News

February 18 was a vibrant day at Hendersonville Middle School. Students decked out in blue and gold, instead of Bearcat red and white, huddled around a neon-streaked Dodge Challenger parked in front of their school, awestruck by its bold style, vivid colors, and dancing geometric patterns. Seated on top of the car was nationally recognized […]

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (February 14, 2022) – The most nationally respected professional certification available in K-12 education, National Board Certification is an optional intensive certification process with extremely high standards for teachers. This winter, Henderson County Public Schools celebrates 4 educators who have just earned the credential from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, and […]

‘Even after all this’: School Counselors Remain the Behind-the-Scenes ‘Nurturers of Dreams, Finders of Hope’ As the world approaches the second anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020, school counselors everywhere continue to soldier through its repeated impacts on students. Locally, the team of 35 school counselors […]

Students at Hillandale Elementary School are responding to a literal wall of questions this month, all centered on honoring the triumphs and struggles of African Americans throughout U.S. history. To explore the lives of important leaders during Black History Month, ESL Teacher Lisa DeWitt is bringing to life the walls outside of her classroom with […]

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (Jan. 20, 2022)  – For the second time in four months, the Edneyville Elementary School Yellow Jackets are buzzing with pride over their principal, Dr. Marsha Justice. Justice has been named the 2022 Western Region Principal of the Year, surprised Friday by state and local leaders, her family, and bagpipes. In October, Justice […]

An East Henderson High School teacher has been selected as a state finalist in mathematics for the prestigious 2021 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching. Maggie McDade, NBCT, is one of three math teachers and six teachers overall tapped as a state finalist out of 145 North Carolina nominees for the national […]

HCPS Superintendent, Dr. John Bryant, was one of five public school superintendents in the Western North Carolina region to receive the “Extraordinary Public Service Award” from the Land of Sky Regional Council, as part of their Annual Awards conferred last month. Dr. Bryant was surprised with the award on Monday, Dec. 13, during the regularly […]

In between sneaking bites of colored sugar sprinkles, a focused group of 3rd-5th grade students with faces covered in bright green icing spent weeks in November exercising a willingness to compromise, working through challenges as a team, and demonstrating an impressive use of fine motor skills. It wasn’t a home economics class or even a […]

Under the guise of a Monday morning pep rally for a canned food drive, district administrators gathered the Mills River Elementary school community to surprise 2nd grade teacher Ryan Mitchell with the news that he is the 2022 North Carolina Regional Teacher of the Year for the Western Region. The jig was up as soon […]