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SPORTS

DR. SEUSS

WEEK

Volume 7 Number 2 March 2017

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LIVETable of Contents

Page 1-2 •HCS Career and Technical

Page 3-5 • School Board Meetings

Page 6-7 • Anderson

Page 8-9 • Haywood Elementary

Page 10-11 • East Side Intermediate

Page 12-13 • HHS Spring Sports

Page 14-17 • Haywood Middle School

Pages 18-23 • Haywood High School

4 • Operation Success

MEMO FROM

THE SUPERINTENDENT

It has been another very busy and productive year for Hay-wood County Schools and now we find ourselves entering the home stretch of the 2016-17 school year. How did we get to the last nine weeks of school so quickly? Looking back we have had great success with The Leader in Me, Haywood Reads, College and Career Readiness events, and so many other initiatives and opportunities. Our student athletes and coaches had very successful seasons in football and basketball. We have had numerous student groups compete and place locally, state-wide and even nationally. We have so much to be proud of in Haywood County Schools. This issue of LIVE highlights these events, as well as many others on each school campus. Please take a look and if you see these students or teachers, give them a shout out for a job well-done! As we begin to wind down this school year, our thoughts turn to state assessments and end-of-the-year exams. This can be a stressful time for both students and staff members. Stu-dent proficiency on assessments is very important for all of us. It is one indicator of readiness for the next grade or for college entry or for the workforce. It also allows us as a district to ex-amine and analyze our strengths and areas for improvement. So although assessments can sometimes be seen as negative, or over-emphasized, or just plain useless, the truth is that a lot can be gleaned from our assessment results. With this in mind, we encourage you to be a support for your children and for our teachers as we begin our assessment window in April. We hope you will familiarize yourself with the TNReady tests and talk to your children about how to best be prepared. There is an excellent Parent Guide to Being TNReady on the district’s website. If you would like more information on the assess-ments your child will be taking this spring, please see your school administrator or teacher. Thank you for your continued support of Haywood County Schools. We are honored to serve our students and their fam-ilies.

Sincerely, Teresa Russell

Let’s Be TNReady!

The Advanced Manufac-turing Cluster is designed for students interested in becoming a Computer-Con-trolled Machine Tool Op-erator, a CNC Machining Tool Programmer, Indus-trial Welder or a Machinist. Course content focuses on safety practices concern-ing: machining technology; proper measurement and layout techniques; reading and interpreting specifi-cation drawings and blue-prints; production design processes; quality control procedures; machine parts to specifications using both

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By Pam DieboldDirector, Career and

Technical Education

What does Career and Technical Education have to offer?

manual and computer-con-trolled machine tools; and measuring, examining, and testing completed products to check for defects and con-formance to specifications. Programs under this cluster include, Machining Tech-nology, Electromechanical Technology, and Industrial Welding. Upon completion of a POS, proficient students will be prepared to pursue industry certification at a technology college or more advanced coursework at a two-year or four-year post-secondary institution. Stu-dents will be able to attend the TCAT their junior and senior year in Industrial Welding and Machining Technology. The Agriculture, Food,

and Natural Resources Career Cluster prepares learners for careers in the planning, implementation, production, management, processing and/or mar-keting of agricultural com-modities and services. This includes food, fiber, wood products, natural resources, horticulture, and other plant and animal products. It also includes related profession-al, technical and educational services. HHS offers the fol-lowing programs of study under this cluster: Veteri-nary and Animal, Agricul-ture Engineering and Tech-nologies, Environment and Natural Resources Mgt., Agribusiness, and Horticul-ture. Students can become member of the FFA (Future Farmers of America) and be involved in many contests and leadership activities. The Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security cluster helps prepare stu-dents for careers in plan-

ning, managing, and pro-viding legal, public safety, protective services and homeland security, includ-ing professional and tech-nical support services. Re-newed national interest in public safety and security should help expand oppor-tunities for employment in the Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security cluster. Numerous job open-ings will stem from employ-ment growth attributable to the desire for increased corporate, industrial and homeland security. Also, a more security-conscious society and concern about drug-related crimes should contribute to the increasing demand. The Business and Ad-ministration Cluster pre-pares learners for careers in planning, organizing, directing and evaluating business functions essential

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Preparing for the future

to efficient and productive business operations. Career opportunities are available in every sector of the econ-omy and require specific skills in organization, time management, customer ser-vice and communication. The business management and administration services industry is projected to be one of the fastest grow-ing through the year 2020. Nearly half of all jobs are in managerial and profession-al occupations, and nearly one-fourth of all workers are self-employed. The business management and admin-istration services industry is one of the highest-pay-ing industries. In the next few years, many new jobs

will be added and many openings will result from the need to replace experi-enced workers who leave jobs. Programs of Study included are Office Man-agement, Human Resource Management, Hospitality and Tourism Management and Marketing Manage-ment. Students will be able to complete dual enrollment classes with TCAT their ju-nior and senior year. Health Science is one of the largest industries in the country, with more than 11 million jobs, including the self-employed. The health science industry includes establishments ranging from small-town private practice physicians who employ only one medical assistant to busy inner city hospitals that provide thou-

sands of diverse jobs. More than half of all non-hospi-tal health service establish-ments employ fewer than five workers. On the other hand, almost two-thirds of hospital employees were in establishments with more than 1,000 workers. Health Science offers students sev-eral options at HHS. There are two programs of study, Exercise Physiology and Nursing Services. Each of these programs includes dual enrollment classes and opportunities to receive certification as a CNA or a Physical Trainer. Culinary Art Program of Study equips students with the skills to pursue careers in the culinary field as a per-sonal chef, caterer, executive chef, and food and beverage manager. Courses cover top-ics that range from kitchen safety and sanitation, histo-ry of the foodservices indus-try, careers, nutrition, recipe basics, proper kitchen tools and equipment, and kitchen staples to food presentation, advanced cooking princi-ples, bakeshop preparation skills, professionalism, and business opportunities. Upon completion of this

program of study, students will have applied a full range of knowledge and skills in culinary arts and built a professional portfo-lio in preparation for future training at the postsecond-ary level. Certification in Serve Safe will be offered. Students work events in the community during the evenings and even on Satur-days The Human Services Cluster prepares individ-uals for employment in ca-reer pathways related to families and human needs. Based on the latest statistics, more than 7.2 million peo-ple are employed in human services occupations. Faster than average employment growth, coupled with high turnover, should create nu-merous employment op-portunities. HHS offers one program of study in Human Services. The program is Social Health Services. Life Span Development and Family Studies are the key courses in this program. Students will be offered cer-tification in Child Care Ser-vices at the completion of this program of study.

