Category: Sycamore High School

Dodd named new Sycamore boys basketball coach

6/19/2019

Steve Dodd

The Cheatham County School District has named Steve Dodd as the new Sycamore High School boys basketball coach.

Dodd, who has coached for nearly 40 years, comes to Sycamore after serving as the boys basketball coach at Hillwood High School from 2008 to 2019.

He replaces Toby Miles, who recently resigned after leading the War Eagles for the past six years.

Before joining Hillwood, Dodd was the boys basketball coach at Russell High School in Russell, Ky., from 2002 to 2008 and the men’s head basketball coach at Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Ky., from 1998 to 2002.

Additionally, he coached on the collegiate level at Alderson Broaddus University in West Virginia, Oklahoma Christian University in Oklahoma and Bethel College in Tennessee.

He was also a member of the USA basketball coaching staff for the World University Games in 1999 and is a member of the NAIA Hall of Fame.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Lipscomb University and a master’s degree in Health Science from Austin Peay State University.

“I am proud to be named the head boys basketball coach at Sycamore High School, and I am very happy to become a part of the Sycamore family. I am looking forward to working with the War Eagle team and community,” Dodd said.

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SHS students selected for Frist art exhibit

5/14/2019

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Jacob Balthrop and Logan Seibert

The artwork of two Sycamore High School students - Jacob Balthrop and Logan Seibert – will be featured in an exhibition titled “Teens Take the Frist” at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville.

A jury of Frist Art Museum curators and educators selected 100 pieces of art to be featured in the exhibition, will runs from July 13-Sept. 21.

Teens from Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson counties were invited to submit entries for the exhibition.

An opening reception featuring the teen artists will be held Saturday, July 13 from 1-4 at the museum.

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SHS assistant principal taking on same role at CCCHS

4/25/2019

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Aime Carter

The Cheatham County School District has named Aime Carter as the new assistant principal at Cheatham County Central High School.

Carter is currently the assistant principal at Sycamore High School, a position she has held since 2016.

She replaces Dana Bates, who will become the new assistant principal at Harpeth Middle School.

Carter, a CCCHS graduate, has been with the district for 19 years.

She taught at Sycamore Middle School for seven years and at Cheatham Middle School for seven years. She then served as the academic specialist at SMS for two years before joining the SHS staff as assistant principal.

“It has been an honor to be a part of the Sycamore High School family. Sycamore is an amazing school with an amazing faculty, staff and students. I have developed many great friendships and great relationships with the students that I will cherish forever,” Carter said.

She added: “I am so excited to have the opportunity to take my growth and experiences from SHS with me to my alma mater, Cheatham County Central High School, where I will have the opportunity to work with again and help educate the students to whom I taught at Cheatham Middle School. I am grateful for the opportunity to continue working with students in an administrative role to continue helping students succeed in our school district.”

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Wenning selected as new SHS principal

4/25/2019

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Dawn Wenning

The Cheatham County School District has named Dawn Wenning as the new Sycamore High School principal.

Wenning, who is currently the principal at Kingston Springs Elementary School, will replace Dr. Amy McWhirter, who will retire and work part time as the district’s RTI coordinator.

Wenning earned her bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education English from Welch College (formerly Free Will Baptist Bible College in Nashville) in 1994.

She received her Special Education endorsement from Tennessee State University in 2001 and Masters in Educational Leadership from Austin Peay State University in 2012.

Wenning has been in the education field for 23 years.

She spent three years at Metro Christian Academy, teaching third grade and middle school English.

Wenning has been with Cheatham County Schools for 19 years. She started in 1998 as a special education teacher at Cheatham County Central High School and then moved to the English Department to teach English I until 2005.

Her family moved to Florence, Ala., and she taught seventh and eighth grade English for one year at Florence Christian Academy.

Wenning returned to Cheatham County in 2007 to begin teaching in the English Department at Sycamore High School before becoming the academic specialist at Pegram Elementary School in 2015. She was named the KSES principal in 2017.

She is married to Steve Wenning, the principal at Cheatham County Central High School.

