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AMEA Honors Homewood City Schools Superintendent Homewood City School Superintendent Bill Cleveland was recently presented with the Outstanding Administrator Award from the Alabama Music Educators Association. AMEA honors outstanding administrators who have shown a special interest and dedication to music education in Alabama. Cleveland was selected for the award based on his commitment and support of music education, according to association officials. Homewood High School Band Director Ron Pence said he is thankful for Cleveland’s support of music education. “Dr. Cleveland is a strong supporter of music education and has demonstrated his commitment to the education of all students in Homewood City Schools. He is truly deserving of this award through his continuous support of music in our schools,” Pence said. Cleveland was presented with the award during the annual AMEA In-Service Conference on Jan. 24 at the Montgomery Performing Arts Center. He was also recognized in the AMEA conference program and
Homewood City School Superintendent Bill Cleveland won the Outstanding Administrator Award from the Alabama Music Educators Association. Photo special to the Journal
Ala Breve magazine. For eight years, Homewood City Schools has been designated one of the Best Communities for Music Education by the NAMM Foundation. NAMM acknowledges schools and districts across the U.S. for their commitment to and support for music education in schools. Last year, Homewood was one of only three communities in Alabama selected as one of the nation’s best school districts for music education. ❖
Stonecreek Montessori Students Honor Veterans Students at Stonecreek Montessori Academy in North Shelby honored veterans during the holiday season. In November, students held a Bowling for Veterans event with the goal of raising money to provide Thanksgiving meals to veterans and others in need in the Birmingham metro area. The school partnered with Enjoy the City, which supplemented the money raised by the students, to help feed 1,000 people on Thanksgiving. Stonecreek students helped deliver the meals to families designated by Oak Mountain Missions. The high school students picked up the meals from Publix and delivered them to the families. “We want to create a culture of appreciation and respect among our students and families for veterans,” said Melinda Bray, the school’s executive director. The school’s salute to veterans culminated with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Alabama National Cemetery in Montevallo. On Dec. 14, Stonecreek students participated in the Wreaths Across America event at the cemetery and placed wreaths on the veterans’ grave markers. Enjoy the City donated $10,000,
Airman Visits Green Valley First-graders at Green Valley Elementary School recently had a chance to meet the U.S. Air Force airman they have been corresponding with through letters, emails and photos. Wes Cobb, a member of the U.S. Air Force who recently returned from serving overseas as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, visited Jenny Smith’s classroom at the Hoover school. Cobb presented the class with an American flag that was flown in their honor onboard a special operations aircraft on a combat mission over Yemen, Lebanon and Djibouti. Smith said her students were enthralled with the stories and
information Cobb shared during his visit. She said they have proudly displayed the flag Cobb presented to them in their classroom.
Mountain Brook Debaters Win at Tournament Members of the Mountain Brook High School Debate Team won several awards at a recent debate tournament at Samford University. The debate team competed in the Bishop Guild Debate Tournament. In the Lincoln-Douglas debate, the Mountain Brook students won medals for high speaker points and plaques for their performance in the quarter and semifinal founds. ❖
Stonecreek Montessori Academy students placed wreaths on veterans’ graves at the Alabama National Cemetery during the holiday season. From left: Nikole Hardy, Katelyn Robinson, Bradley Edwards and Caleb Edwards. Photo special to the Journal
enough to purchase 650 wreaths, on behalf of the school. Junior Katelyn Robinson called the experience of participating in the Wreaths Across America ceremony
“important and humbling.” Junior Bradley Edwards said the ceremony made him feel “pride, honor and respect for the men and women” of the U.S. military.
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School Notes Cont.
First-graders at Green Valley Elementary School in Hoover recently welcomed a member of the U.S. Air Force to their classroom. Front, from left: Omar Jimenez, Skylar Wilkerson and Conrad Feng. Middle: Zion Randall, Michelle Olalde-Reyes, Jakobe Hutchins, Kevin Juarez, Dalton Weaver, Maddi Silva, Cadence Ford, Kingston Washington, Kaitlyn Cox and Will Cummings. Back: Teacher Jenny Smith and Airman Wes Cobb. Photo special to the Journal
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