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School Board honors Teachers of the Year Haywood County School Board members honored the 2016-17 Teachers of the Year at their meeting on Febru-ary 14. They also met Brit-tain Adams, a new member of the HHS 30+ Club, ap-proved several requests and approved budget amend-ments. To open the meeting, be-fore approving the agenda at the meeting, School Board Chairman Harold Garrett told board members that discussion about one of the items on the agenda, the TRANE Energy Savings Re-port, had been postponed to give board members more time to study it. Superinten-dent Russell said that a work session to study the report has been set for Tuesday, February 28, at 6 p.m. The Haywood County Schools Teachers of the Year were announced: Ander-son – Denise Hooser, Hay-wood Elementary – Megan

Mysinger; East Side Interme-diate School - Cecilia Frost, Haywood Middle School – Shaquana Leonard, Hay-wood High School – Jarrod Kornegay, HHS Career and Technical – Sarah Haynes, and Sunny Hill REACH Academy – Julian Stanz. Each received congratula-tions and plaques from Su-perintendent Teresa Russell. Named as the District Teach-ers were: Pre-K-4th Grade – Denise Hooser, 5th – 8th Grades – Shaquana Leonard,

and 9th-12th Grades – Jarrod Kornegay. Board members approved on second reading Policy 4.700 – the Testing Policy that specifies the percent-age the state test scores will count on students’ final grades. They also approved out-of-state travel for Coach Dave Rogers to take the HHS girls and boys track teams to two track meets, the Winona Invitational in Winona, Mis-sissippi, on March 18 and the Racer Invitational at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky, on April 1. Peggy Jackson, the Fami-ly Resource Center Coordi-nator, asked the board for approval of the Statement of Agreement between Ander-son Early Childhood Center and Family Resource Center and United Way of Tennes-see. One-hundred percent of grant money received from this funding will be used to purchase new books for the Reading is Fundamen-tal “Book Jam” program for Anderson, Haywood

Elementary, and East Side. Board members approved the request. CFO Larry Livingston shared with board mem-bers the quarterly report of the Catherine Truss Col-houn Trust. The balance as of December 31, 2016, was $196,397.93. This Trust pro-vides scholarships for quali-fying Haywood High School seniors each year. In her Celebration of Haywood County Schools, Superintendent Russell re-ported that the HHS Lady Tomcats are ranked first in the district, and the boys are second in the district. She also gave a report on the Leader In Me confer-ence that she attended with school principals, and the GEAR UP conference she at-tended with program coor-dinator Jackie Whitten and Director of Federal Funds Gina Rawson, saying that both were very informative and will be beneficial for im-plementing and continuing the programs.

Superintendent Teresa Russell congratulated Brittain Adams, a junior and the son Steven and Violette Adams, for scoring a 31 on the ACT test recently, earning membership into the prestigious HHS 30+ Club.


March School Board meeting packed with news

The March 14 Haywood County School Board meet-ing marked the last time the board meeting will be held on a Tuesday. Begin-ning on April 13, the school board will meet on the sec-ond Thursday night of each month. The board approval came after receiving a re-quest for the change so that board members and other community members could attend City of Brownsville Board meetings, also held on the second Tuesday night of each month. This approval was just one of many that filled the ac-tion-packed meeting. To open the meeting, Su-perintendent Teresa Rus-sell celebrated Haywood County Schools. She report-ed that Anderson and HES celebrated Dr. Seuss Week recently with an emphasis on reading. She also said

that Cub Talk Tuesdays at Anderson was a big success this week with more than 50 parents attending. HES and East Side students are “dressing for success” once a week to give them a sense of pride in themselves and their schools. She also said that several East Side stu-dents made a presentation about their Leader In Me program. Mrs. Russell said that the eighth graders regis-tered for ninth grade, and that East Side and Hay-wood Middle School were holding Saturday Booster Camps, to give students who want to participate ex-tra help in academics. HHS DECA students will be going to state competition this week, and Mrs. Russell gave kudos to members of the HHS Lean on Me Club and the Youth Leadership

group for helping with the new community park on Jefferson Street. She also reported that the REACH Academy at Sunny Hill has started its Operation Success program and are taking students to visit school campuses and hav-ing speakers to help them decide what they want to do after graduation. Six-teen students were present at the board meeting to talk about the Education Equal Opportunity Project Save-A-Student Leadership & Development Conference that they attended in late February. Also school board mem-bers unanimously agreed to sign a Publicly Funded Vouchers Resolution that “opposes any expansion of the special education voucher program as well as any new legislation that

would divert money in-tended for public education to private schools.” This resolution came from the Tennessee School Board As-sociation as a sample to be used by local school boards to let the state legislature know their stand on school vouchers. Haywood Coun-ty School Board members also agreed to ask the Hay-wood County Commission to sign another copy of the resolution in support of the school board’s opposition. School board members also agreed to close school on Thursday, March 16, so that students, faculty and staff and families may at-tend the state basketball tournament in Murfrees-boro when the Haywood High School Tomcats will play Brainerd from Chatta-nooga at 10 a.m. If the Tom-cats win, schools will also be closed on Friday, March 17. In other business, Super-intendent Teresa Russell recommended tenure for 11 Haywood County Schools teachers, and board mem-bers approved this mea-sure. The HHS AFJROTC was approved for out-of-state travel to conduct a Curriculum in Action trip to St. Louis, Missouri, April 28-30. The request for this trip came from Lt. Col. Myron Stamps, AFJROTC

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The first order of business was the Board of Distinction Award presented to the Haywood County School Board by Bobby Henderson, TSBA Southwest District Director and Chairman of the Hardeman County Board of Edu-cation. He commended the board for their performance and said that this award is given to boards based on their planning, policy, procedure and board level. “They have achieved the highest level,” Mr. Henderson said. The Haywood County School Board first received this three-year distinction in 2000.


Instructor. Also, GEAR UP Site Coordinator Jackie Whitten requested to take eight students to Austin Peay State University for a Youth Summit June 13-16. Board members approved this trip. Superintendent Russell received approval to sign a Letter of Commitment to allow TRANE to conduct an Investment Grade Au-dit, which is an energy sav-ings report for the school system. The next step is to send this to the Haywood County Commissioners for their approval. Board members ap-proved Policy #6.411 about Student Wellness that was recommended by the Ten-nessee School Boards Asso-ciation. The new wording in this policy better aligns it with state requirements and has a new section that addresses record keeping. The next approval was for the 2017-18 Haywood County Schools calendar. Teachers will attend facul-ty/staff in-service July 31 through August 5. Students begin school one-half day on August 7. Fall break is October 16-20, and the Thanksgiving Break is No-vember 22-24. Winter break begins with one-half day on December 20 and goes through January 3. Teach-ers will attend Professional Development and Admin-istrative Days on January 4 and 5, and students re-turn to school on January 8. Spring break is March

Lots to discuss12-16, and the last day of school is May 25. Summer school was also approved for May 30 through June 23. CFO Larry Livingston re-ported that he would have the school’s preliminary budget ready at the next board meeting. He said this is in response to the Coun-ty Commission’s request for all county budgets to

be turned in by May 1. He said this would have to be amended later because there are state and federal funds that they don’t know about until later in the summer. Board members approved budget amend-ments, and agreed to set Tuesday, April 18, as the date for their school board retreat in Jackson.

In response to Superin-tendent Russell’s request, Mrs. Yvette Blue, Associ-ate Superintendent, Chief Academic Officer, gave an extensive report on the Department of Curriculum and Accountability. The next school board meeting will be held on Thursday, April 13.

