The Mountain Brook Junior High freshman cheerleaders won top honors at the Universal Cheerleaders Association cheerleading camp at Mississippi State University in June.The squad won the Leadership Award, junior high and junior varsity division, voted on by the other squads at camp. They also won second place in the cheer and extreme routine competitions.The group … [Read more...]
Buccanettes Bring Home Dance Camp Awards
The 2010-2011 Buccanettes Dance Team from Hoover High School earned several awards at a Universal Dance Association camp this summer.Each team member received blue ribbons. The team received a superior rating for its work at camp, placed third in its home routine and received a spirit stick for demonstrating leadership and a positive attitude.Briana Kinsey, … [Read more...]
A Cause for Celebration
Walker Minor, Wesley Heartsill, Nathan Hospes and Ty Roberts, all seventh grade students at Liberty Park Middle School, celebrated their 13th birthdays Aug. 10 at Old Overton Country Club swimming pool with 70 of their friends. Instead of receiving birthday gifts, these teens elected to have their friends bring donations for the National Wildlife Federation's Gulf Oil … [Read more...]
Connecting With China
By Laura McAlisterJournal EditorBriarwood Christian School can’t take all its high school students to China. But thanks to a new distance learning program, it can bring a bit of China to them.When school starts Aug. 17, Briarwood high school students will be able to interact with students in China to learn Mandarin, the standard Chinese language. Briarwood … [Read more...]
Mountain Brook Gets Technical
By Laura McAlister Journal EditorMountain Brook teachers and staff spent one of their last weeks of summer in the classroom brushing up on their computer skills. For the sixth year in a row, the school system offered its week-long technology conference to train employees in new and existing technology. "What we're trying to do is really help utilize tools already in … [Read more...]