HJH students learn from InSouth’s McClanahan

Haywood Junior High School seventh graders who are taking a business finance class enjoyed a visit recently from Alice McClanahan from InSouth Bank. She discussed banking information, including how to open and balance a checking account and identity theft. According to Principal Dontye Bradford, all seventh-grade students take two six weeks of business finance, two six weeks of history/civics and two six weeks of science lab.
 

HJH band attends Smoky Mountain Music Fest

The Haywood Junior High School band attended the Smoky Mountain Music Festival in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, recently and received the following awards: first place in Concert Band, first place in Parade Ensemble, and first place in Indoor Drumline. Band members also received awards in Outstanding Percussion, Outstanding Woodwind, and Outstanding Brasswind.

Fourteen students qualify to participate in Duke TIP

Fourteen Haywood Junior High School students qualified to participate in the Duke University Talent Identification Program. To qualify, a student must score at or above the 95th percentile on the national norms of a standardized achievement test. A student may qualify on one of three areas: mathematics, verbal, or total battery. To participate in the program, a student must take the ACT or SAT tests that are designed for college-bound high school students. Eight students participated in the program, and five students qualified for the State Recognition Ceremony. Those students are Connor Coulston, Sarah Lewis, Morgan Marlar, Molly McAdams, and Rebecca Pearson. The remaining qualifying students were Jarron Bryant, Kenya Ector, Timothy Elrod, Matthew Hooper, Jamari Johnson, Jessica Leach, Emily Pilant, Hannah Roberts, and Shabreyia Walker.

HJH students earn Field Day celebration

Eighth graders were awarded a field day for having the most points at the end of TCAP Boot Camp. Among the activities were a Rock Wall, compliments of the Sgt. Chris West and then Tennessee National Guard – Brownsville Unit; inflatable obstacle course; giant slice; and relay games. Seventh graders who qualified for an award enjoyed ice cream.

HJH art students compete in still-life compositions

Haywood Junior High School art students of Mrs. Anita Rickman competed the fifth six weeks in a still-life composition contest. They used watercolor pencils and black ink sharpies to draw one of 12 different still-life compositions from which they could choose. Judges were looking for balance, pleasing color combinations, neatness, details, and certain techniques such as cross-hatching, parallel lines or pointillism in their shading. Judges were also looking for outstanding design and quality artwork. Winners were first place – Reeves Garret and Josh Johnson and second place – Denesha Jones and Kaitlyn Kaiser.

HJH students learn from geography reward day

Mrs. Carlson’s geography classes at Haywood Junior High participated in several educational reward days to encourage excellence in behavior.

Each six weeks, students had an opportunity to earn the right to participate in an educational reward day. As a reward for the fourth six weeks, students participated in a video scavenger hunt that reinforced map skills and other geography skills. The students used a compass to find North and West and then were filmed completing a team skit.

As a reward for the fifth six weeks, students were introduced to Aborigines dot art and were able to create their own Australian masterpiece.
 

HJH enjoys TCAP Boot Camp activities

Students, staff members and administration at Haywood Junior High School enjoyed activities April 7-11 during TCAP Boot Camp Week, the week prior to TCAP testing in the school. Each morning began with reveille being played over the intercom.

On Friday, April 4, everyone attended a pre-boot camp assembly featuring motivational speaker and musician Dr. Fairest Hill. His theme was “Slam Dunk that Test,” and eighth-grader Timothy Moore dunked a basketball several times, and eighth-grader Montrail Shaw provided students with a stunning flipping show.

On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, everyone wore army fatigues or camouflage, and on Wednesday representatives, including Sgt. Chris West from the Brownsville National Guard, brought their trucks and parked them on the campus.

Knowledge Bowl Week activities also took place during the week. Select students responded to TCAP aligned questions and worked as teams to submit an answer. The contest also included a Jeopardy contest with actual game gear. Students who participated were selected from their home rooms as representatives. Sgt. West read questions in the Knowledge Bowl contest. At the end of the week, points were tallied and the winning grade will enjoy a field day, and the runner-up an ice cream party.

The school also marked the week with “Breakfast on the Go” and provided students April 9, 14, 15, 16 and 17 with a sack breakfast prepared by the cafeteria staff. Students were allowed to eat breakfast in their homerooms prior to the testing period. The Nutritional Department provided incentives for eating breakfast and lunch by providing prizes for magic numbers located on sacks and trays.

Teachers observed students during Book Camp Week and TCAP testing week, and those who were focused, devoted all their time to the test, and do their best on the test will have their names placed in a box to be drawn to participate in a “Guitar Hero” competition. High scorers will have an opportunity to challenge teachers and administrators.