Education — Page 14

FLORENCE – Kilby Laboratory School on the University of North Alabama campus has been awarded a $125,000 grant that will allow the Kilby Early Childhood and Development Center to offer […]

ATLANTA – North Alabama students have skills! And it was proven recently in the SkillsUSA Championships in Atlanta. Of the 17 skills categories won by Alabama students, 15 were won […]

HUNTSVILLE – Publix and The Schools Foundation will once again partner to present the Tools for Back-to-School register collection campaign to raise monies for public schools across Madison County. Shoppers and Publix […]

HUNTSVLLE – About 66 million years ago, an asteroid crashed into the Earth, causing the extinction of dinosaurs on the planet. Today and Friday, dinosaurs will be roaming through U.S. […]

UNA, Hartselle Chamber sign learning agreement

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama and the Hartselle Area Chamber of Commerce have signed a learning agreement to benefit full-time employees of Chamber members. According to the agreement […]

SHEFFIELD – School may be out for the summer, but Bank Independent is launching its  10th annual School Share drive next week. The “$5 Helps Carry the Cost” campaign to benefit […]

Profiles of the 256: Dr. Clarence Sutton Jr.

HUNTSVILLE — “Every challenge you face is really just an opportunity.” This is the mindset of Huntsville City Schools’ newly minted Superintendent Dr. Clarence Sutton Jr. It defines his mode […]

Sutton named Huntsville schools superintendent

HUNTSVILLE — It was unanimous. Dr. Clarence Sutton was voted superintendent of the Huntsville City Board of Education during a regularly scheduled board meeting Tuesday. Sutton, who has nearly 30 […]

HUNTSVILLE – Helping to ensure its students aren’t stranded along the digital highway, Drake State Community and Technical College is supplying them with internet-enabled laptops. Through grants from the U.S. […]

'Get Onboard' with Rocket City intern program

HUNTSVILLE – It is the summer of the intern as the Huntsville-Madison County Chamber, in partnership with FuelAL and Innovate Alabama, kicks off the first in a series of events […]

HUNTSVILLE — Then there were three. From a field of 20 candidates, the Huntsville City Board of Education has named the three finalists to be the new schools superintendent to […]

HUNTSVILLE — It’s only fitting that a university in the Rocket City would be the overall winner in NASA’s Student Launch challenge. The University of Alabama in Huntsville picked up […]

HUNTSVILLE – A team of Mill Creek Elementary fourth- and fifth-graders “started their engines” and won the Goblin division National Championship of Greenpower Racing. The fourth-graders are “Speedy” Savannah Barnard, […]

ATHENS — The bookworms are coming out of the woodwork to turn over a new “leaf” in reading. Just because school is out doesn’t mean children or parents, should stop […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Poarch Band of Creek Indians made its largest financial contribution in North Alabama to support the new Space Camp Operations Center at the U.S. Space & Rocket […]

HUNTSVILLE – Calhoun Community College and the University of Alabama in Huntsville signed an Advanced Manufacturing Memorandum of Understanding. The partnership creates a seamless transferable career path for Calhoun students […]

HUNTSVILLE — Huntsville City Schools will provide free meals to children 18 and under beginning June 5. The Summer Food Service Program will be at summer learning sites and community […]

UNA to host BEST robotics competition

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama has been named the new home of the annual BEST Robotics Competition. The national program takes place at 50 competition sites in 18 […]

TANNER — Age is no barrier when it comes to Calhoun Community College’s summer camps. The school released this summer’s schedule and there is something for everyone from elementary-school-age kids […]

HUNTSVILLE – It’s a three-peat for Dr. Vineetha Menon. An associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Menon was named the Institute […]

HUNTSVILLE — It’s a bird … it’s a plane … it’s a paper airplane? John Collins, known as the Paper Airplane Guy, will be flying long and high Saturday into […]

Dino-mite! Jurassic Quest ready to roar

HUNTSVILLE – What’s the best thing to do if you see a T-Rex? Hope he doesn’t see you! Live and in person, North Alabama dinosaur fans will get to see […]

HUNTSVILLE — If you see a need fill it, and that is the goal of a partnership between Huntsville Utilities, the Tennessee Valley Authority and Calhoun Community College. The two […]

Miles College, Drake State to sign agreement

FAIRFIELD – When HBCUs come together for the common good, everyone benefits. To that end, Miles College and Drake State Community & Technical College have announced a partnership for scholarship […]