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Photo by Jacob Cole
School board recognizes National Board Certified teachers
The Homewood City Schools Board of Education met Nov. 19. Read more
Photos courtesy of Carlye Dudgeon.
Schools foundation awards fall grants
On Oct. 11, Foundation Director Carlye Dudgeon and Homewood school board members visited all five of the city’s public schools to notify recipients of their selection. The foundation distributed around $76,000 in grants. Read more
Photo by Erin Nelson Starnes Media
Patriot Band invited to 2021 Rose Parade
During halftime of the Homewood High School football game against Carver, the band found out it has been invited to march in the 2021 Rose Parade in Pasadena, California. Read more
Lowry named Learning for Life honoree
Congratulations to Shades Cahaba Elementary School Principal John Lowry for being named Samford University’s 2019 Learning for Life honoree. Read more
OLS 1st graders learn engineering skills
As part of the STEM curriculum, first-grade students learned how engineers use the design process to solve problems in their everyday lives. Read more
Photo courtesy of Mary Stephens Pugh.
History comes to life at OLS
What do Pocahontas, Helen Keller, Abraham Lincoln and Mia Hamm have in common? They are only a few of our country’s historical figures represented in a special presentation by the third-grade students at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School. Read more
OLS students celebrate religious vocations
Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School celebrated the month of October in a very special way. Read more
Photo by Erin Nelson.
Patriots’ Pence sets standard of excellence
After more than two decades of inspiring and guiding excellence, Pence plans to retire after the 2019-20 academic year. Read more
Photo by Jacob Cole
School board recognizes foundation grants
The Homewood school board met Oct. 15. Read more
Photo courtesy of Natalie Garcia.
Creative Montessori School hosts Grandparents Breakfast
Creative Montessori School students welcomed visitors to the school the morning of Sept. 13 for a Grandparents Breakfast. The school hosted more than 200 grandparents and special guests in observance of Grandparents Day. Read more
Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School welcomes grandpals
Some very special guests visited the students at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School for Gandpals Day on Oct. 3. Young and old celebrated Mass together followed by guided tours to the classrooms and a guest reception. Read more
Photo courtesy of Scott Butler via Daley King.
Homewood schools schedule fall festivals
It's time for Homewood City Schools to host their annual fall festivals — popular fundraisers that support beneficial programs and events for local schools. Read more
Photo courtesy of Shades Cahaba Elementary.
Shades Cahaba celebrates 100 classes
The first students walked through the doors at Shades Cahaba school Sept. 19, 1920. Though the building has had some additions and renovations since then, it looked much the same when it welcomed its 100th class of students this August. Read more
Photo courtesy of Merrick Wilson.
HHS announces National Merit semifinalists
Homewood High School is pleased to announce the names of our 2019-2020 semifinalists: Catherine Grill, Graham Harrison,Cooper McRae and John Robert Wallace. Read more
Holy Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School moves to the historic Titusville community
Holy Family Cristo Rey’s board acquired the former Center Street Middle School on June 11, 2019 from the Birmingham Board of Education. Renovations and upgrades were made over the summer in time for classes to begin on August 8. Read more
Edgewood student receives civics award
Edgewood Elementary student Ashlyn Kay Moran was awarded the Shannon Burgess Civics award this summer by former State Rep. Paul DeMarco. Read more
Meet the 2019-20 PTO presidents
Want to get more involved in your child’s school, or simply know more about what’s going on? Your school’s PTO is where to go. Get to know this year’s PTO presidents and their plans for events, fundraising and more. Read more
Photo courtesy of the Dance Foundation.
Hall-Kent students dance with words
Over the summer, the Dance Foundation brought its Dancing with Words program to Hall-Kent Elementary’s RISE summer learning program for its second year. Read more
Photo courtesy of Alabama Governor’s School.
Students complete Alabama Governor’s School
Students from several area high schools were selected to participate in Alabama Governor’s School this summer. Read more
Breathing it in: Students measure air quality by partnering with Gasp
Twice a day during the school year, students at Homewood’s Creative Montessori School head over to their installed air monitor and take the air quality reading of the day. Read more
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