BLENDED ONLINE LEARNING:
New online, high-school courses – known as Blended Online Learning – will be available to district seniors this fall taking English, government and economics. Students will still come to class during the week for other courses, but have the opportunity to take these courses from home for a fee.
PARTNERSHIP WITH DISCOVERY EDUCATION:
Hoover City Schools has partnered with Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, whose networks include Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, and Science Channel, on an agreement that will bring Discovery Education streaming Plus digital content service into Hoover classrooms.
Discovery Education streaming Plus includes more than 150,000 digital learning objects such as videos like Discovery Channel’s award winning LIFE and PLANET EARTH series and others across every academic discipline, as well as pictures, songs, reading passages and more. Aligned to Alabama state standards and assessments, Discovery Education streaming Plus is searchable by keyword, content area and grade level, and can be integrated seamlessly into Hoover City Schools’ curriculum by district educators to both “seize the teachable moment” and digitally transport students beyond the campus to environments or cultures they might not otherwise have the opportunity to experience.
NEW SCHOOL HOURS/BUS ROUTE CHANGES:
Start and stop times will advance by fifteen minutes at Hoover’s three middle schools (Berry, Bumpus and Simmons) resulting in a new start time of 8:15 a.m. and stop time of 3:15 p.m. Hoover High School will back up its start time to 8:15 a.m. [1st period] and will now get out at 3:20 p.m. Zero period at Hoover High will now begin at 7:20 a.m.
Elementary start and stop times will remain the same: 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Spain Park High School’s schedule will also remain the same.
