Jenny Zimmerman

Welcome!  I am Jenny Zimmerman, and I have been teaching at North Buncombe High School since 2006.  I am a product  of NC Public Schools (Newton-Conover High School), and I believe in public education.  I advise the award-winning North Buncombe High School Hilltopper yearbook program.  I teach English 3 & 4 also. I am so excited to work with my students this year! I use Google Classroom as my LMS, but most of our classwork is completed during the class period and in our binders that we set up on the first day of school.  I believe in the power of reading and the power of literature to help us understand how to be good humans in this world. Please find all my information below and don't hesitate to get in touch if you need anything.  

SHREK PHOTOS

8th Grade Journalism Application

Returning Staff Member Application

New YB Staff Members 10th-12th Grades Application

SPRING 2026 SCHEDULE - ROOM 507

1st Period - Planning

2nd Period - English 3

3rd Period - Yearbook

4th Period - English 3

LEADERSHIP

• NBHS Hilltopper Yearbook Adviser

• PBIS Committee

• NBHS Advisory Council - Teacher Representative

• Senior Class Sponsor

• NCSMA Advisers' Association Board - President Elect

EDUCATION & HONORS

• UNC Chapel Hill - Bachelor's Degree in English & Communication Studies (2003)

• UNC Chapel Hill - Master of Arts in Teaching (2004)

• National Board Certification 2008, Renewed 2018

• 15 Graduate hours in Journalism Education: UNC Chapel Hill & Kent State University

• Professional Memberships:

  • National Council of Teachers of English

  • Assembly on Literature for Adolescents

  • North Carolina English Teachers' Association

  • Journalism Education Association

  • North Carolina Scholastic Media Association

• 2010 North Buncombe High School Teacher of the Year & North Buncombe District Teacher of the Year

• 2017 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Teacher Fellowship @ San Jose State University - The Immigrant Experience in California  through Literature & Performance

• NCSMA Summer Journalism Teacher Fellowship: 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

• 2022 Journalism Education Association Rising Star Award Recipient

• 2023 North Buncombe High School Teacher of the Year 

• 2023 North Buncombe District Teacher of the Year

• 2023 Buncombe County  Schools Teacher of the Year