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Baker named new SHS assistant principal

4/25/2019

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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CCCHS assistant principal taking on same role at HMS

4/24/2019

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Dana Bates

The Cheatham County School District has named Dana Bates as the new assistant principal of Harpeth Middle School.

Bates is currently the assistant principal at Cheatham County Central High School.

Bates has been with the district for nearly 30 years and much of that time was at Harpeth High School as a teacher and academic director. She was named the CCCHS assistant principal in 2015.

Throughout her career, she has developed instructional strategies to help students improve attendance, test scores and discipline.

Bates has also served as a mentor to other teachers, helping them to analyze data and develop effective lesson plans.

“It’s been 30 years, and I am fortunate to be back where I started. No matter where I go, it is all about caring and educating children. I am grateful for the incredible educators and students that I have learned from along the way. Thank you,” Bates said.

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PVES principal announces resignation

4/22/2019

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Keith Miller

Pleasant View Elementary School Principal Keith Miller announced Thursday that he is stepping down at the end of the 2018-2019 school year.

Miller plans to go back to the classroom to resume his love of teaching.

Miller has worked in the Cheatham County School District for 22 years. He taught at Sycamore Middle School, was the district Technology Integration Specialist and served as an assistant principal at Cheatham County Central High School and Cheatham Middle School before being named the PVES principal in 2011.

“The faculty, families, community and students have meant a great deal to me in my eight years at Pleasant View Elementary School, and I’m extremely proud of everything that we’ve accomplished. I will be returning to the classroom to get back to teaching; while teaching has its own time requirements, I am hoping that this will free up some time that I can use to finish my doctorate and to spend more time with my family. My children are getting older far too quickly and I want to have time with them while they are still young. I will miss everyone at Pleasant View Elementary, but I know that the community, families and teachers will continue to work together to do great things for the students,” he said.

The district is surveying the Pleasant View staff and parents to help determine the top qualities they believe the new principal should have.

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HMS principal resigning, joining HHS staff

4/18/2019

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Ryan Philipp

Harpeth Middle School Principal Ryan Philipp announced Thursday that he is stepping down as principal at the end of the 2018-2019 school year.

Philipp, who has been with the district for 13 years, will serve as the academic specialist at Harpeth High School next school year.

A 2001 graduate of Harpeth High School, Philipp taught at HHS for eight years before being named the assistant principal at Cheatham Middle School. After two years at CMS, he was named the HMS principal in 2016.

Philipp said the following about his decision:

It has been one of the greatest honors of my life to come back home and serve as the Principal of Harpeth Middle School for the past three years. At this point in my life, though, I have three little ones aged 5, 3, and 8 months that are simply calling for more of my time than this position currently allows.

I believe strongly in the adage that you’ll never regret spending too much time with your children and at 36 years of age, I feel that it’s time to press pause and revisit school administration at a time down the road when they are a little older and I’m better able to dedicate the proper energy to giving the job of a school administrator all I have.

HMS is a fantastic place, with amazing staff members and students, and a wonderful and supportive community, and I couldn’t imagine a better place to have had this opportunity. I’ve made lifelong friends at HMS and I can’t thank all of my friends and colleagues enough for supporting me as principal every day and helping to make these three years so successful and fulfilling as an educator.

I also want to extend a sincere thank you to Dr. Beck, Dr. Watson and Stacy Brinkley for their amazing support and guidance during these past few emotional weeks. I know that I surprised them when I first floated the idea of stepping back from this position, but their kind and understanding approach to every aspect of this tough time has meant more to myself and my family than I can even express. Their leadership and compassion with their staff members represents a primary reason why I couldn’t imagine leaving this district.

To that end, while I am deeply torn on leaving HMS, I am honored to get to return to another place that has been very special to me in education career in Harpeth High School. I will be working with Dr. Rector, Shannon Schliwa and the amazing staff at HHS as their academic specialist starting in the fall, and I look forward to continue serving and supporting the students and staff of the southern cluster in this new role.

Thank you so much again to everyone at HMS for everything these past three years and for giving me an opportunity to lead such a fantastic school and a fantastic group of students, staff, and parents. It has truly been an incredible honor.

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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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Harpeth High School names Miller as new girls basketball coach

4/12/2019

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Karley Miller

Harpeth High School has named Karley Miller as its new girls basketball coach.

Miller replaces Jimmy Mitchell, who recently resigned after leading the Lady Indians for nine seasons.

Miller, a 2010 graduate of HHS and who helped guide the Lady Indians to two district championships, said being named head coach is an honor.

“Growing up in Kingston Springs and playing basketball at Harpeth High School was the first love of my life. Now being able to lead this group of young women in the sport I’m most passionate about at my alma mater is completely full-circle for me,” she said.

Miller added: “I’m beyond excited to get back to the hardwoods that have blessed me with so many memories. As far as my goals for this team, we will work hard, grow as people, and push each other to leave it all on the floor. Winning is a by-product of hard work. I want these girls to know that basketball is so much more than wins and losses. If we take care of business in the offseason and at practice, the record will take care of itself. The pain of regret is far worse than the pain of hard work. By the end of the season, we will know hard work, and we shouldn’t have any regrets. Let’s get started.”

Miller, an English teacher at Harpeth Middle School, brings a wealth of experience with her to the position.

A standout player at HHS, she scored more than 1,000 career points and was named to the All-District and All-Tournament teams her junior and senior seasons. She earned All-Tournament MVP honors her junior year.

She played basketball at Lee University in Cleveland from 2010-2014. While at Lee, she played in the national tournament all four years (three in the NAIA and one in the NCCAA) and earned two national championship runner-up titles. Additionally, she was named a Southern States Athletic Conference All-Tournament Player her junior year and earned numerous academic honors during her career at Lee.

Miller served as graduate assistant at Lee from April-December 2014 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in education in December 2014. She later earned a master’s degree in education leadership from Western Governor’s University in April 2019.

Before joining the HMS staff in 2017, Miller served as an English teacher and head girls basketball coach at H.G. Hill Middle School in Nashville. Additionally, she was an assistant under Mitchell at HHS during the 2017-2018 season.

Mitchell will continue to serve as a teacher and athletic director at HHS as well as the district’s athletic director.

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