Henderson Middle 'Desperate' for Spanish-Speaking Volunteers

The school needs volunteers to help replace an interpreter who was a victim of DeKalb County School System budget cuts.

Henderson Middle School is "desperate" for Spanish-speaking volunteers, according to an email sent to parents today. The school lost a Spanish interpreter to budget cuts, the email said, and someone who can speak with parents during upcoming school events are sorely needed. From the email: Due to recent DCSD budget cuts, HMS no longer has an Intepreter on staff.  We are in desperate need of volunteers who speak Spanish who can help out our non-English speaking parents during Sneak Peek.  If you, or someone you know, might be able to fill this role, please contact Danielle Goselin at dgoselin@gmail.com. We will also need translators at various events throughout the year, so if you aren't able to assist at Sneak Peek, but might be available …

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Simola's Remarkable Run Comes To An End

After making it to the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Henderson Middle School graduate Simola Nayak tripped up on the word "rapparee" Thursday.

After an incredible run, Simola Nayak's competitive journey through the English vocabulary has ended. Nayak, a student at Henderson Middle School, had advanced to the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Wednesday after correctly spelling "habile" and "cryophilic" during yesterday's preliminary rounds.  But during Thursday's semifinals, held at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center just outside of Washington, DC, in Maryland, Nayak tripped up on the word "rapparee," a word of Gaelic origin referring to Irish soldiers in the 17th century. Nayak misspelled the word as "raparee". Earlier in the semifinal rounds, Nayak had correctly spelled "cassideous" and "cisle." Unlike in yesterday's preliminary rounds, if you …

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Henderson Middle Student Wins County CEO's Youth Volunteer Award

Eighth-grader and Leafmore resident Spencer Wilson won the award for helping classmate Jason Tyler recover from a traumatic brain injury.

Henderson Middle School eighth-grader Spencer Wilson is one of DeKalb County's 2012 Youth Volunteer Award winners. It's a pretty cool story. The award, given by county CEO Burrell Ellis, goes to several kids each year helping out around the community. Spencer got it for helping his classmate, Jason Tyler, who suffered a brain hemorhage in December and was in a coma for a month. Spencer has been visiting with Jason to read and visit with him since the injury, and the Tyler and Wilson families have become friends as well. The Wilsons also organized a community fundraiser in March that raised more than $10,000 for Jason. Thanks to Beth Wieder for giving us the heads up on the award. We're going to be in touch with the Wilsons next week. Here …

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Henderson Middle Student Repeat Champ at County Spelling Bee

Teachers say speaking with eighth-grader Simola Nayak is like conversing with an adult.

Terrier Found Outside Henderson Middle Needs Home

If you know whose dog it is, call the school.

This terrier was found outside Henderson Middle School on Thursday. Do you know whose it is? If so, call the school at 678-874-8202.

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Jonathan Cribbs

3:04 pm on Saturday, February 11, 2012

I would enourage you to call the school on Monday. Just in case they haven't found an owner.   more ›

Track Repairs Headed to Henderson Middle

The work is expected to cost about $250,000.

VIDEO: New Superintendent on District's Future

DeKalb County's new superintendent of schools, Cheryl Atkinson, spoke to a group of parents at Henderson Middle School this morning, one of her first public addresses since starting the job last week.

Some snippets of Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson's address to parents at Henderson Middle School Wednesday morning.

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Atkinson to Give State of System Address at Henderson Middle

The new superintendent will give the speech Wednesday at 9:15am.

New DeKalb County School System Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson will give her first State of the System address Wednesday morning at Henderson Middle School. Refreshments will be served at 8:45am, and the address will begin at 9:15am. The speech will be given during a meeting of the Emory LaVista Parent Council. The school board voted 6-3 late last month to hire the Ohio educator to lead the county's ailing school system, which has struggled over the last several years through a racketeering scandal involving its last permanent superintendent, Crawford Lewis, and resulting accreditation concerns that outgoing interim Superintendent Ramona Tyson claims will soon be resolved, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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