The suburban newspaper for mountain brook, homewood, vestavia hills, hoover and north shelby county
By Laura McAlister Journal Editor In some Over the Mountain schools, they’re funding training for teachers. In others, they’re supplying iPads and needed technology. Whatever the case may be, the education foundations in Homewood, Hoover, Vestavia Hills and Mountain Brook are making a difference in the classroom and helping lessen the pinch of proration, or Read More…
Rachel Hyche, a second grader at Oak Mountain Elementary School, won the grand prize in the 2011 Helen Keller Art Show. The annual show is for Alabama students who are visually impaired, blind or deaf-blind. The show is open to students of all ages in public, private, residential and home schools, providing them an opportunity Read More…
The Junior League of Birmingham will distribute more than $245,000 to Birmingham area charities this year, all aimed at improving the lives of women and children in the Birmingham area. In 2012, the JLB’s Beeson Community Fund will go an extra step to support projects promoting systematic changes in addressing the health, safety, education and Read More…
Kristie Rutherford and Carla Palmer took their Vestavia Hills Elementary East third graders on a field trip Nov. 17 to the Water Course, a project of Alabama Power Co. The educational center in Clanton has interactive exhibits and displays that teach visitors the importance of water for the state and in daily lives. Students experienced a Read More…
Twenty-six students from the fourth, fifth and sixth grades at Cherokee Bend Elementary School qualified during preliminary rounds to compete in the school’s spelling bee championship. Sixth grader Will Forbus and fifth graders Zachary Shunnarah and Samson Sands were the only students remaining in the ninth round. During that round, Shunnarah won the bee by Read More…
Gwin Elementary will hold its annual Colonial Day celebration for students Nov. 18 at the school. An opening program begins at 8:15 a.m. Activities will run until 2 p.m. The event gives students hands-on lessons in colonial living. Students will make crafts, visit exhibits, learn about colonial living and play colonial games. Craftspeople will be Read More…
Scott Flansburg, nicknamed the “Human Calculator” by talk show host Regis Philbin, visited Prince of Peace Catholic School recently. Flansburg earned the nickname for his ability to perform mental mathematics at record-setting speed. He visited Prince of Peace due to the school’s affiliation with Mathletics, an online worldwide mathematics program. Flansburg ended his tour around Read More…
