Vestavia Hills Elementary East is being recognized statewide for its emphasis on character education and development, according to a press release from Vestavia Hills City Schools. Character.org, a national organization whose goal is to advocate for character education in schools, on Jan. 26 named Vestavia Hills Elementary East a 2022 Alabama State School of Character. … [Read more...]
Homewood City Schools Announces Teacher of the Year Awards
By Ally MorrisonHomewood City Schools recently announced its Teacher of the Year award recipients. Elementary Teacher of the Year was granted to Genie Christian, a physical education teacher at Shades Cahaba Elementary School. Secondary Teacher of the Year was awarded to Claudia Sale-Casalino, of Homewood High School. Sale-Casalino teaches in the world … [Read more...]
Good Sign: Mountain Brook High Students Can Sign Their Way to World Language Credits
By Ally Morrison At Mountain Brook High School, an alternative students have to taking Spanish, French and Latin to satisfy their world language credit requirements is to take American Sign Language. According to Mountain Brook City Schools communications specialist William Galloway, only two other metro schools, Homewood and Oak Mountain, offer this form of … [Read more...]
Hoover Schools Names Its Teachers of the Year
Hoover City Schools on Dec. 15 announced the 2022 Teachers of the Year Awards.Bluff Park Elementary STEAM teacher Geri Evans has been named 2022-2023 Elementary Teacher of the Year; and Hoover High biology teacher Paul McEwan has also been named Secondary Teacher of the Year.In a press release from Hoover City Schools, Evans’ principal describes her as a … [Read more...]
Going Pro: From a Classroom to Etsy, OLS Student Breaks Into the Business World with Handmade Crafts
By Mary Stephens Pugh As the holiday season approaches, Elizabeth Lowman, an eighth-grade student at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School, will be doing something most teenagers her age have not yet considered. At 13 years old, she will be crafting and fulfilling gift orders for her online Etsy store and setting up for local pop-up markets. She has more than 40 … [Read more...]