PUBLICLY FUNDED VOUCHERS SAMPLE RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the _____ Board of Education is responsible for providing a local system of public education; and WHEREAS, the Tennessee General Assembly in the 2017 legislative session will entertain legislation that would create a voucher program allowing students to use public education funds to pay for private school tuition; and WHEREAS, more than 50 years have passed since private school vouchers were first proposed, and during that time proponents have spent millions of dollars attempting to convince the public and lawmakers of the concept's efficacy, and yet, five decades later, vouchers still remain controversial, unproven, and unpopular; and WHEREAS, the Constitution of the State of Tennessee requires that the Tennessee Gen-eral Assembly "provide for the maintenance, support and eligibility standards of a system of free public schools", with no mention of the maintenance or support of private schools; and WHEREAS, the State of Tennessee, through work of the Tennessee General Assembly, the Tennessee Department of Education, the State Board of Education and local school boards, has established nationally recognized standards and measures for accountability in public education; and WHEREAS, vouchers eliminate public accountability by channeling tax dollars into private schools that do not face state-approved academic standards, do not make budgets public, do not adhere to open meetings and records laws, do not publicly report on student achievement, and do not face the public accountability requirements contained in major federal laws, including special education; and WHEREAS, vouchers have not been effective at improving student achievement or closing the achievement gap, with the most credible research finding little or no difference in voucher and public school students' performance; and WHEREAS, vouchers leave many students behind, including those with the greatest needs, because vouchers channel tax dollars into private schools that are not required to accept all students, nor offer the special services they may need; and WHEREAS, vouchers give choices to private schools, not students and parents, since private schools decide if they want to accept vouchers, how many and which students they want to admit, and the potentially arbitrary reasons for which they might later dismiss a student; and WHEREAS, many proponents argue these programs will increase options, when in fact several options currently exist within public school systems; and WHEREAS, voucher programs divert critical dollars and commitment from public schools to pay private school tuition for a few students, including many who already attend private schools; and WHEREAS, vouchers are an inefficient use of tax payer money because they compel taxpayers to support two school systems: one public and one private, the latter of which is not accountable to all the taxpayers supporting it; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the _____ Board of Education opposes any expansion of the special education voucher program as well as any new legislation that would divert money intended for public education to private schools.


Anderson Cubs created and celebrated 100 ways for 100 Days!

Anderson receives UTrust grant Anderson Early Childhood Center was the recipient of a generous grant from UTrust.org that allowed the school to provide a hardback Dr. Seuss book for each student to re-ceive on our Literacy Night on March 2 from 5-7 p.m. Lit-eracy Night will help us to en-courage parent involvement in their student's activities. In addition to the books, we were also able to purchase a "Cat in the Hat" stovepipe hat and a Dr. Seuss bag for each student. Our Literacy Night will have a special red carpet walk complete with "paparaz-zi" to enter into the building. We will have many games and activities for students as well as parents to participate in throughout the night.


Denise HooserMrs. Denise Hooser, a native of Haywood County, has taught kindergarteners at An-derson Early Childhood Center for 24 years. She holds a Bache-lor’s degree in Early Elementary Education from Lambuth Univer-sity and a Master’s from Cumberland University. Miss Denise is motivat-ed through her interac-tion with her students, watching their young minds grow and cele-brating their triumphs. According to Principal Charles Byrum, her dedication to her stu-dents is admirable.

Hey there! Hi there! Wowza! Wooza!You missed a fun time,If you missed Seussapalooza!Anderson answered the creative callAnd a wondermous time was enjoyed by all!The Cat in the Hat, Thing One and Thing Two came with big smiles to Anderson school.Word games, fun games caused quite a jam!And we must not forget the green eggs and ham!


Haywood Elementary students love books!Recently students and teachers at Haywood Elementary celebrated reading by dressing as their favorite book characters.

First-grade students

HES students honor history in song Third-grade students at Haywood Elementary School pulled out all the stops to present a monumental Black History Month and Presidents’ Day Music Program on Thursday, February 16. Students took the stage in groups and sang a choreographed medley of songs honoring the occasion. Also joining the third graders were some second graders who are members of the school’s new Show Choir that was formed this year in an after-school program.Some of the songs they sang were “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen,” Summertime,” “It Don’t Mean a Thing,” “All of Me,” “America,” “We Shall Overcome,” “Proud Mary,” “Just My Imagination,” “How Sweet It Is,” “I Believe I Can Fly,” “RESPECT,” Michael Jackson medley, “I’ll Be There,” and “God Bless the Child.” The finale, which the entire group sang, was an astounding rendition of the “Man in the Mirror” by Michael Jackson. Directing the choral presentation was HES music teacher Patricia Gaiet-to. Stage designers were Roy Hawkins and Holly Siler.

Second-grade students

Third-grade students

Second-grade teachers

First-grade teachers

Auxiliary teachers Auxiliary teachers


Megan MysingerMs. Megan Mysinger has taught Special Edu-cation at Haywood Ele-mentary School in Hay-wood County Schools for four years. During her tenure with Hay-wood County Schools, she has taught inclu-sion and self-contained second and third grade. She holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Psycholo-gy as well as a Masters of Arts in Education from Union Universi-ty. Watching her sec-ond and third graders progress, whether big or small, is the driving force behind her mo-tivation. According to Principal Roberts, it is very evident that Miss Megan’s students love her just as much as she loves them.

Haywood Elementary celebrates Dr. Seuss’s Birthday In early March, the HES staff and students celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday by decorating the classrooms and making the hallways come alive! The first graders wel-comed us to Firstie-ville, the second graders invited us to Seussville, and third graders told us all about The Places We Go! It felt as if we were inside the pages of a Dr. Seuss book! Students also had an opportunity to vote for their favorite Dr. Seuss book, and the winner was The Lorax. What a wonderful way to celebrate READING!

Students learn about polar bears

The January program was about polar bears in Ms. Karetha Miller’s Save the Children after-school program. Miss Cindy came and read a story about Larry the polar bear, then the children read a page about the story, too. They are really good readers! After the reading time, they had fun making healthy snack with rice cakes, ricotta cheese, bananas, raisins, and an Oreo for the polar bear’s nose! They learned that they really don’t like ricotta cheese and they already knew they LOVED the Oreos!


Students learn about decimals

East Side fourth-grade students in Mrs. Kellie Haywood and Mrs. Danielle Crider’s classes have been discussing real life situations in which they would compare decimals. One of those situations is to compare the times of runners in a race. Students raced against each other then completed a sheet in which they compared their times to see who was the fastest runner.

East Side holds Awards Rally!

East Side Intermediate School recently held its second 9 Weeks awards rally where students were recognized for their accomplishments in the classroom and good behavior. Winning the bicycle this time was Miss L. Worles in Miss Tiffani’s classroom. Congratulations!

ES Literacy Night

East Side Intermediate School hosted a Family Literacy Night on February 9 with the theme, “Falling In Love With Reading.” Students, along with their parents, were engaged in several different reading activities to help foster their love of reading! There were student prizes awarded the next day, with a grand prize of a $25 Books A Million gift card!

