Henry County Board of Education
The Henry County Board of Education
Central Office is located in the
Grove Tower Building at 217 Grove
Boulevard. The School System
operates four K-8 elementary
schools, a ninth grade campus and
one high school with approximately
3,200 students. The comprehensive
guidance program on both campuses is
developmental and based on assessed
student needs. Special education
services are available on both
campuses. It also serves the
educational needs of Henry County by
offering services through Adult
Education and the Henry County
Family Resource Center. Phone:
731-642-9733. Address: Grove
Boulevard, Paris, TN 38242.
The high school is located on two
campuses. Eighth grade students from
four county
elementary schools and the Paris
Special School District feed into E.
W. Grove, which is for ninth grade
only. It is located within the Paris
city limits with 28
teachers/administrators and offers
courses to approximately 400
students. Henry County High School
is located within the Paris city
limits on a 60 acre campus and has
67 teachers/administrators in grades
10 - 12. HCHS offers 130 courses for
approximately 1,000 students. Phone:
731-642-5232.
Address: 315 South Wilson Street,
Paris, TN 38242.
Paris Special School District
Paris Special School District serves
approximately 1,500 students from
preschool through eighth grade in
three schools: Rhea Elementary
School, grades K-2; Paris
Elementary, grades 3-5; and Inman
Middle School, grades 6-8. All
schools are certified by the
Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools. Each school is served by a
registered nurse.
Paris Elementary School and Civic
Center is co-funded by Paris SSD and
Paris city government. Students have
access to an indoor pool, a 600-seat
theater, and an extra large
gymnasium.
In addition to computer labs, the
high-tech schools have a media
retrieval system with 32 inch
monitors in every classroom enabling
teachers to play videos from the
school bank, tune in cable
programming, or project
presentations from their computers
for a large display, and each grade
has network copying machines for
teachers to print directly from
their computers. In 2006, all
seventh graders at Inman Middle
School were issued laptop computers
as part of the PSSD continuing
commitment to technology education.
Tennessee Technology Center at
Paris
The Tennessee Board of Regents
governs the Tennessee Technology
Center at Paris (TTCP). The mission
of the Technology Center is to offer
quality, professional, and technical
education that will adequately meet
the training needs of citizens and
residents, including employees of
existing and prospective industries
and businesses of the region and
state. The TTCP is one of
twenty-seven (27) technology centers
located strategically across the
state.
The Technology Center at Paris
offers 11 full time programs: Auto
Body Repair, Computer Operations
Technology, Surgical Technology,
Cosmetology, Early Childhood
Education, Business Systems
Technology, Practical Nursing,
Industrial Maintenance, Robotics,
General Metals and Machine Tool
Technology. In addition to the full
time programs, supplemental programs
are offered in Geometric
Dimensioning and Tolerancing,
Phlebotomy, Medical Coding, Web Page
Design, Introduction to
Computers, and Programmable Logic
Controls.
The Council of Occupational
Education (COE) accredits the
Technology Center at Paris. The
center has federal financial aid
available as well as Tennessee
Lottery Scholarships. The Technology
Center also has an articulation
agreement with Jackson State
Community College (JSCC). A student
who receives a diploma from one of
our programs can receive thirty (30)
hours toward their Associate of
Applied Science degree. Jackson
State Community College also offers
many of their classes at TTCParis.
The American economy is shifting
from a manufacturing society to one
that produces information and
services. At the same time,
automation is altering the way work
is being performed. For people to
move out of low paying jobs, as well
as those that might become obsolete,
further career training and
retraining will be essential. The
Technology Center is here to assist
those seeking further training.
Education Activities
-
Work with existing businesses
and industrial firms to conduct
programs that update teacher
competencies.
-
Provide skill upgrade training
for employed persons wanting to
keep pace with changing
technology.
-
Align the curriculum with
immediate and future needs of
employers.
-
Work with local employers to
provide cooperative education
and/or internship opportunities
for students.
-
Conduct educational and cultural
activities of interest to new
and existing business and
industrial firms.
-
Provide trainer workshops,
course planning, and curriculum
development assistance for local
business and industrial firms.
-
Conduct customized training to
meet the specific needs of local
business and industrial firms
through written agreements.
-
Provide resources (facilities,
staff, funds, equipment, etc.)
to be used to establish a
demonstration center for
technology training.
-
Conduct basic skills training
programs for business and
industrial firms.
-
Conduct licensure and
certification training for local
employees.
-
Conduct customized short courses
and seminars for local
employers.
-
Conduct training programs for
high-risk, targeted populations
(e.g. displaced workers,
welfare, rehabilitation clients,
Families First).
-
Provide career and vocational
counseling for students.
-
Provide job placement services
for students enrolled in the
Technology Center.
-
Provide pre-screening and skill
assessment of potential
employees for business.
|
