Why Haywood – Cedric Bunch
Cedric Bunch is in his first year as a teacher in HCS, and he's loving every minute of it. Check out our podcast with Cedric as he discuss why he's…
Why Haywood – Beth Ann Smith
Beth Ann Smith spent her entire career in HCS. She talks about why she loves HCS as she nears the end of her career in teaching.
HCS Students Create Public Art
Cities, towns, and communities are made up of a variety of facets that combine to form a culture around a particular area. Buildings, green spaces,…
TSBA SCOPE Conference
While a lot of students were using their spring breaks to relax and catch their breath, several students from the Haywood High School Student Council…
HCS – Assessment and Opportunity
This past September, Governor Bill Lee made the announcement that many believe will impact Haywood County and the surrounding area for years to come.…
Cynthia Cresap – TOY
The topic of teaching has been in the news often over the last few years. In the spring of 2020, COVID-19 disrupted the world of education and…
Teaching as a Profession – HHS
In the Teaching as a Profession class at Haywood High School, Maclin Williamson is teaching his students the skills it requires to be a successful…
Computer Science – HHS
Technology is both a necessary and unavoidable part of life. Endless amounts of information are available in an instant. Need directions to a new…
Cecilia Frost – TOY
The topic of teaching has been in the news often over the last few years. In the spring of 2020, COVID-19 disrupted the world of education and…
Inclusivity and Equity in the Classroom
At the beginning of this school year, Haywood County Schools (HCS) partnered with the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET) to…
HHS AD Team State Results
The Haywood High School Academic Decathlon team participated in the state competition in late February and had an incredibly successful showing. The…
Jaylen Lewis – Razorback
Playing a sport in high school is one of the most rewarding and memorable experiences of a student-athlete’s high school experience. The camaraderie…
The Little Mermaid – HHS
The Haywood High School Theater Department is gearing up for a two-night performance of The Little Mermaid. Exciting musical numbers performed by…
HHS Online Registration
For most people, registering for classes in high school can always be associated with a sheet of paper that listed course offerings by subject.…
Annalynn Smith – HCS Elementary Teacher of the Year
The topic of teaching has been in the news often over the last few years. In the spring of 2020, COVID-19 disrupted the world of education and…
HCS Benchmark Testing Data
When I taught middle school English, I would often talk about the word “narrative” and its meaning. When my students and I would read a story as a…
Academic Decathlon Team State Bound
Next week, the Haywood High School Academic Decathlon (AD) team will compete in the state tournament. Academic Decathlon teams have long been a part…
TSBA Legislative Institute
Members of the Haywood County School board joined some of the HCS leadership team in Nashville on February 14-15 to gain a better understanding of…
HCS Named Best For All District
Haywood County Schools Recognized as Best for All District 68 Tennessee Districts Celebrated Statewide for ESSER Investments that Benefit Students…
HMS Career Field Trip
Options and opportunities are two words that are prevalent in Haywood County Schools. The district’s priority is to prepare students to be able to…
Positive Behavior at HMS
Student behavior in schools has long been a discussed topic among educators, community leaders, and learning advocates. As generational culture has…
ACT at HMS
If you were to search “preparation quotes” on Google, you would be directed to sites with titles like “100 Best Preparation Quotes to Be Ready for…
Brittany Ferrell – WestTeach
The profession of teaching can be an isolating experience. Even though teachers are surrounded by a class full of students, they are honing their…
A “Tail” of Two Rivers
“A dog is a man’s best friend” is a common saying that most everyone has heard at one time or another, but in Haywood County Schools a dog can also…
HCS Showing Steady Growth
In January of 2002, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 was signed into law by President George W. Bush. This sweeping education reform…
School Board Appreciation
Haywood County Schools will join other Tennessee school districts in saluting our local education leaders during Tennessee’s annual School Board…
Foster Grandparents at AECC Help Support Students
