TweetThis year, over 600 Shelby County Schools’ first through eighth graders diligently practiced their keyboarding skills in hopes of being named to their school’s 2017 Keyboarding Challenge team. Only the top 10 typists at each…
TweetStudents from two Shelby County middle schools are now published poets thanks to an ongoing partnership to bring the Writing Our Stories program into seventh-grade classrooms at both Columbiana Middle and Montevallo Middle schools. According…
TweetThe Ora L Jones Foundation recently awarded $10,000 in scholarships to 10 students in various schools throughout Shelby County, including seven students in the Shelby County School District. The Ora L. Jones Memorial Foundation was…
TweetThe International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has selected its 2017 award-winners, including educators working in India, Canada and across the United States. Among the winners is Shelby County Schools Technology Coordinator Susan Poling,…
TweetShirley Chumley, bookkeeper and office manager for Helena High School, was named the 2017 Support Professional of the Year at the seventh annual Support Professionals of the Year Awards Program on May 18. which honoring…
TweetStudents from Shelby County will have the opportunity to explore career options in the Biomedical field through a new Project Lead the Way Biomedical Science program being implemented at the Shelby County College and Career Center…
Tweet Each year, high-achieving seventh-grade students who qualify participate in the Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) Seventh Grade Talent Search. These seventh-graders take above-grade level tests, either the ACT or the SAT, to help…
TweetA group of K-12 educators, administrators, and support personnel are among the winners of the 14th annual Marbury Technology Innovation Award, including Oak Mountain Middle School math teacher Chad Burdett who won the honor as the…
TweetMay 1 was National College Decision Day and one Oak Mountain High School senior had several to choose from – including seven Ivy League institutions. Armeen Barghi has decided to attend Harvard University after receiving…
