Mrs. Huffines

"Mrs. Huffines"

by Madison Woods ︱ October 12, 2021

Jayna Huffines has been an art teacher at HSHS for 8 years. She has been an artist and aspiring teacher since she was very young.

Mrs. Huffines was born in Statesville, North Carolina, briefly residing in SC. She attended Appalachian State University for elementary art education, though her original plan to teach kindergarten morphed into a desire for upper education.

After her graduation from Appalachian State in 2000, she spent a year in Greenville, SC, teaching there before returning to NC.

Before her current position, she taught at Lufkin Rd. Middle for 12 years.

She has two kids: Jakob Huffines and Zoe Huffines. Jakob is a current senior at HSHS, and Zoe is a graduate student at Appalachian State.

Jayna Huffines has always had an innate desire to teach and educate children and found her calling in high school art.

Her media is fluid and broad, taking up painting media of all kinds. She is the leader of NAHS, the National Arts Honor Society, and appreciates all art forms and strives to bring out the best in her students through their creative side.