TweetIn order to provide more opportunities for students to participate in out-of-class science experiences, the Shelby County Gifted Education Department is again partnering with AMSTI Science Specialists and the University of Montevallo to provide an…
TweetMelinda Roddy, Literacy Coach for both Oak Mountain Intermediate and Oak Mountain Middle School, has been named Reading Teacher of the Year by Centrala, the local council affiliate for the Alabama Reading Association (ARA) and…
TweetStudents in Heather Butler’s first-grade class at Mt Laurel School were surprised today to see their coloring designs come to life after instructional aide Brandy Whitfield turned their geometric squares into a beautiful quilt. “My…
TweetFor years, parent-teacher conferences have been used as a primary means of communicating a student’s progress. But, recently many schools across the nation have begun to see positive results from holding student-led conferences, where the…
TweetA Vincent Elementary School teacher has collaborated with her mother to write and illustrate a new children’s book called “Popsicles and Pickles, Please: The Adventures of Nunky, Bit Bit, and Mac.” Marlee Clifton says she…
TweetThe Shelby County Board of Education recently passed the fiscal year October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016 budget. According to Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Superintendent of Finance Gary McCombs, the system-wide beginning fund balance of…
TweetEighth-graders in Bethany Bishop’s Family and Consumer Science class at Montevallo Middle School enjoyed participating in the Reality Check program presented by Alabama’s Cooperative Extension Service on Monday, September 21. Students were randomly assigned careers…
TweetCole Kinchler, a 2012 graduate of Oak Mountain High School and a current senior at Auburn University, is a recent winner in a statewide competition called Alabama Launchpad. Kinchler is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for…
TweetThree students from the Shelby County School District are among the 16,000 students nationwide who have been named 2015 National Merit Semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Students who were named semifinalists were Kennedy…
Tweet Shelby County Superintendent Randy Fuller has been selected as a finalist for the Alabama/Classworks 2016 Superintendent of the Year award, sponsored by The School Superintendents of Alabama (SSA) and Classworks. Fuller is one of…