COOKIES FOR COURAGEEast Side’s Student Council members labeled Famous Amos chocolate chip cook-ies “Cookies for Courage” for our local firemen, EMS, and police officers! They say, “We appreciate them for keeping us and our families safe!!” Landon, the Student Council president, ran the meeting like a pro-fessional - he knows Rob-ert’s Rules of Order already!

East Side students perform

in Black History program

Sheronda Rogers-Green and Daughters of Destiny were guests at East Side Elementary and presented a Black History program on February 23. Sheron-da did a monologue titled “Phenomenal Woman,” and Daughters of Destiny performed a praise dance. Yeily Martinez gave a reading, “Why We Celebrate Black History.” Several students from a fifth-grade class performed a skit of famous African American inventors in a beauty shop setting. The student body sang three songs, “I Have A Dream,” “Jacob’s Ladder,” and “Over Yonder,” led by East Side music teacher Mrs. Lynn Holt. Ms. Daphne Maclin sponsored the event.


CECILIA FROSTMrs. Cecilia Frost has taught for nine years in total, with four years at East Side In-termediate School as a fourth- or fifth-grade English Language Arts and Literacy teacher. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in English and Music from Hendrix College and a Master’s in Education from University of Phoenix. Principal Humphreys describes Mrs. Frost as a contagious, positive influence wherever she goes.

East Side graduates 210 D.A.R.E. students It was a outstanding graduation ceremony with a gym full of guests for 210 fifth graders at East Side In-termediate School as they completed the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program and received their certificates. The instructor for the pro-gram is Officer Donelda Arview of the Brownsville Police Department, who sponsors this program at East Side. The national website for the program says, “D.A.R.E. envisions a world in which students everywhere are

empowered to respect others and choose to lead lives free from violence, substance abuse, and oth-er dangerous behaviors.” Among other words of wis-dom, Officer Arview spoke to the children about hav-ing respect and making the right decisions. Children attended the 10-week pro-gram during one of their auxiliary slots each week. There was an essay con-test and the three win-ners were recognized: first place, Shivam Patel; second place, Cam Barr; and third place, Jocelyn Martinez.

Also participating in the program were Superinten-dent of Haywood Coun-ty Schools Teresa Russell, former teacher and prin-cipal in Haywood Coun-ty Schools Dorothy Bond, East Side Principal Sandra Humphreys and Assistant Principal Mandy Bell, As-sistant Police Chief Kelvin Evans, Brownsville May-or Bill Rawls, and several graduates, including Ama-ya Ferrer, Taylor Binion, Cam Barr, Trenton Evans, Wyatt Faught, and Alexa Leon.

Farmer Grady’s

(STEM) Challenge

Living in Haywood County, the Heart of the Tennessee Delta, agriculture is of great importance. Farmer Grady’s Challenge allowed fourth-grade enrich-ment students to act as engineering teams that designed equipment for farms. This included such concepts as designing the roof structures and test-ing netting strength, which is occasionally used to assist in protecting crops. These engineers were divided into their five teams (colleges): Lane College, UT Knoxville, Mississippi State, University of Memphis, and Duke. These en-gineers were to collaborate and design equipment that would help Farmer Grady protect her crops from hail that forms during strong thunderstorms. These talented engineers were engaged in various hands-on concepts using the Engineering Design Process and standards/practices that correlated to Math, Science, and ELA. Students walked away with knowledge and understanding of learning the importance of an engineer’s role and the understanding of how the small things can sometimes dramatically affect the bigger picture. “We offer spe-cial thanks to the UT Martin Summer STEM workshop for all of the materials for this adventure,” said “chief engineer” and teacher Chelsea Currie.


HHS Spring Sports

Will Chapman (10), Brennan Holloway (11), Kahlon Houston (4), LaQuavis Jones (52), Dakota Phillips (18), Andrew Scott (5), Jacob Smith (19), Trey Turner (2), Tate Walters (22), Brandon Evans (20), Tillman McRae (99), Brent Moore (00), Kylan Shaw (27), Will Voss (9), Landon Wilson (55), Sam Banks (39), Devin Epperson (21), Zach Esquivias (23), Bryce Faulkner (28), JaDarius Hines (14), Calen Johnson (6), J. T. Lea (25), Bond Lonon (34), DeCourtney Reed (31), Braxton Turner (12), Keyshawn Shephard (15), William Young (7), Brent Haywood (16), Ben Naylor (13), Charles Phillips (3), Andrew Reed (42), Andre Robertson (31), Hunter Simpson (8), Andrew Stanley (1), Hutch Voss (32), Danny Trotter, manager. Head Coach is Tyler Newman, Assistant Coaches are Scott Guymon, and Oscar Esquivias.

2017 Baseball Team

Members of the 2017 Haywood High School Lady Cats Softball team are Brianna Jones, Felescia Sanders, Claudia Price, Morgan Hendrix, Jakayla Hall-iburton, Haven Williams, Karsen Neal, Julia Schade, Ashley Neal, Iyana Taylor, Lillie Pittman, Colbie Killen, Jordan Cone, Leigha Bailey, Lauren Qualls, Kirsten Watson, Skye Green, Kiley McChesney, Gemiah Bell, Leslie Fox, and Head Coach Holly Chilcutt. Not pictured are Manager Madison Milton and Assistant Coach Rick Mason.

2017 Softball Team


Members of the Haywood High School Boys Track Team are (from left, front row) Malik Woods, Allen Weathers, Larry Brooks, Marco Clemons, DeCourtney Reed, Trevor Cunningham, Bryce Currie, and Keyon Taylor; (second row) Jerrall Parsons, Quandarius Henley, Anthony Mitchell, Rashun Tyus, Kadarius Woodfolk, Deyon-drius Hines, Darrion Bell, Isiah Hess, and Brandon Taylor; (third row) Ashdon McGoughy, Jyles Beard, and Tristan Taylor. Not pictured is Jordan Lenard. Dave Rogers is the coach.

Members of the Haywood High School Girls Track Team are (front row) Ahmadia Hines, Alaysia Applewhite, Alexis Bean, Kemyia Evans, Jordan Lewis, Shakira Brown, and Joclyn Brooks; (back row) Brierra Starks, Makayla Flagg, Bieliegh Waldrop, Ra-shadda Dancy, Alexis Hines, Kayla Douglas, and Asia McGoughy. Not pictured are Kedra Benton, Laquita Calloway, Tyiahya Benton, and Wandarka Young.

2017 Track Teams

Members of the 2017 Haywood High School Boys Soccer Team are Cesar Sanchez, Luis Pedron, En-rique Ponce, Jacob Sanchez, Alexis Policarpo, Trenton Jolly, Abimael Vazquez, Jose Morales, Coach Tim Grapes, Cheyenne Commage, Joel Banks, Tiriyon Wilks, Jorge Zanabriga, Trevor Fergusion, Xavi Rosales, Isaac Melo, and Head Coach Luis Rosales.

