By Lee Davis By any measure, 2017 was a golden season for Over the Mountain baseball. Briarwood, Homewood and Oak Mountain produced outstanding seasons. Vestavia Hills had a strong April-May push that nearly put it in the Class 7A championship finals, and Hoover brought home the big blue trophy, emblematic of the 2017 state title. As a result, the 2017 All-Over the Mountain … [Read more...]
Get Snacking: Pizitz Students Participate in New Heal Inc. Snack Challenge
By Emily Williams Vestavia Hills-based organization Heal Inc. has unveiled a new program that supports its mission to teach children how to live a healthy lifestyle. Throughout the school year, teacher Kendall Kennedy’s family and consumer science classes at Louis Pizitz Middle School in Vestavia Hills participated in lessons on healthy eating, and they put what they learned … [Read more...]
The Island of the Blue Trophies: Area Teams Dominated Sports in 2016-17
By Lee Davis This story has been written so many times that it’s almost become a cliché, and here it is again: Over the Mountain schools dominated statewide athletic competition in the 2016-17 academic year. But that’s just the hometown sportswriter building up the hometown teams, isn’t it? Actually, it’s just the fact. Area schools earned championships in 2016-17 in sports … [Read more...]
For Will and Sam: Pizitz Middle Schoolers Fight Cancer with Community Support
By Sarah Kuper More than 15,000 children are diagnosed with cancer every year, according to data from the National Cancer Institute. A number that large may seem daunting, but the Vestavia Hills community is doing its part by rallying behind two of its own. In February and March, Pizitz Middle School students Will Nailen and Sam Cunningham were diagnosed with cancer, Nailen … [Read more...]
“Mommy, Where Are You?”: Vestavia Woman Writes Book for Working Moms and Their Children
By Sarah Kuper Vestavia Hills author Tera Howard recently published her second in a series of children’s books. The book, “Mommy, Where Are You?” handles questions a child might ask of a working mother. It’s a conversation Howard knows well. Although she is a published author, writing children’s books is not what she calls her “day job.” Howard is an obstetrician and … [Read more...]