West Tennessee Academic Decathlon set for February 2

HHS Academic Decathlon Purple Team
Members of the Haywood High School Academic Decathlon Purple team are Leah Taylor, Jessica Ligon, Amy Olmedo, Iman McGhee, and William Nunn Chris Bradford, Hunter Burroughs, Kanesha Pickens, and Miguel Cobb.

HHS Academic Decathlon Silver team
Members of the Haywood High School Academic Decathlon Silver team are Ronesha Wilkins, Gabrielle Odeneal, Trista Rivers, Andrea Smith, and Tequitta King, Bryce Holmes, John Evans, and Andrew Cole.

HHS Academic Decathlon White team
Members of the Haywood High School Academic Decathlon White team are Jessica Thomas, Sharnice Woods, Kelsey Currie, Candace Brown, Shanel Crawford-Harris, Angel Briseno, Alston Owen, and Constance Bonds.

Haywood High School is once again blazing the trail in academic excellence by being the first school in Tennessee to enter three teams in the preliminary event of the Tennessee Academic Decathlon. When the West Tennessee Academic Decathlon competition convenes on February 2, at Haywood High School, 10 teams from the West Tennessee region will compete for the chance to advance to State Competition in March. Haywood High School will host the regional event for the 22nd consecutive year. The over-all theme for this year’s contest is “The American Civil War.”

The public is cordially invited to the Super Quiz at 4 p.m. and the Awards Banquet at 6 p.m. Tickets for the banquet may be purchased in advance by contacting the school, or they may be purchased at the door.

Haywood High School Basketball season underway

The Haywood High School basketball teams began their 25-game season November 24. Other teams in District 14-AA are Fayette-Ware, Covington, USJ, Ripley and Jackson North Side. Over the holidays the Tomcats will play in the Battle of the State Tournament in Nashville.

Lady Tomcats

Members of the Haywood County Lady Tomcats basketball team are Raquel Ingram, Shantel Bond, Trista Rivers, Candace Brown, Kelsey Moore, Kendra Jones, Cameron Hines, Tiffany King, Shaterica Tyus, Jamie Shutes, Diedra Tyus, Raven Hurdle, Shanavian Woodland, and Emily Jackson. Head coach is Zandra Jones, and her assistants are Crystal Roach and Jason Winfrey.

Tomcats

Haywood High School Tomcat basketball team members are Max Battle, Kenya Clark, Dreakus Cole, Ernest Ellison, Kenneth Greer, Calvin Harris, Harrison Jones, Willie Jones, Jabari McNeal, Darrius Pickens, Michael Poke, Mitchell Poke, Sayyid Smith-Clark, Ricky Taylor, Khriy Turner, Harold Watson, and Bradley Witherspoon. Winston Varnado is head coach, and his assistant is Jason Winfrey.

Tomcat Basketball Cheerleaders

Members of the Haywood High School Tomcat basketball cheerleading squad (front, from left) are Calunetta Williams, Lakeshia Brown, Arrielle Kinnon, Kelsey Currie, Jaleesa Walker; (second row) Flamesha Taylor, Brittany Jelks, Kenya Shaw; (third row) Angelica Gunn, Iman McGhee, Kimberly Turner, Jana Barken, Sheree Rucker, Shenetric Harris, Brittany Holmes and Chardae Henley. Not pictured are Kerri Berger, Giavante Jones, Kiatra Jones, and Samera Williams.

FCCLA members attend Leadership Conference

Members of the Haywood High School Career and Technical FCCLA Club attended the organization’s Cluster meeting in Atlanta, Ga., in early November. Students attended leadership workshops, listened to dynamic speakers and took a tour of the studios at CNN and the World of Coca Cola. About 3,000 students from all over the Mid-South attended the meeting, which is one of four held across the nation this year. Sponsors for this organization are HHS teachers Pam Diebold, Lauren Shearon, and Shaunda Brittain.
 

Football Tomcats score big in All-Region

The 2007 Haywood High School Tomcats scored big time in the All-Region football selections. Tomcats making the First Team, All-Region were Luther Ward, Altavis Douglas, D. J. Delk, Rodney Boyd, and Bradley Witherspoon. Selected to Second Team All-Region were Terrance Turner, Dreakus Cole, Brett Stoots, Braxton May, and Cody Smith. Those receiving honorable mention recognition were Jacques Gleason, Josh Oliver, Aramis Franklin, Nick Taylor, and Harold Watson.

Tomcat Larry Fouse was voted the Defensive Player of the Year. Coach Adam Renshaw, Dyer County Coach and formerly assistant coach at Haywood, was named the Coach of the Year.
 

Freedom Shrine in place at HHS


Members of the Brownsville Exchange Club, local dignitaries, and members of the Haywood High School staff gathered recently at Haywood High School for the formal dedication of the Freedom Shrine. Accepting on behalf of Haywood High was Principal Robert Mitchell.

The Freedom Shrine, donated by the Brownsville Exchange Club, has been permanently installed in the library of Haywood High School.

The Freedom Shrine is a permanently mounted collection of 30 of the most important and historic American documents, including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Gettysburg address. Nationwide, the Exchange Club’s goal is to see a Freedom Shrine installed in every junior and senior high school in the nation. Local Exchange Club members have expressed the desire to install a Freedom shrine in every school in Haywood County.

Developed by the National Exchange Club, the Freedom Shrine originated from the Freedom Train that toured the USA in 1947 carrying an exhibit of historic documents. Painstakingly researched to guarantee absolute authenticity, the 28 historical American documents that comprise the Shrine were carefully chosen to exemplify the beginnings of our nation and those subsequent turning points of importance that shaped our national character.

The Shrine is a beneficial community relations project of the Exchange Club. Members solicit help from numerous businesses, industries, and private individuals to help them provide Freedom Shrine documents to schools.
 

HHS choirs and band present concert

The Haywood High School Show Choir, Concert Choir and Girls Ensemble, along with the HHS band, presented their annual holiday concert Thursday, November 29, in the school gymnasium.

Under the direction of Director Michelle Tillman, the Show Choir sang “Yule Be Rockin’,” “Blue Christmas,” “Santa Baby,” “Believe,” and “Grown Up Christmas.” The Girls Ensemble and the Concert Choir presented “Dashing through the Snow,” “Do You Hear What I Hear,” “Carol of Bells,” “O Holy Night,” and “A Christmas Serenade.”

Band Leader Dominique Wade led her band in “I’ll be Home for Christmas,” “The Nutcracker,” “African Bell Carol,” and “Greensleeves.”