By Donna Cornelius Food and church go together like peanut butter and jelly–especially in the South. Sunday school classes take food to the sick and bereaved. Congregations gather for bountiful fellowship meals. Women’s groups automatically think “let’s do a cookbook” when the organ fund needs a little bolstering. At Mountain Brook Baptist Church, one group takes cooking to … [Read more...]
The Art of the Meal: Chef Goes Back to School With Capers on Park Avenue
By Donna Cornelius Jay Roberson’s restaurant, Capers on Park Avenue, has been open for only a few months. But years ago, Roberson spent a lot of time in the building where he now serves his own versions of Southern-style food. These days, he’s on the other side of the serving line. Capers is in what once was the lunchroom of the old Bluff Park Elementary School, which … [Read more...]
MBJH Teacher Travels to Geneva for TED Event
Suzan Brandt, technology coordinator for Mountain Brook Junior High School, has been selected to attend a TEDx pre-conference workshop in Geneva, Switzerland, in December. She is one of 400 applicants who were chosen and will attend the workshop as well as the TEDGlobal>Geneva event. Previous guest speakers at the Global event include Bill Gates, Brene Brown and Al Gore. … [Read more...]
Whiz Kid: Spain Park Student Presents Program at National Conference
By Kaitlin Candelaria Spain Park High School student Ozair Patel recently had the opportunity to make a presentation at the Wolfram Technology Conference in Illinois. The 17-year-old engineering academy student presented “A Big Data Analytics Platform for STEM Education Using the Wolfram Engine on Raspberry Pi” on Oct. 22. The Wolfram Conference is presented by Wolfram … [Read more...]
Altamont Siblings Advance to Siemens Regional Competition
Two students from The Altamont School will advance as regional finalists in the 2015 Siemens Science Competition. Maya Guru, a freshman, and Arjun Guru, a junior, are the only two students in Alabama chosen to advance to this stage of competition, and they happen to be siblings. Because they were selected as regional finalists, they will both be awarded $1,000 … [Read more...]