2017 Soccer TEAM

Members of the 2017 Haywood High School Tennis teams are (from left) Coach Chris Brackeen Trevor Dancy, Brent Howell, Bendy Yuan-Zhao, Everette Pettigrew, Elliot Garrett, Alex Sceals, Lena Smith, Elizabeth Campbell, and Sadie Sharpe. Not pictured is Gabby Morphis.

2017 TENNIS TEAM


HMS Spring Sports2017 Baseball Team

Members of the Haywood Middle School 2017 Baseball team are (front, from left) Reid Russell, Austin Parnell, Jeb Banks, David Hendrix, Jaylin Williamson, and Jack English; (middle row) Zack Pittman, Marcellous Boyd, Christopher Swalm, Mason Phillips, Alvion Pugh, and Jayden Jackson; and (back row) Coach Sam Pyron, Ja’Marcus Reed, Reed Chapman, Marquis Mays, Tylan Taylor, Emmanuel Garrison, and Head Coach Leamond Arthur.

2017 Softball Team

Members of the Haywood Middle School Softball team are (front row, from left) Ja’Kyra Tate, Leighanna Baker, Faith Russell, DyRiah Pickens, Makya Moss, AnaSyria Carson, and Anna Evans; (second row) Kabreya Benton, Briana Zuniga, Kennisha Jones, Camoni Turner, Marianna Fuller, Kelly Murphy, and Lakyia Boyd; and (third row) Coach Patrice Boyd, Hayley Roten, Riley Hooser, Briannica Taylor, Mecasia Taylor, Aaliyah Cunningham, Destaynee Hammond, and Desteuna Hines. Not pictured is Assistant Coach Jarell Bond.


Members of the Haywood Middle School Boys Track and Field team are Carl Robinson, Carl Rutkowski, Kylan Newbern, Atlex Evans, Darrin Silas, Jamarion Woods, Tavaress Somerville, Quinton Warren, Shcorius Sweet, Shamarion Jones, Hollis Lanier, Matthew Chester, Chris Douglass, D. J. Dennis, Kyeth Powell, Carson Elery, and Atlantis Cooper. Head Coach is Xavier Clay, and Assistant Coach is Vernon Mann.

Members of the Haywood Middle School Girls Track and Field team are Briana Walker, Shamaria Houston, Alexandria Gilmer, Victoria Reed, Sha-nya Palmer, Makayla Ward, Anahi Cruz, Anisha McGoughy, Amaria Hines, Kieara Carney, Kabria Oldham, Madison Dancy, Imani Hopkins, Tykia Currie, Briana Folkes, Shantia Branch, Nayana Whitelaw, and Bra’kiah Hudson. Head Coach is Xavier Clay, and Assistant Coach is Vernon Mann.

2017 Track and Field Teams

Members of the Haywood Middle School Boys Tennis team are (from left) Dyelin Grandberry, Bryse Carlton, Luke Ritchie, Emmanuel Garrison, Miller Lea, Walt Lonon, Reed Chapman, Paxton Nabours, Garrison Parker, Tanner Gatlin, Sam Haynes, and Jeb Banks. Not pictured is Jeremy Olstrom.

Members of the Girls Tennis Team are (from left) Makayla Newman, Elizabeth Carpenter, Molly Nichols, Madison Moore, Ann Wesley Banks, Chaoyue Yuan, Shelby Littlejohn, Olivia Milton, Carleigh Cannon, Abbey Berry, Brenna Carlton, Coach Jane Jameson, and Rania Cole.

2017 Tennis Teams

2017 Soccer Team

ABOVE: HMS soccer captains. LEFT: Members of the Haywood Middle School 2017 Boys Soccer team are Kaylen Catalan, William Ferguson, Christian Law-erence, Abiel Arellanes, Bret Blackwell, Anthony Brewer, Jafet Caletre, Jack English, Jacob Inman, Alan Morales, Osvaldo Rodriguez, Reid Russell, Sid Vandiver, Parker Crutchfield, Jacob Eubanks, Angel Medina, Omarion Odneal, Abdias Zanabriga, and Tramayne Person. Captains are Gabriel Carranza and Uziel Policarpo. Coach is Humberto Aguilar.


HMS Beta Club inducts new membersOn Tuesday, January 31, Haywood Middle School held its Junior Beta Club in-duction, welcoming 25 new members. This brings the school’s Beta Club member-ship to a total of 85 mem-bers. Participating in the cer-emony were the Beta Club officers, Elizabeth Kirby, Mikya Montgomery, Jas-mine Wellington, Chaoyue Yuan, and Reed Chapman; Garrison Parker; Dyriah Pickens; Ann Wesley Banks; James Banks; Principal Morris Long; and Assistant Principal Tanesha Walker. Guest speaker was Elliot Garrett, president of the HHS Beta Club and a for-mer member of the HMS Beta Club. Sponsors for the club are HMS Instructional Facilitators Jane Jameson and Mary Jane Williams. New members are Ava

Adams, Alexandra Baird, Leighanna Baker, James Banks, Tabitha Cook, Hailey Cunningham, Chelsea Dan-cy, Madison Dancy, Brionna Folks, MacKenzie Hawkins, Amariah Hines, Karleigh Howard, Tamya Hurt, Jas-mine Jones, Makayla New-man, Molly Nichols, Omar-ion Odneal, Jeremy Ostrom, Travica Pugh, Christo-pher Ritchie, Christopher

Swalm-Rodriquez, Tybric Shaw, Reed Sullivan, Brian-na Tatum, and Mecasia Tay-lor. Seventh-grade members are Laura Aguilar, Jaleohn Clark, Rachel Cunningham, Kelsea Delk, Camron Doug-las, Jack English, Johnathan Forrest, Tasia Jones, Marcus Kinnon, Kaleal Lawrence, Claudia Leek, Sinai Leon, Vanessa Littlejohn, Myilana

Martinez, Gerardo Ramirez, Alexia Reagan, Osvaldo Ro-driguez, Faith Russell, Joni-ya Starks, George Stokely, Jakylon Taylor, Mattilyn Taylor, Wesley Taylor, Ca-moni Turner, Ja’Riona Turn-er, Raven Watson, Sarah Willis, Monterrion Woods and Sebastian Woods. Eighth-grade members are Ruth Aguilar, Ann Wesley Banks, Carleigh Cannon, Elizabeth Carpen-ter, Anasyria Carson, Reed Chapman, Emma Clagg, Anna Evans, Angeline Fer-rer, Elizabeth Kirby, Shel-by Littlejohn, Walt Lonon, Andrew McBride, Made-line McCage, Molly Mc-Cage, Angel Medina, Mik-ya Montgomery, Garrison Parker, Virginia Perez-San-tos, Dyriah Pickens, Uziel Policarpo, Kyeth Powell, Thomas Pugh, Carl Rut-kowski, Velma Santos, Julia Snowden, Melanie Tyus, Jasmine Wellington, Nyana Whitelaw, Rianna Woods, and Chaoyue Yuan.HMS Beta Club 7th-8th Grade

HMS Beta Club new members


Shaquana LeonardMs. Shaquana Leonard, a native of Haywood County, has five years’ teaching experience with Haywood Middle School in sixth-grade math. She holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Education from the University of Tennessee at Martin, and a Master’s of Education in Curriculum, Assess-ment and Instruction from Trevecca Nazarene University. Touching the lives of young people and making a difference in their future is where Ms. Leonard finds her greatest pro-fessional success. She also volun-teers her time as a math tutor.

