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No school in Walker County or Jasper City dropped below a C in 2017-18, with many schools earning a B score.

County, city schools fare well on school report cards

The Alabama State Department of Education released report cards for all schools in the state last week, which show many schools in Walker County and Jasper City earning higher scores than last year … more

By NICOLE SMITH | 1/3/19

Colby Morrison will travel to the National Beta Club Convention in June to run as National Beta Club vice president.

Morrison a role model at Curry Middle

Editor's note: The following is part of an Emerging Leaders series to feature the accomplishments of one seventh or eighth grade student from each middle school in Walker County. Colby … more

By NICOLE SMITH | 4/23/19

The Literacy Council of Walker County provides a number of services for people who struggle with reading and writing.

Many services provided by literacy council

Fourteen percent of Walker Countians are illiterate, and a local organization is aiming to change that.The Literacy Council of Walker County has been working since 1997 to bring reading and writing … more

By NICOLE SMITH | 10/6/19

Students clean some walls at Oakman High School on Friday as part of a service day.

Atypical Oakman school day yields positive results

Friday was a motivational day for students at Oakman High School.

By NICOLE SMITH | 10/27/19

Sharon Burton, at right, learns reading skills from retired teacher Pat Spears, at left, at The Literacy Council of Walker County office.

Resident learns to read through literacy council

Imagine longing for an education, an opportunity only steps away but still out of reach."I used to pick cotton and watch a school bus go by and cry because I wasn't on that bus," Walker County … more

By NICOLE SMITH | 10/6/19

Library boxes installed in Oakman, Carbon Hill

New library boxes in the communities of Oakman and Carbon Hill are encouraging adults and children to read. A partnership between the Walker County Arts Alliance, the Walker County Board of Education and Alabama Public Television's IQ Learning Network made the project a reality, and the Daily Mountain Eagle provided old newspaper boxes to house books in the boxes. Students at Oakman and Carbon Hill elementary schools spent the last several months cleaning the boxes and painting them, and they were recently placed in the school's respective communities. Each little library is stocked with books for community members to take a book, for free, and leave a book for another reader to enjoy.

10/27/19

Carbon Hill High School Assistant Principal Chris Harris, standing, discusses a new wayfinding effort at the school to help first responders.

Emergency plan enhanced at Carbon Hill schools

CARBON HILL — Students, faculty and staff at Carbon Hill schools can now feel more secure with enhanced emergency response measures in place.

By NICOLE SMITH | 1/29/20

Belen Monleon-Gomez, an exchange student, traveled from Spain to the United States. She will spend the school year at Oakman High School.

Oakman High welcomes exchange student

OAKMAN — Belen Monleon-Gomez, a native of Spain, is spending the 2019-20 school year as an exchange student at Oakman High School.

By NICOLE SMITH | 11/15/19

Flu reported in city, county schools

Walker County and Jasper City Schools are reporting an increase of students being diagnosed with flu. Jasper City Schools Superintendent Dr. Ann Jackson and Walker County Schools … more

By NICOLE SMITH | 1/25/19

New partnership to encourage STEM educators

A new partnership will foster the next generation of highly skilled STEM teachers. Bevill State Community College has partnered with the College of Natural Science and Mathematics and the … more

Special to the Eagle | 6/2/19

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