TweetShelby County Schools teachers and administrators returned to work on August 4 for  District Professional development which included Summits for general education teachers for all three grade spans of elementary, middle and high.  Library Media…
TweetTwo Oak Mountian Middle School students recently placed in robotics competitions held at recent state and national Technology Students Association conferences. Eighth-graders Cole Atkins and Blake Scott competed in the Alabama Technology Student Association (TSA)…
TweetThe Shelby County Board of Education has approved new administrators for Wilsonville Elementary, Helena Middle and Chelsea High.  Melody Bryne was named the new principal of Wilsonville Elementary, while Andrew Gunn was named the new principal…
TweetAlabama Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education recently announced that the stateâs First Class Pre-K program will add 122 new classrooms this fall, including a classroom at Oak Mountain Elementary…
TweetOak Mountain Elementary School has been selected to receive a $78,159 Toolbox for Education grant from the Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation to construct a STEM Innovation Station. “OMES educators are passionate about providing the…
TweetThis year, over 600 Shelby County Schoolsâ first through eighth graders diligently practiced their keyboarding skills in hopes of being named to their schoolâs 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…
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. Â These seventh-graders take above-grade level tests, either the ACT or the SAT, Â to help…
TweetMay 1 was National College Decision Day and one Oak Mountain High School senior had several to choose from â including seven Ivy League institutions. Armeen Barghi has decided to attend Harvard University after receiving…