"I am thrilled to continue my journey in education by being able to come home to Sycamore High School. I am so thankful for the opportunity to serve and work in the community where I live,” Wenning said.

She added: “Sycamore holds a very special place in my heart because that's where Steve and I taught when we returned from Alabama back in 2007. Our oldest son Sean is a 2018 graduate of SHS, and our son Avery will be a freshman there in the fall. I look forward to renewing relationships with former colleagues and meeting all of the new staff members that have been added to the faculty in the four years that I have been away.”

A meet and greet for the Sycamore community to welcome Wenning and new assistant principal Adrian Baker will be held Wednesday, May 1 from 5-6 p.m.

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Baker named new SHS assistant principal

4/25/2019

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Adrian Baker

The Cheatham County School District has named Adrian Baker as the new assistant principal at Sycamore High School.

Baker is currently the assistant principal at Harpeth Middle School, a position he has held since 2015.

He replaces Aime Carter, who will become the new assistant principal at Cheatham County Central High School.

Baker, a CCCHS graduate, has been with the district since 2011. He taught for four years at Sycamore Middle School, where he served as music teacher and band director.

During his time at SMS, Baker also served as assistant band director at Sycamore High School, and has maintained connections to the SHS band program as the music composer/arranger for the Marching War Eagles from 2014-present.

Throughout his administrative career, Baker has served as a mentor to new and veteran teachers, facilitating reflective practices for professional learning and growth.

He has also modeled a technology-driven approach with school-level and classroom processes and instruction.

"I am incredibly humbled for the opportunity to return to my home community to serve as the assistant principal at Sycamore High School. The past four years at Harpeth Middle School have provided many opportunities for growth and development, and I am thankful for the educators who have taught me more than they realize. ‘Grateful’ and ‘excited’ are the words that come to mind as I look forward to working with the faculty and students at SHS," Baker said.

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SHS principal announces retirement, taking on new district role

4/18/2019

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Dr. Amy McWhirter

Sycamore High School Principal Dr. Amy McWhirter announced Thursday that she is retiring at the end of the 2018-2019 school year.

However, McWhirter will be taking on a new role in the Cheatham County School District next year as she will become the district’s Response to Intervention (RTI) coordinator on a part-time basis.

McWhirter worked in the Clarksville-Montgomery County School District for 27 years before joining Sycamore in 2014 as the assistant principal. She was promoted to principal in 2016.

“After 32 years in education, it’s time for me to retire and take care of my health issues. I have loved my time at SHS. This is a great community with wonderful staff, students and families. I live in this community and will always support my Sycamore family. I am pleased that I have the opportunity in retirement to continue to serve the students of Cheatham County,” she said.

The district will be surveying the Sycamore staff and parents to help determine the top qualities they believe the new principal should have.

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Hamblin named new Sycamore High School wrestling coach

4/16/2019

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Steve Hamblin

Sycamore High School has named Steve Hamblin as its new wrestling coach.

Hamblin replaces Raymond Bass, who recently resigned.

“Steve has an impeccable reputation as a coach and came highly recommended. We are excited that a coach with his vast experience will continue to build on our great wrestling tradition at Sycamore,” said SHS Principal Dr. Amy McWhirter.

Hamblin brings a wealth of experience with him to the position.

He served as the Sycamore wrestling coach from 2009-2012 and was an assistant coach at Clarksville High School for one year before starting the wrestling program at Goodpasture in 2014 and the school’s youth program in 2015.

Hamblin, an All-State high school wrestler in Michigan, operated a successful youth wrestling program, Team Hamblin, from 2008-2013.

Under his leadership, he has produced a number of All-Americans on both the high school and youth levels.

Additionally, he has coached two youth national champs and a high school national champ and state champ.

“I am grateful to have an opportunity to work with local kids at all levels. I’m looking forward to expand on Sycamore’s solid foundation,” Hamblin said.

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Dodd named new Sycamore boys basketball coach

SHS students selected for Frist art exhibit

SHS assistant principal taking on same role at CCCHS

Wenning selected as new SHS principal

Baker named new SHS assistant principal

SHS principal announces retirement, taking on new district role

Hamblin named new Sycamore High School wrestling coach

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