New teachers prepare for school year

Homewood City Schools welcomed 20 new teachers during HCS Orientation on Aug. 4. The teachers learned about Homewood Schools’ mission and culture of learning while also gaining employee information and hearing from district leaders. The day ended with a wonderful lunch from Urban Cookhouse provided by the Homewood City Schools Foundation. The new teachers are:

Edgewood Elementary

• Mallory Edmondson- fifth grade
• Shereen Glover- fifth grade
• Amy Law- music
• Stephanie Lorberbaum- SPED
• Leah McClusky- second grade
• Emily Wilder- kindergarten

Hall-Kent Elementary

• Allison Bassett- SPED
• Alex Constantine- SPED
• Leigh Ellen Herring- third grade
• Taryn Hopper- speech
• Ashley Paulk- third grade
• Lindsay Shelton- fifth grade

Shade Cahaba Elementary

• Rachel Buie- first grade
• Christie Crigger- LEAD
• Ashten Dick- first grade
• Wendy Story- assistant principal

Homewood Middle

• Kevin Hughes- eighth grade algebra
• Sabrina Jemison- eighth grade science
• Bill Whitehead- eighth grade social science

Homewood High

• William Alexander- physics
• Matthew Hardman- physics