Alba Middle School held a family theme night: Math and Science.  Everyone in attendance had a great time participating in fun activities centered around Math and Science learning objectives.  Parents and students chose a name for their team, and each team moved from activity to activity competing against other teams or student against parent.  The teams were given an instruction sheet, and the materials needed to complete a 10-15 minute activity.  The activities included aluminum...

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Bryant High School is one of over 56,000 schools and public libraries across the nation awarded the Picturing America program.  Picturing America is a free initiative from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) that helps teach American history and culture by bringing some of the country's great art directly to classrooms and libraries.  "I AM SO PLEASED TO RECEIVE PICTURING AMERICA, "SAID JANA JAMES, GRANT APPLICANT AND TEACHER.  "THIS PROGRAM WILL REALLY...

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Children's Choice Essay Contest Underway for Fourth Consecutive YearHigh Point, N.C. - Although busy commuters may not notice who is driving the yellow school buses sharing the roads with them, the students on those buses definitely do.  They look to their bus drivers not only for a safe ride to and from school, but also as respected role models."School bus drivers play an important role in the lives of their passengers," says John O'Leary, president and CEO of Thomas Built...

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Recently J.E. Turner and McDavid Jones fifth graders held class in a very unique place-in the forest! Thanks to landowners, Rob and Casey Brannan, the students received hands on lessons in their Treasure Forest located in Citronelle, Alabama.  The teachers and students along with volunteer parents and Board Commissioner, Mr. Megginson learned the importance of forestry from the Alabama Forestry Commission.  The group also participated in a...

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