By Anne Ruisi On the first day students and staff used the new building addition at Mountain Brook Junior High School, teacher Kimberly Mazanowski was arranging books and papers while setting up her classroom.“The kids are so excited about the new space,” said Mazanowski, who is in her 10th year at the school and who taught in a temporary on-campus classroom pod … [Read more...]

Altamont School student Alexander Skowronski has been keeping a spotlight not just on the war in Ukraine but on the young Ukrainian refugees it has created. At the beginning of the war, Skowronski organized virtual meetings between his Altamont peers and the displaced students, according to a statement from the school. When Ukrainian physician Katia Zaharodnia proposed … [Read more...]

By Anne RuisiIn 2007 as he thought about retirement, Air Force Master Sgt. Grant Gibson considered a second career in emergency preparedness.Although he earned a master’s degree in homeland security, Gibson ended up in the classroom as an Air Force Junior ROTC instructor, first in Columbus, Ohio, and then at Hoover High School in 2018. “I’ve not looked back … [Read more...]

 A pregame performance and a major announcement at halftime set the tone for the Homewood High School Patriot Band’s 50th Anniversary Reunion on Sept. 23.Former band members joined the marching band in the performance, held before kickoff at Waldrop Stadium as the Patriots played Pinson Valley. Alumni were treated to a barbecue dinner provided by Two Men and a Pig … [Read more...]

Bruno Montessori Academy marked its 40th anniversary with a reunion and celebration Sept. 18 at the school in North Shelby County.The event included a dedication ceremony for the late Theresa Sprain, who founded the academy with the late supermarket magnate Joseph S. Bruno in 1982. The school began as a small classroom of children ages 3-6. A year later, Sprain received her … [Read more...]