Anderson Early Childhood Center
630 West Main Street
Brownsville, TN 38012
731-772-9053

Principal: Mary Colling (deatonm@k12tn.net )
Mary Colling, who holds a bachelor’s degree from Blue Mountain College, a master’s degree in administration and supervision from Trevecca University, and an EDS from Union University, began teaching in 1984 after spending 14 years in the corporate world. She taught three years at Haywood Junior High School in Brownsville, then spent eight years in the Jackson-Madison County School System as a teacher, assistant principle then coordinator for the system’s alternative school. Ms. Colling has three children.

Assistant Principal: Tracy Riddle (riddlet@k12tn.net)
Tracy Riddle begins serving her first year as assistant principal at Anderson Early Childhood Center with the open of the 2007-2008 school year. She is a native of Haywood County and a product of the local schools. She earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Union University and her master’s degree in administration and supervision from Trevecca Nazerene University. She has taught kindergarten at Anderson for 12 years and is married to Tommy Riddle. They have three children, all attending Haywood County Schools.

Vision Statement: Anderson Early Childhood Center seeks to provide a stable, supportive, challenging learning environment that will produce life long learners. In concert with the No Child Left Behind Act and the Tennessee State Standards, our school aims to provide a quality education to all children and the opportunity to reach their full potential as good citizens and contributors to the economy of their communities. Anderson Early Childhood Center will continue to be a community of learners in which students, parents, staff, and other stakeholders share in the educational process.

For the school’s website, click on www.haywood.k12.tn.us/aec/

Anderson students enjoy banana split party

The students in Mrs. Krista Parker’s Pre-K class were honored to have their parents and other special guests come share a banana split before they “split” for summer break. Students showed off their fine manners as each had at least one guest for whom they were the host or hostess. Parents, guests, and students all enjoyed building their own sticky concoctions. With two kinds of ice cream, five syrups and toppings, whipped cream, nuts, cherries, and, of course, bananas, everyone found something that they liked, and many even tried something new! Everyone agreed that this was a sweet ending to a sweet school year!