TweetHelena High School and Oak Mountain High School both launched a new initiative this year aimed at supporting student achievement, encouraging participation in extracurricular clubs, and helping students develop time management and leadership skills. The initiatives,…
TweetThe Shelby County School District has unveiled a new web page designed to provide dyslexia resources to the community.  The webpage is located under “Resources” of the “Students and Parents” link on the website, or at…
TweetFive Shelby County Schools students have been announced as 2017 Semifinalists for the National Merit Scholarship by the National Merit Scholarship Program. Â Selected as Semifinalists are Armeen Barghi, Kathryn Holt, William Laycock, and Colby Wetzel…
TweetStudents in Inga Clum’s First Class Pre-K classroom at Inverness Elementary School are already learning some valuable lessons at school, such as the importance of following rules and treating each other with respect. These are just…
TweetCalera Elementary School students will soon be enjoying new playground equipment designed to help improve their vestibular and proprioception systems thanks to a $10,000 grant awarded by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama. The Be…
TweetMembers of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Implementation Committee visited Helena High School on August 18 as one of nine stops on the statewide ESSA Community Engagement tour. Several State Department of Education Executive…
TweetTwo teachers from the Shelby County School District have been selected as two of the five elementary school mathematics finalists of the 2016 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) representing Alabama.  Jennifer…
TweetChelsea High School teacher Jessica Newman was selected to participate in the College Boardâs Annual AP Reading in AP European History. Each June, AP teachers and college faculty members from around the world gather in…
TweetVincent Middle/High School science teacher Patrice Marbry presented at the state-wide Alabama Science In Motion Biology training at UAB. Marbry presented on Learning Targets, a major component of the new College and Career Ready Standards…
TweetBy: Samuel G. Reece – Montevallo High School Student Pre-Calculus is notoriously hard to understand. What is the âf(x)â? For that matter, whatâs the âf(x(e))â and how in the world does that connect to ânatural logs?â…
