By Keysha DrexelJournal editorStudents at Mountain Brook Junior High School spent the week before winter break preparing to take the stage at one of the world's largest musical theater festivals for young people.Members of the Mountain Brook Junior High Choir have been accepted to the 2014 Junior Theater Festival Jan. 17-19 at the Cobb Galleria Center in … [Read more...]

Over the Mountain students will get to sleep in a little later on Jan. 7.Both Hoover City Schools and Homewood City Schools on Jan. 6 announced delayed start times for classes on Jan. 7.Hoover City Schools will open one hour later on Jan. 7.  Buses will run their regular routes one hour later than usual.Homewood City Schools will open at 10 a.m for students on Jan. … [Read more...]

Looks like Hoover City Schools students will get one more hour of winter break.The school system announced Jan. 3 that the start of school on Monday, Jan. 6 will be delayed by one hour due to the cold weather expected Sunday night.A school spokesman says the extra time is needed Monday morning to get the school buses ready.The school's website says "the extreme cold … [Read more...]

By Jessica JonesJournal internA Hoover High School program that is preparing students for college-level engineering classes is expanding, thanks to a new wing recently completed on the Buccaneer Drive campus.Students in the Engineering Academy started the new school year in the new addition. The enlarged facility allows more classes to be offered in the program, … [Read more...]

By Keysha DrexelJournal editorAs the man who is replacing the principal who served at Vestavia Hills High School for almost three decades, Wes Gordon said he knows he has big shoes to fill.But the 42-year-old said he's more excited than intimidated as he heads into his first year as the school's new principal.Gordon replaces Cas McWaters, who announced his … [Read more...]