Shelby County AL Schools

06/13/2026

Dr. Leah Anne Wood, Director of Instruction, and Rick Vines, Transportation Coordinator, were honored by Dr. Lewis Brooks with Journey Shaper awards at the June 11 Board Meeting. Both leaders, who have served the district in numerous teaching and administrative roles, are retiring this month.

This special recognition honors employees who make a lasting impact on the lives of our students, staff, and school communities through their dedication, leadership, and commitment to excellence. Dr. Wood and Mr. Vines exemplify what it means to be a Journey Shaper. Shelby County Schools is proud to celebrate their contributions and the positive impact they had in service to our district.

06/11/2026

Courtney Hallford will serve as the new Assistant Principal at Calera Intermediate School. Ms. Hallford has over 14 years of experience as an educator.
She has served as a Teacher, Instructional Coach, Assistant Principal and most
recently, Courtney served as the Reading Coach at Inverness Elementary.

06/11/2026

Amy Allen will serve as the next Principal at Elvin Hill Elementary School. Mrs.
Allen has 20 years of experience working for Shelby County Schools. She began her career at Calera Elementary in 2006 and taught first grade for six years and kindergarten for nine. In 2021, Mrs. Allen became a Local Reading Specialist and for the past three years has served as the Assistant Principal of Vincent Elementary.

06/11/2026

Dr. Jana Baker will serve as the new Assistant Principal at Forest Oaks Elementary School. Dr. Baker has 10 years of experience as an educator, with six of
those years being in Shelby County Schools. She began her career as a 4th grade
teacher in 2016 in Sylacauga City Schools. She has taught 5th grade at Forest Oaks
Elementary School for the past six years.

06/11/2026

UPDATE: The ALSDE has not updated the registration site. The link is now working but the site isn't listing MES as an option yet. Please keep checking the link. We will update everyone when we see that it has been updated.

Shelby County Schools in excited to annouce the addition of new Pre-K classrooms for the upcoming school year. These new locations include additional classes at Elvin Hill Elementary and Inverness Elementary, as well as a brand new program at Montevallo Elementary.

To register for the new class at Montevallo Elementary, go to https://prek.alaceed.alabama.gov/. Once your child is pre-registered, their name will be placed in a lottery. Montevallo Elementary will have a drawing on June 29th of students who have pre-registered up to that morming. The names of these students will be drawn until all slots are filled.

The remaining names will be placed on a waitlist. Students who pre-registered after the drawing will be added to the waitlist in the order in which they pre-registered.

If you already have an account and have enrolled your child in other locations, you can add Montevallo Elementary to you child's account. You do not need to create another account. If your child is already selected for another location, and is selected for Montevallo Elementary Pre-K Program, you will have the option of which location to choose.

Children's names are placed in two categories - Priority 1 (children who live in the school zone) and Priority 2 (children who are zone for another SCS school.) All names from Priority 1 will be drawn first, then all names in
Priority 2 will be drawn. Each child will be given a number based off the order they were selected.

Elvin Hill Elementary and Inverness Elementary have already held their lottery drawings and will proceed to go down the waitlist to fill the new classrooms. If you wish to register your child for these locations, their name will be
placed in the order in which they are received.

For more information visit the site below or contact Federal Programs Supervisor Beth Fuller at [email protected] or Cheyenne Crumpton at [email protected]. or visit https://prek.alaceed.alabama.gov/.

06/09/2026

Shelby County Schools recently had a record number of School Resource Officers and other leaders attend the 27th Annual Alabama Association of School Resource Officers Conference, held June 1-5 in Orange Beach. Conference attendees from SCS included school resource officers, school administrators, a counselor, a special education program specialist and Student Services staff. The conference focused on topics centered on proactive school safety, mental health support, and student engagement.

06/04/2026

UPDATE: Calera and Vincent are now sold out for the June 8th distribution. There are a few remaining meals at Columbiana Middle.

Summer meal distribution is in full swing at Calera Middle, Columbiana Middle, and Vincent Elementary schools!

As a reminder, Calera Middle, Columbiana Middle, and Vincent Elementary School have been approved to provide summer meals for children under 18 years of age during June at no cost.

Each Monday in June, from 9:00-9:30 AM, five breakfast and lunch meals will be provided. The five breakfast and lunch meals will be frozen and packed in an easy-to-transport box along with ten servings of milk.

To ensure there are enough meals and to comply with program requirements, families must register before meal pickup to obtain a ticket with a QR code.

Registration is quick and easy. After each child is registered, a unique QR code will be emailed to the provided address. Check the SPAM folder if the email doesn't appear in the inbox. Open the email, scroll down to the “Order Receipt” section, and click the blue “View Your Order” button to see a copy of the QR code. Please print a copy (or download it to a mobile device) for each child and bring it for meal pickup.

Meals cannot be provided without a ticket that has a scannable QR code. There is a limited number of meals, so registration will close once all tickets are claimed for the distribution date. Families can claim a ticket each week at https://ticketharmony.com/shelby.

Quantities are limited and are provided on a first-come, first-served basis. The QR code is unique for each child and site. It must be scanned for each child and can only be used at the assigned site.

Registration for meals will begin at 8:00 AM and follow the schedule below:

June 8th distribution - Registration June 2nd - June 7th. (AS OF JUNE 4, CAMS HAS 33 MEALS REMAINING, CAMS HAS 86 MEALS REMAINING, AND VES HAS 13 MEALS REMAINING).
June 15th distribution - Registration June 9th - June 14th.
June 22nd distribution - Registration June 16th - June 21st.
June 29th distribution - Registration June 22nd - June 28th.
More information can be found on our website at https://www.shelbyed.k12.al.us/page/summer-
meals.

06/02/2026

UPDATE: Power was restored early this morning. Summer Camp WILL OPEN at 8:00 AM.

Summer Camp at Chelsea Park Elementary is canceled for Tuesday, June 2nd, due to an ongoing power outage at the school.

06/01/2026

The power is currently out at Chelsea Park Elementary School and Helena Intermediate School. If you have children attending Community Education Summer Camp at either location, please make arrangements to pick them up early.

05/31/2026