Grandparents hold a special place in the lives of children. Going to grandma’s house as a kid usually involves some extra snacks, some extra hugs,…
Welding at HHS: Fusing Possibilities with Reality
Perhaps now more than ever, graduating high school students have more options for post-secondary education than at any point in public education’s…
GEAR UP Provides Post-Secondary Options
It is an exciting time to be a graduating high school student in 2022 in the state of Tennessee. Post-secondary education options abound. Programs…
Education Funding Must Stay Public
Public education in America has a long and sordid history. From its inception in Massachusetts in the 1600’s to the present day culture wars, public…
TN ALL CORPS Tutoring
Of all the areas of society COVID-19 impacted in 2020-2021, education may very well be the most important. Because students had different access…
EDU 20/20 is Partnering with HCS
Being a teacher can feel like a lonely job. Sure, a teacher is never technically isolated in a classroom since they are responsible for 20-25 other…
Reflections -2021
When I was a teacher, the first day of inservice after Winter Break was one of my favorite days of the year. The two weeks away from the classroom…
The Ayers Foundation – Providing Support for Post-Secondary Education
In 2013, Sarah Carr wrote a book titled Hope Against Hope: Three Schools, One City, and the Struggle to Educate America’s Children. In the book,…
New CTE/Secondary Director Appointed for HCS
Madison Lewis has been named Director of Career and Technical Education and Secondary Education for Haywood County Schools. Madison graduated from…
HCS Mini-Grant Winners – Fall 2021
Any teacher would want a little extra cash to spend in their classrooms in order to engage students more effectively in daily learning. Haywood…
Industrial Maintenance – Creating a Path Forward for Students
Traditionally, the world of education has orbited around four core academic subjects - Reading, Math, Science, and History. Other subjects have…
Cindy Moore – STEAM – Haywood Middle School
The STEAM program at Haywood Middle School (HMS) is Haywood County Schools (HCS) students’ last stop before entering high school and possibly…
HCS State Testing Data – 2021
When I was a teenager, I would grab the paper every morning before school and shuffle as fast as I could to the Sports section. My eyes would skim…
King Picked to Lead Project AWARE
Last month, Haywood County Schools (HCS) was one of three counties in the state of Tennessee to be awarded the Project AWARE Grant. AWARE stands for…
TSU gives big to HHS
HAYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AWARDED FULL SCHOLARSHIPS Tennessee State University (TSU) announced that any member of the 2022 graduating class of…
Sunny Hill collects 4,200 cans for Carl Perkins Center
Sunny Hill Intermediate School put the ‘giving’ in Thanksgiving this year when students and staff showed up and showed out for the school’s first…
Michelle Tillman – Beginning With the End in Mind at Haywood Middle School
Ask any teacher, principal, or school district employee and they would most likely tell you that the most challenging grade band to teach would be…
Rachel Winberry – STEAM – East Side
After learning the basic principles of STEAM at Anderson Early Childhood Center and Haywood Elementary, Haywood County students begin to put those…
Ebonie Harrell – STEAM – Sunny Hill
Students at Sunny Hill Intermediate School are building on their STEAM foundations learned at Anderson, Haywood Elementary, and East Side and moving…
HCS AWARDED PROJECT AWARE GRANT
Haywood County Schools (HCS) is one of three school districts in the state that has been awarded funding from the Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness…
Brittany Avent – Shaping the Culture at Haywood High School
There are multiple ways to get to a destination. Different routes can all lead to the same place, but some may take a little longer than others.…
Truancy Intervention Program in HCS Provides Support to Families
The first step of any student’s learning process begins in the classroom. If a student does not attend class, the student will not be able to reach…
STEAM – Hannah Riley – Haywood Elementary School
After the early introduction to STEAM at Anderson Early Childhood Center, students at Haywood Elementary School continue their education in science,…
STEAM – Nicole Henderson – Anderson Early Childhood Center
Foundational structure is imperative if anything of substance is to be built. There has been a seismic shift in education over the last decade with a…