HMS students attend the Civil Rights Museum in MemphisMr. Dwight Jones, Passport to Manhood Advisor, and Ms. Della Ligon of 1st South Bank paid for the students to attend the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee.

2017 Spelling Bee

Fifteen students from Haywood Middle School qualified to compete in the Haywood County Schools Spelling Bee at the Central Office on Feb-ruary 2. Qualifying for the event were: 6th Grade – Jaiden Bishop, Kylan Brown, Ledarrion Gause Holloway, Marliss Gray, and Ruben Sandoval; 7th Grade – Stevaunia Freeman, Desteuna Hines, Tybric Shaw, Raven Watson, and Sarah Wills; and 8th Grade – Trey Cunningham, Elizabeth Kirby, Andrew McBride, Uziel Policarpo, and Nyana Whitelaw.From the Haywood County Schools Central office, Marjorie Vaux, Exec-utive Director of Assessment and Professional Learning, conducted the event with the assistance of Art Garrett – Chief Operations Officer, Gina Rawson - Executive Director of Federal Programs, and Jean Wills - Sec-ondary Supervisor. Winning first place in the event was Elizabeth Kirby, and second place, Trey Cunningham.


HHS Academic Decathlon Haywood High School had three teams who par-ticipated in regional and state online competition as well as in a scrimmage that included teams from Ten-nessee, Connecticut, and Colorado. In the recent state-level competition, the HHS Purple Team placed second overall and qual-ified to participate in the national online competition in April. The Tomcat Team placed third overall as well as third in the Super Quiz, and the White Team placed fourth overall and tied with Seymour High School for second place in the Super Quiz. Individual medalists and plaque winners are as follows: PURPLE TEAMElliot Garrett - Copper Medals in Music, Econom-ics, Literature, and Art, Gold Medal in Math, 4th Highest Individual Score – Honors DivisionMary-Wyatt Pettigrew - Bronze Medal in MathAllison Pilant - Copper Medals in Science and Lit-erature, Bronze Medals in Art and Economics, Silver Medal in Music, 3rd High-

Purple Team L-R: Kaylin Partee, Corey Bond, Daniel Cruz, Jonathan Long, Pablo Marin, Ethan Baynes, Elliot Garrett, Mary-Wyatt Pettigrew and Felescia Sanders.

Tomcat Team L-R: Landon Wilson, Karoline Hobock, Brittain Adams, Enrique Ponce, Adam Jollo, Iyana Taylor, Brennan Holloway, Tia Jones and Alexis Hines.

White Team L-R: Benjamin Rodriguez, Taylor Waddell, Jasmine Reece, Dominic Gaietto, Bryce Currie, Trever Dancy, Brierra Starks, Alex-is Rodriguez, Delmy Ortega and Sujey Gaspar.

est Individual Score – Scho-lastic DivisionKaylin Partee - Bronze Medal in Social Science, 5th Highest Individual Score – Scholastic DivisionEthan Baynes - Bronze Medals in Math and Mu-sic, 4th Highest Individual Score – Scholastic DivisionDaniel Cruz - Copper Med-als in Music and Literature, Bronze Medal in Art, Gold Medal in Science, 4th High-est Individual Score – Varsi-ty DivisionJonathan Long - Cop-per Medal in Economics, Bronze Medals in Music and Art, Silver Medal in Science, Gold Medal in Math, 3rd Highest Individ-ual Score – Varsity DivisionCorey Bond - Copper Med-al in ScienceAlso assisting the Purple Team in Super Quiz was Pablo Marin; Alternates were Felescia Sanders, Ken-dra Currie, and Victoria PerryTOMCAT TEAMKaroline Hobock - Cop-per Medal in Math, Bronze Medal in Super QuizBrittain Adams - Copper Medal in Math, Bronze

Medals in Art, Literature, Science, and Super Quiz, 5th highest Individual Score – Honors DivisionAdam Jollo - Copper Med-al – Social Science, Bronze Medals in Math and Super QuizAlexis Hines - Copper Med-als in Math and Econom-ics, Bronze Medal in Super QuizTia Jones - Bronze Medal in Super QuizTaylor Waddell - Copper Medal in EconomicsIyania Taylor - Bronze Medal in Super Quiz, Silver Medal in MathEnrique Ponce - Copper Medal in Literature, Bronze Medals in Math and Super QuizLandon Wilson - Copper Medal in Art, Bronze Medal in ScienceWHITE TEAMBenjamin Rodriguez - Silver Medal in Super QuizTrever Dancy - Silver Med-al in Super QuizDelmy Ortega - Copper Medal in Art, Silver medal in Super QuizJasmine Reece - Bronze Medal in Literature, Silver Medal in Super Quiz

Alexis Rodriguez - Copper Medal in Social Science, Sil-ver Medal in Super QuizBrierra Starks- Copper Medal in Music, Bronze Medal in Economics, Silver Medal in Super QuizDominic Gaietto - Bronze Medal in Economics, Silver Medals in Art and Super QuizBryce Currie - Bronze Med-als in Math and Social Sci-ence, Silver Medal in Super QuizSujey Gaspar - Copper Medals in Art, Music, and Social Science, Bronze Med-al in Science, Silver Med-als in Literature and Super Quiz, 5th Highest Individu-al Score – Varsity DivisionAlso helping the White Team was Alternate Bren-nan Holloway. The total awards were two trophies, eight plaques for individual high scores and 68 medals. Sponsor for the teams is HHS teacher Glynn Bridge-water. HHS Librarian Julie Dahlhauser has served as the teams’ testing proctor.


HHS DECA Students Advance to International Competition Eighteen Haywood High DECA students travelled to Chattanooga, Tenn., March 16-18 for the State Career Development Conference. DECA, an international organization for students interested in business and marketing, prepares emerg-ing leaders and entrepre-neurs for careers in market-ing, finance, hospitality and management. Leslie Fox, Satya Patel and Colbie Killen came home with second place for their research project that included social, local and mobile strategies developed and recommended for a local hotel, Rodeway Inn. They will advance to the international competition April 25-30 in Anaheim, Calif. Dominic Gaietto and Brierra Starks were finalists in their Business Services Operations event.

DECA students moving forward in the internation-al competition will begin raising money to fund their

travel by sharing their pre-sentation at the April Hay-wood County School Board meeting. If you would like

to assist in financial support for this team, please contact the HHS Career & Technical office or Julie Davis at HHS.

