Education

CULLMAN, Ala. - St. Paul’s Lutheran School will be offering the traditional five-day school week starting Aug. 19. Students will be attending school on campus in the classroom with face-to-face instruction from teachers. They will only go  to virtual instruction in the event the...

CULLMAN, Ala. – The Cullman City School Board held a special-called board meeting Friday morning to briefly go over some personnel moves. After approving the minutes and agenda from last month’s meeting, the board approved the following new business and personnel items on this morning’s agenda....

HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Celebrating more than 200 students who faced unexpected challenges as they completed their studies, the Wallace State Department of Nursing Education held two virtual pinning ceremonies Thursday for graduates of the program.   Program Chair Deborah “Pepper” Hoover noted their first unexpected challenge was a cyber-attack at the beginning of the spring semester. At the time, she said, they thought...

CULLMAN, Ala. - There’s been a lot of talk about the back-to-school plans for Cullman City Schools and Cullman County Schools, but Cullman County is also home to private schools. Representatives from two of those, St. Paul’s Lutheran School and Cullman Christian School, talked...

HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College’s Alpha Chi Tau chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society has earned a 2020 national Hallmark Award, one of the highest awards attainable each year, and two Wallace State students have earned PTK-sponsored scholarships. Wallace State’s chapter...

CULLMAN, Ala. - St. Bernard Prep School on Wednesday issued instructions for the start of school in August, including the use of masks inside buildings. Headmaster Fr. Linus Klucsarits issued the following statement: “St. Bernard Prep in Cullman, Alabama is open for business! SBP will...

Updated 7-27-20 at 8:32 p.m. CULLMAN, Ala. - Cullman County Schools Superintendent Dr. Shane Barnette on Monday announced that students choosing traditional instruction this school year will only be on campus four days per week: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. On Wednesdays, those students will...

CULLMAN, Ala. - After its July meeting, the Cullman County Board of Education released the following personnel notes. Resignations William S. Jett, Cold Springs School Bus Driver Helen R. Bowen, Good Hope School Bus Driver/Part-time Break Stand Manager (retirement) Kimberly Marie Greatorex, Good Hope High Custodian Amanda Stanley Hulsey,...

HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College’s Career and Workforce Development program is offering an online extension of Small Farmer Training classes during the Fall 2020 semester. Travis Kress, Wallace State’s Small Farmer Training manager, will teach each class through Zoom on Tuesdays from 5:30-7...

CULLMAN, Ala. - Cullman City and Cullman County Schools on Thursday issued a joint statement with nine other school systems, reaffirming their decisions to bring students back to campus this fall. The full statement is below. The superintendents of Albertville City, Athens City, Colbert County, Cullman...