Tag: Birmingham City Schools
Birmingham City Schools Gives Its ‘Best Shot’ And Wins National Award
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham City Schools has won a Golden Achievement Award from the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) for its “Our...
City Schools to Offer Free Meals for Students This Summer
www.birminghamcityschools.org
Birmingham-area youths will have free, hearty meals this summer in June and most of July through the Summer Food Service Program. The Birmingham City...
Birmingham Teacher Named Alabama Teacher of the Year
Birmingham City Schools
Reggie White, a math and science teacher at Booker T. Washington K-8 School in Titusville, is the Alabama Teacher of the Year...
After Teachers Stage Sickout, School Leaders Announce More COVID Measures
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham Board of Education (BOE) on Tuesday took several steps to address concerns from some city teachers who had...
Principal Janice Drake’s Master Class at Brown Elementary
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Janice Drake, principal of Charles A. Brown Elementary School in Birmingham’s Belview Heights neighborhood, waits for a student to open...
Birmingham City Schools $29.5M Plan to Address Learning Loss
By Rebecca Griesbach | rgriesbach@al.com
Every other Saturday, Principal Janice Drake drives to Birmingham’s Brown Elementary School to help teachers catch students up on reading and...
Birmingham City Schools offering Free COVID Vaccine Clinics
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
Beginning Dec. 13 at six Birmingham City Schools, free COVID-19 vaccinations will be available for children ages 5 and up,...
Marching Bands Developing Talent in Birmingham City Schools
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham City Schools (BCS) officials have found a way for music students to enter high school on a high note.
The...
How Tamara Travis Instills Love of Music in Her Young Students
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
When most girls played with dolls, Tamara Travis, who directs the school band at Epic Elementary School in Birmingham’s Glen...
Meet Jada Dabney: Ramsay High School’s Drum Major of Excellence
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
For Jada Dabney, a senior at Birmingham’s Ramsay High School, music is therapy.
“I feel like people don’t really realize how...