Tweet The number of students who have experienced trauma or have a sensory processing disorder continues to grow each year. But, thanks to approximately $60,000-$70,000 in new equipment, students at Oak Mountain Elementary School (OMES)…
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Tweet Students at Montevallo Elementary have not just one but two new sensory areas to help with their social and emotional learning needs. And, the excited students were more than willing to show off their…
Tweet Students at Shelby County High School no longer have to worry about needing a change of clothes if they are out of dress code or if they spill chocolate milk on their shirt during…
Tweet School House Granola, an exciting new enterprise with the Shelby County School’s School-to-Work Transition Program, was recently recognized with a Best Practices Innovation award from the Alabama Association for Persons in Supported Employment (AL-ASPE)….
Tweet Helena Elementary School has created a sensory path that includes activities for students with difficulties with fine motor skills, sensory processing, and behavioral issues. The path promotes confidence, independence, and improved motor skills. The…
Tweet When Calera High School math teacher Chelsea Rutledge was thinking of projects using technology tools she learned about at the Shelby County STEM Academy this year, one thing kept coming to her mind –…
Tweet With a gracious gift from State Representative Matt Fridy, Montevallo Elementary School will be designing and implementing both an indoor and outdoor sensory path in the coming months. These paths will offer students a…
TweetBy: Kalyn Baldwin In honor of Dyslexia Awareness Month, Shelby County Schools will host the 2nd annual Donuts and Dyslexia event on Tuesday, October 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. The event will take…
TweetBy: Caroline Carmichael – Shelby County Reporter The Montevallo Rotary Club recently handed over the keys of a much-anticipated golf cart to the Falcon Flight special needs program of the University of Montevallo and Shelby…
TweetIt only took Inverness Elementary kindergarten student Bailey Harris about two minutes to figure out how to steer his new custom-designed adapted toy car and take off for a quick spin around the track and…
