Kristie Rutherford and Carla Palmer took their Vestavia Hills Elementary East third graders on a field trip Nov. 17 to the Water Course, a project of Alabama Power Co.The educational center in Clanton has interactive exhibits and displays that teach visitors the importance of water for the state and in daily lives.Students experienced a simulated helicopter flyover of … [Read more...]

Twenty-six students from the fourth, fifth and sixth grades at Cherokee Bend Elementary School qualified during preliminary rounds to compete in the school’s spelling bee championship.Sixth grader Will Forbus and fifth graders Zachary Shunnarah and Samson Sands were the only students remaining in the ninth round.During that round, Shunnarah won the bee by spelling … [Read more...]

Gwin Elementary will hold its annual Colonial Day celebration for students Nov. 18 at the school.An opening program begins at 8:15 a.m. Activities will run until 2 p.m.The event gives students hands-on lessons in colonial living. Students will make crafts, visit exhibits, learn about colonial living and play colonial games.Craftspeople will be on hand to demonstrate … [Read more...]

Scott Flansburg, nicknamed the “Human Calculator” by talk show host Regis Philbin, visited Prince of Peace Catholic School recently.Flansburg earned the nickname for his ability to perform mental mathematics at record-setting speed.He visited Prince of Peace due to the school’s affiliation with Mathletics, an online worldwide mathematics program.Flansburg ended his … [Read more...]

Homewood Police Officer Scott McSparen spent the day talking to fifth grade students at Shades Cahaba Elementary School about the DARE program, Drug Abuse Resistance Education.McSparen gave each student their DARE workbooks and packets, and the classes discussed the different ways they could make good choices in their lives. … [Read more...]