Are you giving or taking? Uplifting or draining? Encouraging or shaming? Connecting or conniving? Uniting or dividing? It's up to you!

“There are still instances of phonics being taught badly. For ex, using levelled books rather than cumulative, decodable readers, in which all the words encountered matched the phonemes already taught. Doing the former... undermines systematic phonics.” tes.com/news/phonics-1…

The most wonderful quote, and it’s true! From Unique Teaching Resources and the words are from Andy Rooney. No matter who forgets me, I know my students will remember me. And that fact is more comforting every year!

One of the true heroes for educators during back to school time, the spouses! They help with many school projects, lend a listening ear, and keep the house/family surviving during this crazy time. #ItTakesAVillage

Our HES Pouncers team was ready for their 1st & 2nd graders today. It has been 5 months since students were in this amazing space. Thank you, team, for loving our #pouncers! ❤️ It’s going to be a great year. #OpportunityHaywood💜 #MaskUpTomcats 🐾

Arrived HES Pouncers just in time to catch our #HaywoodPouncers enjoying lunch in their 1st & 2nd grade classrooms. Shout out to all of our staff & students for making it a great first day . #OpportunityHaywood💜

So proud to be a Pouncer! #OpportunityHaywood #LearnHES

Grateful for the outstanding administrators, teachers, & support staff that make up the fiber of HaywoodCountySchools! HCS is blessed to serve a wonderful community & families w/ amazing children. #OpportunityHaywood💜 #academics #culture #leadership #youwinwithpeople

Joey Hassell HaywoodCountySchools Anderson Cubs HES Pouncers East Side Sunny Hill Intermediate School Haywood Middle School Haywood High School Student Options Academy Yvette Blue Chris Davis @ArthurEGarrett People grow into greatness or wither away from greatness because of their leader. Your system and its educators are growing, my friend.

(This is a thread.) Over the last few weeks, I’ve been asked questions such as: - How many people in your school have (or have had) the virus? - How long do you think your school will stay open? - How many teachers did you have that didn’t return to work?

Feel the same way for Haywood Elementary! It@has been a great start of 2020-2021 school year! #OpportunityHaywood

We are very thankful for the caring individuals in our community! Ms. Mary Hines stopped by, today, to deliver masks for our students. Ms. Mary - Thank you for taking the time to sew masks for our children and thank you for supporting Haywood County Schools! #maskupHaywood

Thank you HES Pouncers for the drive-thru recognition of grandparents today! I made a trip through to see the first grader who made me a JoeJoe first! ❤️

It was a blessing!

Pouncers we are going to have the best day of our lives soon! Love this, kids are happy! #OpportunityHaywood

Thank you!

So true!

Check out @haywoodschools' week 9 #COVID19 data. HCS will continue to #maskup, #socialdistance, #washhands, & #cohortstudents. Anderson Cubs HES Pouncers East Side Sunny Hill Intermediate School Haywood Middle School Haywood High School Student Options Academy tomcats_athletics haywoodschools.com/haywood-county…

Make a plan, work the plan!

Let’s all be mindful & do our part to slow the spread & be a good neighbor. #MaskUp #SocialDistance #AvoidLargeGatherings Anderson Cubs HES Pouncers East Side Sunny Hill Intermediate School Haywood Middle School Haywood High School tomcats_athletics HaywoodCountySchools