Homewood Students Place First in Mercedes Marathon Relay

Homewood High School seniors Maggie Williams, Mary Claire Nabors, Drew Shroyer, Grace Kyle and Patricia Flach placed first in the high school division of the Mercedes Marathon Relay in February.

[caption id="attachment_413" align="aligncenter" width="618"] LtoR: Maggie Williams, Mary Claire Nabors, Drew Shroyer, Grace Kyle and Patricia Flach[/caption]

Homewood Marching Band Performs at Target VIP Opening in Homewood

 

Homewood High's National Honor Society Inductees Honored

Homewood High School honored its newest members of the National Honor Society on March 5, 2013. Students being honored were Nick Anderson, Chandler Bledsoe, Adair Blomeley, Johnathan Brown, Madison Collins, Alexis Crenshaw, Owen Ferguson, Josh Gardner, Yevgeniy Gavrikov, Thomas Gordon, Elizabeth Hale, Kate Hall, Caroline Harris, Emily Harrison, Phil Hontzas, Keyonna House, Mary Margaret Jackson, Sadie Johnson, Merrill Johnston, Franny Kyle, Brett Leondike, Trina Mampuya, Sarah Grace McDuff, JP McLeod, Roman Paoletti, Judith Paz, Genny Pittman, Katie Potts, Adam Pratt, David Selden, Chris Simpson, Meredith Smith, Aaron Stansell, Hallie Tarpley, William Walker, Adam Westfall, Miller Williams and Riordan Wyatt. The honors was presented by the current NHS officers Zach Blomeley, Ann Casey Hughes, Maggie Williams, Grant Smith and Brent Hughes, as well as HHS Assistant Principal Latta Johnston. The event was produced by HHS National Honor Society sponsors Kelly Reaves and Melinda Rouleau.

Homewood Presents Black History Program

Homewood High School History teacher Ms. Carolyn Rayford addresses the packed HHS auditorium during the recent Black History Program. The guest speaker for the event was 1991 HHS graduate and Birmingham City Councilor Jay Roberson, seated to the left of Ms. Rayford.

 

Birmingham City Councilor Jay Roberson speaks to the students and faculty recently at Homewood High School's Black History Program, produced and organized by Ms. Carolyn Rayford.

 

Front LtoR: Ms. Carolyn Rayford, Keonna Wicks and Maggie Williams.Back LtoR: Mr. John Dedrick, Anthony Broach, Genesis Barco, Birmingham City Councilor Jay Roberson, Madison Collins and Phelecia Knight.

 

Birmingham City Councilor Jay Roberson speaks to the students and faculty recently at Homewood High School's Black History Program, produced and organized by Ms. Carolyn Rayford.[/caption]

Michael Lummis Named Scholar Athlete of the Week

Homewood Student Wins American Legion Oratorical Contest

Homewood High School sophomore Jessica Tolbert has been recognized as the winner of the 2013 American Legion 21st District Oratorical Contest on February 23, 2013. In addition to being awarded a Gold Medal, Tolbert was also awarded a certificate of participation and a $200 award. By finishing in first place at the district level competition, Tolbert will now go on to represent the 21st District of the American Legion in the Division level competition on March 23, 2013. "It's a great honor.", says HHS AP English teacher Lisa Thomas.

 

As a student at Homewood, Tolbert also participates on the HHS Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field teams, Competitive Debate Team, Teen Court member, and is a member of the American Legion Auxillary. She is the daughter of Tyrone and Miriam Tolbert of Homewood.

Homewood City School's "The M Club 2013" Smashes Records

On Sunday, February 17th over 100 employees and friends of HCS participated in the Mercedes Marathon event.  20 relay teams joined forces to complete the 26.2 miles while 26 half-marathoners completed the 13.1mile course.  This record-breaking performance was organized as part of The Movement-HCS wellness program.  The Mercedes team,  "The M Class 2013",  is the largest number of Mercedes finishers we have had in our four years of existence.  Several personal records were accomplished including numerous participants who participated in their first ever road race.  The Movement continues to model wellness for our community.  The next road race on our calendar is the Spirit Scamper on May 4th at Homewood High School. Training teams are currently forming including all levels of fitness.  If interested, please contact Nivada Spurlock at nspurlock@homewood.k12.al.us. Registration and race day information is available at www.spiritscamper.com.