Mountain Brook students did their part to make wishes come true for children suffering life threatening illnesses during the holiday season.Cherokee Bend School students Mac and Charles Abele, James Burkett, Campbell Doidge, Henry and James Huffham, Witt Lanier and Blake Pugh joined with kids from across the country writing letters to Santa Claus as part of the Macy’s … [Read more...]

Seventh grader Nick Welden placed first in the recent Liberty Park Middle School Geography Bee.Greg Jeane, a retired geography professor from Samford University, was the contest officiator.All sixth, seventh and eighth grade students at LPMS took a qualifier test. The 25 students with the highest scores participated in the school-wide bee.As the school winner, … [Read more...]

Our Lady of Sorrows created a live nativity for its entry in Homewood’s Christmas parade.During the parade, children tossed religious-type bracelets and small gold doubloons to the crowd as OLS School principal Mary Jane Dorn and students’ family members walked beside the float.The children’s handmade costumes were sewn by volunteer parents and grandparents. The float … [Read more...]

For the past few years, Mountain Brook Elementary second graders and teachers have teamed with Greater Birmingham Ministries to collect non-perishable foods to help more than 300 families in need.The program, “From My Pantry to Yours,” encourages MBE second graders to bring food items from their pantries at home to share with those in need.Teachers Ashley Johnson, … [Read more...]

Members of Mountain Brook High School’s Key Club and Interact Club got a chance to work alongside former President Jimmy Carter in October as they continued work on the Habitat for Humanity house the two clubs are sponsoring.Mountain Brook Baptist Church also sponsored the project.Interact Club members complete a minimum of eight hours of community service every nine … [Read more...]