HJH students recently visited by “Education on Wheel”

Local 4-H leaders, Tiffany Thomas, Walter Dirl and Travis Wade from the Haywood County University of Tennessee Extension office provided an educational opportunity recently for students at Haywood Junior High School when they brought the “Education on Wheel” van to the school.

Tennessee State University, School of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences, Cooperative Extension Program has a Mobile Internet Wireless Platform equipped with mobile wireless technology. The mobile unit is equipped with Tablet PCs, GPS handheld units, mobile audio and video pod-casting units, digital cameras, digital video camcorders and an outdoor movie theater system. The mobile platform also has the capabilities of providing live video streaming and Internet services from any location in the U.S. and Canada.

The mobile unit, “Education on Wheel” is design to bring the University into the community to extend training in the area of information technology.

 

HJH holds Academic Awards ceremony; announces Top 10

Haywood Junior High School held its annual Academic Awards ceremony on May 14 and recognized many students for their academic achievements. Among those honored were the 10 students earning the highest grade point average. Tied for first place were (front, from left) Molly McAdams and Sarah Lewis. They each earned a grade point average of 99.3605. Other top ranking students were Morgan Marlar (99.2215), Rebecca Pearson (98.4995), Hannah Roberts (98.3605), (second row, from left) Emily Pilant (98.0170), Jasmine Taylor (97.4435), Mary Drake Owen (97.2495), Connor Coulston (97.1935), and Kaayla Cunningham (96.8045).

McAdams Citizenship Award winner

The Brownsville Exchange Club Young Citizenship Awards are presented to students who demonstrate good citizenship characteristics at home, at school, and in the community, and this year’s winner is Molly McAdams (center). Seventh-grade students receive awards after the first semester, and eighth-grade students receive awards after the second semester each year. Receiving honorable mention were Jasmine Taylor (left) and Caleb Glidewell (not pictured). Presenting the award on behalf of the Exchange Club was Jean Avery.

Hurtado top artist at HJH

 Christian Hurtado

The Haywood Junior High School art students for the third trimester recently completed “Still-Life Compositions” done in the mediums of watercolor pencils and black ink, according to teacher Anita Rickman.

Mrs. Rickman set up 12 different still-lifes for the students to choose from before they started in pencil, then going over the pencil in black ink Sharpie. The students then were to erase all the graphite before starting to work with their watercolor pencils. The last step was to brush each section carefully with water using the appropriately sized brush.

The winners of the competition were: first place, Christian Hurtado; second place, Tiffany Howard; third place, Diamond Jackson; and honorable mention, Josh Perry.

Earthquake specialist shares with HJH students

On Tuesday, April 29, Mr. Jeremy Bateman from the Center for Earthquake Research and Information, located on the campus of the University of Memphis, came to Haywood Junior High to show the Career Explorations third trimester classes of Ms. Nicole Bond, Ms. Pat Harwell, and Ms. Sarita Johnson how research scientists are making the world safer. Mr. Bateman used a slinky to demonstrate the effect of P-waves versus S-waves for the students. Also, Mr. Bateman explained why we have earthquakes in this part of the country, even though we are not on a fault line. Now the students understand why we see hills on the way to Nashville but do not see any hills on the way to Memphis. Mr. Bateman concluded his presentation by showing the students how to be safe when there is an earthquake.

HJH Career Exploration students visit CBU

On Thursday May 7, the third trimester Career Explorations classes from Haywood Junior High visited the campus of Christian Brothers University. When they arrived, Tela McEwen Thigpen, Associate Director of Admissions, Dr. Eric Welch, Dean, School of Engineering, and Dr. John Ventura met the career classes of Ms. Nicole Bond, Ms. Pat Harwell, and Ms. Sarita Johnson in Spain Auditorium. After brief descriptions of the many fields of Engineering, given by Dr. Welch, the students toured the engineering labs of Christian Brothers and got to test some of the equipment. Katie Lewis was treated to a facial via the wind tunnel machine, and Josh Perry discovered his love for moon rovers.

After the tour of the engineering labs, the students received a tour of the campus. The Career Exploration students concluded their tour of CBU with a question-and-answer forum about college career and college life with Mrs. Tela Thigpen and several current students there.
 

Guitar Hero winners

The Haywood Junior High School Guitar Hero winners were Connor Coulston, second place; Drew Baggett, third place; and Josh Perry, first place.
 

Honor Roll Race winners enjoy activities

The seventh grade students at Haywood Junior High School won the Warrior Honor Roll Race for the 2008-2009 school year. Principal Dontye Bradford charted the number of students in each grade making the first and second honor roll each six weeks. The chart was in the cafeteria. The seventh grade had a total of 302 honor roll students, and the eighth grade had a total of 205 honor roll students. These totals were for the first through fifth six weeks. All seventh-grade students were awarded the second period activities on Thursday, May 7.

Seventh-graders qualify for Duke University TIP

Nineteen seventh-grade students at Haywood Junior High School 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 in 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. Ten students participated in the program, and two students qualified for the State Recognition Ceremony. Qualifying for state recognition were Amanda Lopez and Bishop Noble.

Others qualifying were Paul Anthony, J. P. Barden, Jada Brooks, Kelsey Byars, Kendale Crew, Thomas Currie, Enchantra Henderson, Cassidy Hendrix, Robert Allen King, Payton Jarratt, Houston Martin, Kamen Pickens, Emily Pugh, Mary Claiborne Sharpe, Shelby Stanfield, Walker Thornton, and Brent Ward.