Front row L-R: Lena Smith, Nakiya Seymour and Sujey Gaspar 2nd row: Satya Patel, Dominic Gaietto, Josh Currie, Kristoff Peet, Breyden Mora and Preston Moore; Back row: Leslie Fox, Riley Simmons, Rebecca Davis, Brierra Starks, Cate Thompson, Acayla Palmer, Colbie Killen and Jordan Cone

HHS DECA hosts on-site Mini Conference

Haywood High’s DECA Chapter hosted its annual on-site mini conference in the Career and Technical building on March 2. Each year DECA likes to host this conference with a guest

speaker to inform members how DECA can be used in the work field and inspire members to go into busi-ness. The members held a chapter meeting before the guest speaker, Nick Mon-

gelli, told the organization about his past experience with DECA and his job as a community and relations sales representative for the Jackson Generals. DECA had the Career and Tech building lined with chairs and a podium for their conference. President Taylor Ann King kicked off the conference with a chapter meeting where members discussed the up-

coming competitions, trips, and fundraisers. After the meeting, Hannah Riley in-troduced the speaker, Nick Mongelli. Adara Donald said, “[He] was a great speaker and gave me a lot of information about how DECA will help me in the future.” After the speak-er, members enjoyed lunch from the HHS Cat’s Cafe. After lunch, the members returned to class with a new appreciation for DECA.


Four Tomcats sign to play college football Four Haywood High School Tomcats signed on the dotted line Friday morning, February 10, to play football for two Tennessee universities. Montavious Pugh (15), Brandon Taylor (3), Isa-iah Hess (76) and Travion Bailey (55) will begin their collegiate football careers this fall. They are pic-tured with Tomcat Head Coach Steve Hookfin and HHS Assistant Principal and Athletic Director Tim Seymour. Coach Hookfin said, “It’s good to play foot-ball, but the objective that they should be most excited about is to contin-ue their education, earn

a meaningful degree and come back and impact their community in a pos-itive way.” The Tomcats ended their season with 10 wins and 2 losses and the District title. This is Coach Hookfin’s second year as the Tomcat foot-ball coach. Brandon Taylor will play for Cumberland University in Lebanon. He was a Linebacker for HHS and is pictured with his mother, Qianca McCullar, and brother, Tristan Taylor. Montavious Pugh will play for Bethel Univer-sity. He was a Wide Re-ceiver for the Tomcats. Pictured with him are his

sister, Cortasia Stewart, and his teammate, Tristan Jarrett. Isaiah Hess will play for Bethel University. He was a Center for the Tom-cats. He is pictured with his parents, Natasha Hess and Clinton Hess.

Travion Bailey will play for Bethel Univer-sity. He was a Defensive End and Outside Line-backer for HHS. He is pic-tured with his Aunt Patri-cia Byars, and his cousins Debra Green and Rakayla Currie.

Jacob Smith signs to play baseball at TIU

Haywood High School se-nior, Jacob Smith, signed papers on Friday, January 20, to play baseball with Trinity International Uni-

versity (TIU) in Deerfield, Illinois. He is a four-year HHS Tomcat who played first base, DH and pitch-er. He is the son of Jenny

Tinsley and Greg Doug-lass.Trinity is a four-year university where Jacob says he will study sports management. He would like to pursue a career in coaching, become a sports agent, or work for a Major League Baseball organi-zation. Jacob is a member of the HHS Beta Club and has a 3.75 GPA.The head coach for Trinity is Paul Grotelueschen and the pitching coach is Jesse Katz. Jacob said, “Playing base-ball in college will be a dream come true, but there are many people who have helped me to earn this opportunity. I

would like to thank the HHS baseball team, in-cluding the coaching staff, Tyler Newman, Scott Guymon, and Oscar Es-quivias, for all they have done for me over the past years. My amazing par-ents have helped me in every way they have been able to, and I will forever be grateful for them, but none of this would be pos-sible without our almighty God. He deserves all the glory, because without him nothing is possible, as stated in Matthew 19:26. College baseball is going to be an amazing experi-ence for me to grow ath-letically, academically, and spiritually.”

Jacob Smith signed papers Friday, January 20, to play baseball with Trin-ity International University. Pictured with him at the signing at HHS are (from left) Assistant Principal Paige Ferguson; his mother, Jenny Tinsley; Assistant Principal and Athletic Director Tim Seymour; Jacob; his father, Greg Douglass, and HHS baseball coach Tyler Newman.)


Victoria Perry and Tamar Hudson selected as Homecoming Royalty The Haywood High School Basketball Tom-cats and Lady Tomcats held their Homecoming ceremony on Friday, Jan-uary 27. Members of the Court were (from left) Tamar Hudson, Chris Jones, Tyler Morton, Dillan Dancy, Kendrick Murphy and Jalin Turn-er; and (from left) Felescia Sanders, Jamirah Shutes, Victoria Perry, Laquita Callaway, Kamya Bur-rell, and Aniyah Harwell. Crowned King and Queen were Tamar Hudson and Victoria Perry, Prince and Princess #1 were Jalin

Turner and Kamya Bur-rell, and Prince and Prin-cess #2 were Dillan Dancy and Jamirah Shutes. Selected as Represen-tatives from each of the

Show Choir takes on California The weekend of March 18-19, the Haywood High School Show Choir competed in four categories in Anaheim, California. They competed in the Show Choir category presenting The Lion King Medley pacing Silver. They also competed in the Con-cert Choir category singing three different songs placing Silver. The B3’s men Cho-rus sang two different songs placing Silver. The Haywood Harmonies Girls Chorus sang two songs and placed Bronze. Keshaun Shepard, s sophomore, won the maestro award for the competition’s best tenor. The Show Choir represented Haywood Coun-ty Schools very well in the California competition.

classes were Sophomore - Kemiya Evans, Zakaria Carpenter, and Erica Hurt; Senior – Macoreia Jelks, Makayla Phillips, and Morgan Hendrix; Ju-

nior – Destiny McFarland, Diamond Powell and La-nisha Bynum; Freshman – Katelyn Hudson, Shaken-dria Partee, and Valentcia Dancy.


HHS Beta Club inducts new members Members of the Hay-wood High School Na-tional Beta Club held an induction Saturday night on Thursday, February 9, to welcome 48 new mem-bers to their club. Partic-ipating in the ceremony were Beta Club officers, Elliot Garrett, Felescia Sanders, Brandon Taylor, and Telcia Nelson; other members Hannah Riley, Mary-Wyatt Pettigrew, Taylor Ann King; and Principal Dr. Jerry Pry-on. Senior class members performed the tapping ceremony. Sponsors for the group are teachers Linda Baxter and Glynn Bridgewater. Senior Members are Mary Ashton Barden, Ethan Baynes, Hunter

Bryant, KaMya Burrell, Russ Cates, Will Chap-man, Adara Donald, Ka-lyn Emerson, Mikayla Flagg, Elliot Garrett, Isa-iah Hess, Brennan Hol-loway, Taylor Ann King, Pablo Marin, Tachya Middlebrooks, Telcia Nelson, Kaylin Partee,

Victoria Perry, Mary-Wy-att Pettigrew, Allison Pi-lant, Hannah Riley, Pablo Sagahon, Felescia Sand-ers, Sadie Sharpe, Jacob Smith, Brandon Taylor, Caitlin Thompson, Tay-lor Waddell, and Katlynn Watson. New inductees are

