Winners will represent BCS in state process

Curtrina Jones is Elementary Teacher of the Year.

Curtrina Jones and Dr. Alison Grizzle were named Birmingham City Schools' Teachers of the Year this week.

Jones, a third-grade teacher at Glen Iris Elementary School, will represent the district as Elementary Teacher of the Year in the Alabama Teacher of the Year process.

Grizzle, who teaches math at Jackson-Olin High School, will represent the district as Secondary Teacher of the Year in the state competition.

Both of the new teachers of the year are National Board Certified Teachers.

The two will be recognized in a formal ceremony along with new National Board Certified Teachers in March.

Other teachers who were named teachers of the year by their schools

Allison Grizzle is Secondary Teacher of the Year.

are:

• Sarah Buie, kindergarten, Councill Elementary School
• Dennis Feltman, fifth grade, Avondale Elementary School
• Christopher Fine, fifth grade, Phillips Academy
• Brenda Powers, NBCT, fourth grade, Hayes K-8 School
• Jessica Wedgeworth, eighth grade social studies, Phillips Academy
• Raynetta Kindred, eighth grade math, Bush Middle
• Brandi McGuire, eighth grade reading/language arts, Martha Gaskins Middle School
• Harriette Toney, English/language arts, Woodlawn High School
• Sean Colosimo, NBCT, social studies, Wenonah High School
• Verna Thomas-Nixon, business education, Ramsay High School

Three area spelling bees were held Jan. 29 at Epic Elementary School, Robinson Elementary School and Huffman Middle School were the hosts.

Tom Sargent, a fifth-grader at Epic won the competition at his school.

De'Andre Cargill, who is in third grade at Huffman Academy, won the bee at Robinson.

Amrita Lakhanpal, a sixth-grader at Altamont School, won the contest at Huffman Middle.

Three students from eastern area schools won cash prizes in the fourth annual District 1 MLK Essay writing contest sponsored by City Councilor Lashunda Scales and members of the District 1 community. The students won cash prizes and were honored at the Jan. 29 Birmingham City Councill meeting.

Carolina Tercero, a Huffman High School student, won $750.

Endiya Brown, a Martha Gaskins Middle School student, won $500.

Chrystal Ford, who attends Huffman Academy, won $300.

Ads promote career academies in high schools

Promotional campaign aims to recruit students 

Billboards promoting the career academies in six Birmingham City Schools high schools have been up around town for the last several weeks. Now ads on the sides of public buses are also on display. They are part of a promotional campaign aimed at recruiting students for the 2013-2014 school year. Click here for more information.

  

Students from four high schools participated in the City-Wide High School Art Competition that was held Jan. 18 at Birmingham-Southern College.

Carver, Huffman, Parker and Woodlawn students submitted entries in mixed media, print making, sculpture, painting and drawing categories.

Winners were:

 Drawing: Carmen Samano, Woodlawn, first place; Josh Hester, Woodlawn, second place, Bently Bruce, Parker, third place

Painting: Justice Easler, Huffman, first place; Bently Bruce, Parker, second place; Carmen Samano, Woodlawn, third place

Mixed media: Genesis Mullen, Huffman, first place; Justice Easler, Huffman, second place; Aleyah Rowell, Carver, third place

Sculpture: Mollie Nichols, Carver, first place, Aaliyah Johnson, Woodlawn, second place; Kana Sherman, Woodlawn, third place

Print making, Josh Hester, Woodlawn, first place; Jakiyah Beard; Parker, second place; Donesha Marchbanks, Parker, third place

Bell, a 1973 Wenonah graduate, has been coaching 20 years. He returned to his alma mater in 1996 after spending three years at Jones Valley.

When he hit the 400 mark, Bell had compiled 165 losses.