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Color, Purpose, Passion

Sep 1, 2020

These drawers, painters and craftsmen are bursting with creative talent—and just so happen to be students too.

Dear Class of 2020

Jul 1, 2020

Senior year might have ended abruptly and robbed of many traditions, but there was much to reflect on for this class.

Problem Solvers

May 1, 2020

Here’s how high school students learn more much than how a bill becomes a law through Youth Legislature.

A Chat with Brookwood Forest Elementary Grandparents

May 1, 2020

This year Emily and Mark Lee had six specific reasons to spend time at Brookwood Forest Elementary School—their six (of seven) grandchildren who are all students there at the same time.

Mission World Peace

Mar 1, 2020

Mountain Brook Junior High students are solving one crisis at a time in this geopolitical simulation.

Always a Waudo

Nov 1, 2019

Diane Waud’s legacy extends far beyond her Brookwood Forest classroom—even to YouTube.

Setting Sail

Sep 1, 2019

Isabel Smith has been competing at the helm of sailboats since she was 6 years old.

A D-Day Commemoration to Remember

Sep 1, 2019

June 6, 2019, marked the 75th anniversary of D-Day invasion in Normandy that began the liberation of France from the Nazis in World War II, and the Mountain Brook High School Band was there to celebrate.

In the (Kinder)Garden

Jul 1, 2019

Imagination and learning take on a new dimension in Heather Brown’s outdoor classroom at Cherokee Bend.

Meet MBCSF Executive Director Rachel Weingartner

Jul 1, 2019

We chatted with Mountain Brook Schools Foundation’s new executive director about what brought her back to Birmingham, and her stops in the world of country music and more in between.