessee at Martin.…
Family and Consumer Science students learn about parenting
Mrs. Denita Jarratt and Mrs. Sarah Haynes’ Family and Consumer Sciences classes recently conducted the Egg Baby Project. The purpose of this…