TweetStudents from high schools across Shelby County recently participated in the first meeting of the 2016-2017 school year for the Young Adults in Transition (YAiT) program. The students visited the campus of the University of…
TweetCaleb Van Geffen, a senior at Oak Mountain High School, has been selected to serve as a member of the 2016-2017 State Superintendent Student Advisory Council. The State Superintendent Student Advisory Council is a group of…
TweetAbout 670 students from schools across Alabama attended the Shelby County Leadership Summit to learn how to lead positive change in their schools. This marked the fourth year for the event, which was originally inspired…
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…
TweetSEC football coaches attending SEC Media Days in Hoover early this month fielded questions from reporters from multiple media outlets, including 11-year-old Oak Mountain Middle School sixth-grader Jack Ronilo who was working as a Kid…
TweetThe Shelby County College and Career Center hosted their annual “Girls Can Construction Camp” June 6-11 for 15 girls ranging from eighth to tenth grades. The camp offers instruction in the various skills used in the construction…
TweetShelby County College and Career Center student John Doonan recently took a robotic car from a base Lego Mindstorm kit and looked for ways to improve upon the design. Â He and his instructor, James Hill,…
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…
TweetStudents who competed in Shelby County Schools 2016 Keyboarding Challenge surprised district leaders with their speed, including Chau Nguyen who took home top honors for the fastest individual typist among all participating schools. The Oak Mountain…
TweetThe Ora L Jones Foundation recently awarded $10,000 in scholarships to 10 students in various schools throughout Shelby County, including six students in the Shelby County School District. The Ora L. Jones Memorial Foundation was…
