By Emily Williams-Robertshaw The 2020-21 school year has been colored completely by the pandemic, with educators working on the frontline and adapting their methods to continue to educate children. In the Over the Mountain area alone, teachers, school staff and administrators sprang into action, adapting to virtual learning and navigating safe ways to reintroduce children … [Read more...]
Healthier Social Media Habits: Altamont Student Founds Global Social-Media-Concious Organization, Log Off
Altamont School senior Emma Lembke is asking her peers to log off. She isn’t so much asking her fellow students to log off the internet as to rethink the way they use social media. Through the global movement Log Off, Lembke seeks to start a conversation to help other kids like her navigate both the positives and negatives of the social media realm. The first iteration of Log … [Read more...]
You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile: Mountain Brook Teen Creates Buttons for O’Neal Cancer Center Staff
By Emily Williams-Robertshaw A seemingly simple gesture can have a big impact, especially during a pandemic. It’s something 16-year-old Emily Straughn accomplished during the fall as she created buttons for staff members at the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB. Straughn, a Mountain Brook High School student, is the daughter of UAB Medicine gynecologic oncologist Dr. … [Read more...]
Hoover High Sophomores Create Seasonal Coding Camp for Elementary Students
By Emily Williams-Robertshaw Over the summer, Hoover High School sophomores Shaams Nur and twin brothers Leo and Victor Song hosted HooverCodes, the first iteration of what is now HooverCamp. The three close friends came up with the idea in the fall of 2019 during their freshman year while eating lunch. They remember the conversation down to the snacks they consumed – … [Read more...]
Local students give to Veterans during the holidays via Wrapping for America’s Warriors
Each year, students from Mountain Brook’s Brookwood Forest Elementary School takes time during the holiday season to visit the Birmingham VA Medical Center and wrap gifts for veterans. The third annual Wrapping for America’s Warriors project grew this year to include participation from students at Cherokee Bend Elementary as well. According to a release, the holiday … [Read more...]