Coach Stephens
steve.stephens@sumnerschools.org

Coach Stephens grew up on a farm in the Nashville area.  He has a Bachelor's Degree from Middle Tennessee State University and a Master's degree from the University of Tennessee.  In the past, he has taught agricultural mechanics, agricultural engineering, greenhouse management, wildlife management, and co-op.  He has also coached basketball and freshman football.  His favorite CDEs are Agricultural Mechanics, Farm Business Management, and Soil Judging.


Coach Wenzel
karl.wenzel@sumnerschools.org

Coach Wenzel is originally from East Tennessee.  He has a Bachelor's degree from Austin Pea State University and a Master's degree from the University of Tennessee.  He has taught Small Animal Care and Agricultural Business Management.  In addition, he coaches freshman football in the fall.  His favorite CDEs are Farm Business Management, Agricultural Sales, and Agricultural Marketing Plan.


Mrs. Garrison
amy.garrison@sumnerschools.org

Mrs. Garrison grew up in a farming family on the Tennessee/Kentucky line.  She is a graduate from Portland High School and was the first ever female from Portland High School to receive her American FFA degree.  She attended Western Kentucky University on an academic scholarship as well as a scholarship from the U.S. Tobacco Companies.  She has a Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Education and Extension from Tennessee State University. She is CASE certified in AFNR (Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources), ASA (Agricultural Sciences-Animal) and APT (Agriculture Power and Technology). Currently, she teaches Honors Agriscience, Large Animal Science, Vet Science and FFA Leadership(SAE) during Commando Time. Her favorite CDE/LDEs are Meats Judging, Poultry Judging, and Floriculture.

Miss Gates
hailey.gates@sumnerschools.org

 Miss Gates is originally from Arizona but moved to Tennessee in 2006.  She was an FFA member at Wilson Central High School and a graduate of Tennessee Tech University.  After graduating from Tech, she interned with National FFA and received her Master’s Degree from the University of Arkansas.  She teaches all the regular agriscience courses at HHS and enjoys coaching the livestock and agricultural communications CDE as well as the conduct of chapter meeting LDE.

Mrs. Ross

jessica.garner@sumnerschools.org

Jessica (Garner) Ross recently joined the cohort of Ag Teachers at HHS. She is a 2020 graduate of the University of Tennessee Knoxville with a Bachelors of Science in Agriculture and a minor in Food and AgBusiness. Although she did not grow up on a farm, she was heavily involved in FFA in high school and agricultural organizations in college. Her passion in teaching comes from her Ag teachers and the difference they made in her life in high school. She hopes to open students’ eyes to the world of agriculture. Her favorite LDEs/CDEs are the Marketing Plan CDE, Livestock Judging, Floriculture, and Prepared Public Speaking.