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Hendersonville, NC (Sept. 20, 2022). For fans and followers of all things Hendersonville High School, a book signing event this Saturday promises a double header of sentimental history and local lore. This Saturday, Sept. 24th at 1 pm., the Henderson County Heritage Museum will host its first book signing event in two years, featuring Wilsontown […]

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (Sept. 16, 2022) –Described as an exceptional educator, Jennifer Abel, the media and technology coordinator at North Henderson High School, is Henderson County Public Schools’ Media Coordinator of the Year. Abel was made aware of the honor in a surprise visit to North Henderson High School this morning by HCPS Superintendent Mark Garrett, […]

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (September 14, 2022)–Following approval by the Henderson County Board of Public Education in August and September, Henderson County Public Schools announces the following administrative changes for the 2022-23 school year: Dr. Marsha Justice has been named the Director of Elementary Education, filling the office vacated by Dr. Shannon Marlowe who is now the […]

During what is one of our biggest surprise projects each year for HCPS, more than 1,000 kindergarten students were greeted this week with ‘Class of 2035’ T-shirts to inspire thoughts about their future graduation date. While college and career plans are probably the last things on the mind of a kindergartener in their first-ever days […]

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (August 26, 2022) – Out of an abundance of caution, local Law enforcement officials placed Innovative High School on a Code Yellow (precautionary) lockdown Friday morning. At approximately 10:40 am the lockdown went into place and was lifted at 10:45 am. The precautionary lockdown was requested by the Sheriff’s Department due to a […]

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (Aug. 23, 2022) – Out of an abundance of caution, local Law enforcement officials placed Hendersonville Elementary and Hendersonville Middle School on a Code Yellow (precautionary) lockdown Tuesday morning. At approximately 10 am the lockdown went into place and was lifted at 10:40 am.. The precautionary lockdown was enacted following a traffic stop […]

Amid many cheers, a few tears, and the impromptu singing of the school’s alma mater, HCPS, along with city and county leaders, held a ribbon cutting this week for Hendersonville High School’s comprehensive renovation project. After several of the project’s leaders spoke, Bobby Wilkins, a 1975 HHS graduate, was the last speaker of the ceremony […]

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (July 26, 2022) – Henderson County Public Schools (HCPS) and Henderson County Commissioners will officially celebrate the opening of the new Hendersonville High School campus on August 3 in time for the start of the 2022-2023 traditional school year. The ribbon cutting is the culmination of a 4-year-long school construction and renovation project […]

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (July 1, 2022) – Dr. Shannon Marlowe, NBCT, will succeed Dr. Wendy Frye as the district’s Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Services, effective August 1, following Dr. Frye’s retirement. Marlowe currently serves Henderson County Public Schools (HCPS) as Director of Elementary Education & Title I. “I’m thrilled to have Dr. Marlowe by my side […]