March 6, 2014 by Over the Mountain Journal

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spelling bee and represented Highlands at the district competition. He was congratulated on his achievement by Joy Miller, the middle school English teacher at Highlands.

Homewood Student Wins Oratorical Contest

The Mountain Brook Junior High School Choir won an award for excellence in ensemble work at the 2014 Junior Theatre Festival in Atlanta in January. From left: Composer and music director David Weinstein, students Josiah Sonich and Grayson Gamso and Cindy Ripley, an educational consultant for iTheatrics. Photo special to the Journal

Mountain Brook Choir Wins Festival Awards Mountain Brook Junior High School Choir students recently won national recognition when they performed at the 2014 Junior Theatre Festival in Atlanta. The students participated in the event at the Cobb Galleria Centre Jan. 17-19. The group was awarded a Freddie G Award for Excellence in Ensemble Work. MBJH student Nicole Roberts won a Freddie G Award for Excellent Individual Performance by a Female, and student Alex Perlman earned a Freddie G Award for Excellent Individual Performance by a Male. Perlman and Tess Levine were named to the Junior Theater Festival All-stars, made up of two outstanding performers from each group attending the festival. The All-stars performed a song during the closing ceremony for all 4,500 festival attendees. The Mountain Brook Junior High students presented selections from Disney’s “The Little Mermaid Junior” during the festival. The group will perform the full musical at the school in April. Those participating in the festival included Hampton Adams, Daniel Azrin, Anne Catherine Bonatz, Jessica Davidson, Kate Edmonds, Clare Friday, Grayson Gamso, Remy Garrison, Gabe Ivker, Anita Klasing, Tess Levine, Ann Douglas Lott, Marilyn Oestrike, Sarah Oestrike, Alex Perlman, Ainsley Platt, Lucy Reich, Nicole Roberts, Rachel Rysedorph, Simona Shirley, Catherine Skinner and Josiah Sonich.

Oak Mountain Middle Honors Students Oak Mountain Middle School honored students for their good character during a school-wide assembly Jan. 15. The students named Characters with Character included eighth-graders Caroline Touliatos, Josh Pierce, Gracie King, Griffin Walker, Caroline Perkins and Barrett Blakely. The seventh-graders honored at the event were Emily Paz, Cole Thomas, Maryam Choucha, Jalen Thomas, Caroline Bueche and Boston Smith. Sixth-graders named Characters with Character were Elizabeth Camp, Colin Herring, Evie Bell, Luke Love, Jasmin Hernandez Alamillo and Ryan Hall. The students were selected for the honor by their teachers because they exemplified the character traits discussed during the second nine

weeks of school. These traits included having a positive attitude, facing challenges positively, making good choices, self-determination and striving for excellence.

Amerson Wins DAR Award at Hoover High Caroline Amerson has been selected as the Good Citizen award winner at Hoover High School. The award, presented by the Cahawba Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, honors students who show dependability, service, leadership and Caroline Amerson patriotism. In a letter nominating Amerson for the award, her teachers wrote that they admired her curiosity to search and to learn. Amerson is involved in the peer helpers group at Hoover High School and is also a Girl Scout. She is president of the Habitat for Humanity club and is enrolled in Hoover High School’s Finance Academy.

Highlands Student Competes at District Bee A seventh-grader from Highlands School was the runner-up in the District Spelling Bee held at the Mountain Brook Board of Education in January. Donald Wilson won the school’s

Joy Miller, left, an English teacher at Highlands School, congratulates seventh-grader Donald Wilson on being the runner-up in the District Spelling Bee. Photo special to the Journal

A Homewood High School student has won first place for the second year in a district level oratorical contest. Jessica Tolbert, a junior at Homewood High, won first place at the American Jessica Tolbert Legion District High School Oratorical Contest on Feb. 8. She competed in the division level competition on March 1. Tolbert also is a member of the Homewood High School track and field team and a captain on the Homewood High School debate team. She is a member and chaplain of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 267, Youth Leadership Development Program member and council senator and Teen Court attorney.

Womack Named Southern Division President-Elect A music teacher at Greystone Elementary School in Hoover has been chosen as president-elect of the Southern Division of the National Association of Music Education. Womack, who has been at Greystone Elementary Sara Womack since 2006, will assume the office of president-elect on July 1 and become Southern Division president on July 1, 2016. As a representative of nearly 20,000 active, retired and pre-service music teachers and 10,000 honor students and supporters from 11 Southern states, she will serve on the National Executive Board from 2014-2020. “Music education is in a unique position to help resolve big issues in education in an innovative, engaging and sustainable way,” Womack said. “The creative process of music making can inspire problem solving and prepare students for the fast-changing world.” Womack was president of the Alabama Music Educators Association from 2012-2014 and was named Hoover

City Schools Elementary Teacher of the Year in 2013. She achieved National Board Certification in early and middle childhood music, has presented at numerous workshops and conferences, has been published in local and national journals and has been awarded multiple grants for her work with students and for her research. “I am excited about the opportunity to continue learning and sharing my passion for music education with others,” Womack said. “My father introduced me to a multitude of opportunities through music. As a teacher and leader, I believe it is my mission to introduce a wide range of experiences to inspire students’ and teachers’ passions and develop their life purpose.” The National Association for Music Education, among the world’s largest arts education organizations, is the only association addressing all aspects of music education.

Homewood Students Perform at Disney Resort Students from Homewood High School recently became stars of their own Disney show as part of the Disney Performing Arts Program. The Homewood High School Patriot Band traveled to Disneyland Park at Disneyland Resort on Dec. 29 to take part in the Show-Stop March program.

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