By Emily Williams Homecoming Week evokes images of kings, queens, dress-up days, football games and dances, but for groups such as Vestavia Hills High School’s Habitat for Humanity club, it also is about the money. Each year since 2004, the club, supported by Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church, has built a house for a family in need. “VHHS is one of the few high schools … [Read more...]

Editor's Note: This article was edited from its original version to include 16 Semifinalists from Mountain Brook High School.  After enduring a rough spring and fall, a number of students throughout the Over the Mountain community are being honored for their scholastic achievements as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists. These high school seniors are chosen from a … [Read more...]

By Emily Williams When you enter Camp Fletcher, you are transported into a different world as you pass under a sign that reads Wohelo, which stands for work, health and love. The words have been a motto for the camp since 1926 and are a nod to its original and continuing purpose, established by its founder, Pauline Bray Fletcher. Fletcher, who was the first African American … [Read more...]

By Emily Williams  Schools have struggled throughout the late summer, creating plans that allow their doors to reopen and education leaders to welcome children back to classrooms for the first time since early March. At Creative Montessori School in Homewood - which serves kids from 18 months to eighth grade - school faculty and staff spent a portion of their summer … [Read more...]

The Homewood Board of Education recently announced that Dr. Justin Hefner will serve as superintendent of Homewood City Schools. Heftern, a Homewood resident, will step into the role beginning Aug. 17. He will replace Dr. Bill Cleveland who announced his retirement in February after 29 years in education.  “For 10 years my wife and I have lived and raised our children … [Read more...]