High Schools
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Cooper signs off after 10 years on school board
Only a few people have been asked to serve more than one five-year term on the Hoover school board, and Green Valley resident Earl Cooper is one of them. more
Hoover’s ‘tough love’ Principal Don Hulin to retire after 10 years
Some principals come across as intimidating to students, maintaining their distance and casting threatening glares. more
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Juli Feltham, a rock at Shades Mountain, to retire after 20 years
For 20 years, Shades Mountain Elementary School has known only one principal, but Juli Feltham has finally reached the point where she’s ready to hand over the school keys to someone else. more
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Hoover schools shut down education, IT academies
The Hoover school system is shutting down its information technology and education academies for high school students due to declining interest, school officials say. more
Sarah Finnegan
Hoover High School Principal Don Hulin to retire after 10 years leading the Bucs
Superintendent Kathy Murphy said she hopes to have a replacement picked and in place by July 1. more
Sarah Finnegan
Hoover High says goodbye to Alabama's largest high school Class of 2018
The school sent 690 graduates into the world of college, work and military with more than $39 million in scholarship offers. more
Sarah Finnegan
Spain Park Class of 2018 celebrates achievements, friendships at graduation
Family and friends filled the Pete Hanna Center at Samford University to watch about 400 Spain Park seniors complete their high school careers. more
Hoover alum wins collegiate javelin championship
2017 Hoover High School graduate and four-year track athlete Will Clark is making a name in collegiate athletics. more
Masons award scholarship to Hoover grad
Bluff Park Masonic Lodge #856 in Hoover is pleased to announce it will award its first scholarship to Carl Brownbridge. more
HHS junior Jordyn Johnson selected as finalist for scholarship to go abroad
Hoover High School junior Jordyn Johnson has been selected as a finalist for the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) scholarship, funded by the U.S. Department of State. more
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U.S. News & World Report ranks Spain Park in top 15 high schools in Alabama for 2018
Hoover High ranked 26th among public high schools in the state. more
Hoover student accepted to competitive Ole Miss pharmacy program
Madison Todd, a senior at Spain Park High School, has accepted a spot in the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy’s competitive Early Entry program. more
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Council seeks applicants to fill Hoover school board seat
The Hoover City Council is again looking for people who want to serve on the school board. more
Hoover students accepted into regional choir
Several Hoover middle school students auditioned for and were selected to sing at the American Choral Directors Association's Southern Division Conference in Louisville, Kentucky in February as part of the Middle School Men's Honor Choir. more
Jill Taylor Spero
Boy Scout builds outdoor classroom for Prince of Peace Catholic School
Prince of Peace Catholic Church parishioner and school graduate Jeff Murai recently built an “outdoor classroom” on the school campus as his Eagle Scout service project. more
Local students discuss experiences on trip to Israel
Four local teens recently shared their personal experiences abroad in Israel at Temple Emanuel in downtown Birmingham. more
HHS holds local job fair
The Cooperative Education Department organized Hoover High School's first ever job fair specifically targeted for local businesses who are seeking out high schools students as employees. more
SPHS science teacher named finalist for presidential awards
The National Science Foundation (NSF) administers the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) on behalf of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. more
HHS students work on pollinator garden
The students, led by teacher Janet Ort, are doing all this as part of a Lexus Eco Challenge, but also as part of getting Hoover appointed as a National Wildlife-designated school. more
Photo courtesy of Hoover City Schools.
Spain Park alumnus shares his experience with the next generation
Melisa Guthrie was shocked to receive a cancer diagnosis in fall 2016. That October, it was discovered through routine testing that she had stage three colon cancer. more
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