Brittain Adams, Candace Berry, Kennedy Blue, Brianna Bond, KeShauna Bond, Lauryn Bond, Zay-Vania Byrum, Andrea Cantu, Amelya Cooper, Trevor Cunningham, Trever Dancy, Cardaysia Douglas, Kayla Douglas, Brandon Evans, Tim-othy Frederick, Grace Glaser, Angel Goodrich, Shimya Harper, Elizabeth Haynes, Haley Hendrix, Alexia Hines, Karoline Hobock, Macoreia Jelks, Adam Jollo, Kylah John-son, Brianna Jones, Tia Jones, Kaitlin Leath, Mi-Kala Leath, Destiny Mc-Farland, Destiny McNeil, Tyler Morton, Delmy Ortega, Jasmine Reece, Alexis Rodriguez, Ma-rissa Sanderlin, Jamirah Shutes, Brierra Starks, Tyeasha Starks, Temple Taylor, Tristan Taylor, Rashun Tyus, Aman-da Vales, Logan Wil-burn, Whitley Williams, Landon Wilson, and Alli-son Wright.

HHS Beta Club new members

HHS Beta Club senior members


SarahHaynesMrs. Sarah Haynes, a native of Hay-wood County, has taught five years in the HHS Career and Technical School as Lifespan Development and Human Services instructor and FCCLA Advisor. She holds a Bachelor’s in Human Services and Child Develop-ment from UT Martin. Mrs. Haynes is involved in constantly providing real life connections for her students to better relate to classroom instruc-tion. She celebrates connections students make to their core subjects from her instruction. C & T Director Pam Diebold describes Mrs. Haynes as a very dedicated teacher.

JarrodKornegayMr. Jarrod Kornegay has taught for 10 years, and this is his second year with Haywood County Schools, teaching U. S. and World History at Haywood High School. He holds a Bachelor’s of Science in History as well as a Master’s of Arts and Educa-tion from Bethel University. Coach Kornegay has served as the offensive coordinator for the Tomcats for the past two years. Coach Kornegay finds nothing more rewarding that when a student “gets it” and takes pride in his or her accomplishments. Princi-pal Pyron commends Kornegay’s at-titude of service to his students.

Lean on Me Club performs acts of kindnessIn honor of National Ran-dom Acts of Kindness Week, the HHS Lean on Me Club provided cup-cakes, positive affirma-tions, happy teacher cal-endars, and lots of smiles for every employee in the Haywood County School system. Sponsors for the club are Allyson Byrum and Catherine Hamilton.

Marketing students target Tomcat footballHaywood High School marketing student Delmy Ortega created a survey as part of the unit on marketing information management. Student groups prepared surveys, then shared them with other stu-dents to gather the data to make informational business decisions. The survey that Delmy and partner Tiriyon Wilks created was to de-termine what changes could be made to the current Tomcat Football game experience that would draw in more fans to the games. HHS business teacher Julie Davis teaches the marketing class.


GEAR UP and others sponsor tours as part of Operation Success

Haywood County GEAR UP TN provided tours at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology in Jackson and Lane College in January for 13 students who are Operation Success students at the Haywood High School REACH Acad-emy. Students met with ad-mission counselors at the TCAT, where they learned about the school and the various programs offered by the college. They were able to see the classrooms

for auto collision repair technology HVAC, weld-ing, drafting and CAD, and industrial electricity. Afterwards, they toured Lane Campus, where they toured the campus, learned about the programs offered at the college, met with the college president, complet-ed college apps, and dined on campus. Operation Success is a new program pilot-ed last semester at the REACH Academy to

help students get college and career-ready with post-secondary options. Collaboration with Jackie Whitten with GEARUP, Cedric Bunch with the Af-ter School Program and Almeta Ellis with Browns-ville Mayor Bill Rawls’ of-fice made these trips possi-ble. In addition to trips, guest

speakers talk to the stu-dents, the students fill out job applications and col-lege applications, and learn about dressing for inter-views and how to present themselves to others. They also learn money manage-ment skills. There was a job fair last summer where lo-cal industries presented to the students on campus.

Mr. Julian Stanz has taught for eight years in Haywood Coun-ty Schools. He currently serves as the History and Econom-ics instructor

for Sunny Hill REACH Academy. He holds a Bachelor’s of Arts and a Master’s of Special Education from Freed-Hardeman University. Mr. Stanz finds it important to develop a well-informed, educated student, en-couraging them to move forward in life.

Keunte Rudd, a student at the REACH Acade-my at Sunny Hill School, was giv-en permission by Superintendent Teresa Russell to speak to members

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Keunte Rudd shares wisdom with younger students

of the Passport to Manhood Club at Haywood Middle School. He went one afternoon and spoke to the group about bul-lying and know-ing their self-

worth. Keunte shared some of the experiences that he has had during his time in school and how these things af-fected him and his performance in

school. He spoke to them about the effects of chronic absenteeism. He also shared with them how he has changed since then and now at-tends school reg-ularly and is on track to graduate in May. Keunte spoke with them about making mistakes but to not let the mis-takes define you.

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Five Things to Know About TNReady

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Overall, students will spend about 30 percent less time taking state tests in math, social studies, English

language arts, and science this year.

The test will be given in one part during a three-week window between April 17 and May 5.

For grades 3–8, TNReady will be administered via paper and pencil and are working to provide an online option

for high school assessments.

TNReady includes rigorous questions aligned with what educators are teaching every day and measure students’

writing, critical thinking,and problem solving skills.

The information from TNReady will provide a big-picture perspective on how students are progressing compared to

their peers across Tennessee, and better information about a student’s strengths, needs, and areas for growth.

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Parent Checklist for TNReady

Help your child get ready to learn: ensure your child is going to school every day well rested and ready to take

on new challenges.

Meet with your child’s teacher: Ask about your child’s strengths and areas to grow and how you can support

them at home.

Talk to your child: Get feedback from them on which subjects your child feels most comfortable in and where

they are most challenged.

Challenge your child: When your child is working on homework or studying for a classroom test, ask them to

explain what they are learning and let them be the teacher.

Be an adult learner: Let your child see you discovering new things and overcoming challenges, whether it be

learning new information or a new skill.

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I’m Stuck!

Those tricky problems can knock you off balance. Don’t

get worried or frustrated. Reread the question to make

sure you understand it, and then try to solve it the best

way you know how. If you’re still stuck, circle it and move

on. You can come back to it later. What if you have no idea

about the answer? Review your options and make the

best guess you can,

I’m Done!

Not so fast - when you complete the last item on the test,

remember that you’re not done yet. First, check the clock

and go back to review your answers, making sure that you

didn’t make any careless mistakes (such as putting the

right answer in the wrong place or skipping a question).

Spend the last remaining minutes going over the hardest

problems before you turn in your test.

Multiple-Choice Questions

The process of elimination can help you choose the cor-

rect answer in a multiple-choice question. Start by cross-

ing off the answers that couldn’t be right. Then spend

your time focusing on the possible correct choices before

selecting your answer.

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