Administrative Professionals Week

In honor of Administrative Professionals Week, Jean Wills, principal at Haywood Elementary, and her faculty and staff want their office staff, Mary Beth Freels and Joyce Caldwell, to know how much they appreciate them and everything they do.

Students present “Hee-Hawing” talent
 

Haywood Elementary Principal Jean Wills delighted her students when she dressed the part of one of the “Hee Haw” characters in honor of the theme of their annual year-end music program.

 
The Haywood Elementary music department, under the direction of Patricia Gaietto, is always a success, and this year’s “Hee Haw” program was no exception. Dressed in their very best farm and country outfits, the second-grade students entertained a packed house Friday morning, April 27, with their jokes and renditions of “On Top of Spaghetti,” Clementine,” “Stand by Your Man,” “Elvira,” and the famous “Hee-Haw” song, “Gloom, Despair, and Agony on Me,” among other songs. Accompanying the students was teacher Cheri Velotta, and the stage designer was art teacher Mary Marcantel. The first graders put on a similar program Friday at 1, also delighting a gym full of family and friends
 

HHS choirs entertain young students

Members of the Haywood High School Show Choir, Girls Ensemble and Concert Choir entertained students at Haywood Elementary on Monday, April 21, with the songs and choreography of their 2006-2007 shows. The numbers ranged from Disney tunes to patriotic to “Proud Mary,” a Tina Turner song. HHS choir teacher Michelle Tillman accompanied the students when they visited several schools on Monday and entertained residents at Sugar Creek Retirement Center as one of their year-end performances.

Haywood Elementary Arts Week highlights talent

Haywood Elementary students’ artistic talent was on display April 23-27 when the school celebrated Arts Week. The walls were lined with the creations of the young students, and banners were hanging throughout the school displaying the unique “works” so parents and visitors could also enjoy the different art projects students did this year. Mary Marcantel is the art teacher at Haywood Elementary.

Congratulations on a job well done!

Haywood Elementary School faculty and students were excited to welcome Doris Battle, Haywood County Assistant Superintendent of Schools, to a recent awards program.Mrs. Battle greeted each student receiving an award with a warm smile and words of congratulations on a job well done.

“Expanding the Reach”

 
Adrienne Bowden and Bonnie Freeman observed in classrooms, then conducted professional development sessions for Haywood Elementary’s first- and second-grade teachers. This training is a continuation of “Expanding the Reach,” a scientifically-based reading research project of the U.S. Department of Education in which our school is participating.

Gardening with the “Masters”

Walter Battle, local UT Extension Service leader and Master Gardener instructor, is the “driving force” behind the local Master Gardner program. An integral part of becoming a Master Gardener is performing community service. So, Battle, along with other Master Gardener participants, volunteered to spend the day at Haywood Elementary planting and helping the children and staff landscape beds in front of the gymnasium.

Pamla Reagan and her class members pose with Master Gardeners Ann Sullivan and Ramona Stevens (pictured left) after viewing the completed landscape work.