Trace Crossings to improve athletic facilities for community use
Trace Crossings Elementary will enter into a Shared Space Agreement with Hoover Parks and Recreation to leave school facilities open during non-school hours for community use.
View ArticleWhere might your elementary student be rezoned?
In response to the multiple meetings with parents and residents, Hoover City Schools released a breakdown of a proposed realignment plan for the 2015-2016.
View ArticleNew Hoover rezoning proposal released
A new proposal for rezoning in Hoover City Schools was posted on the Hoover City Schools website today. This new draft proposal has narrowed the amount of areas to be rezoned.
View ArticleBoard of education presents rezoning proposal, 2015 budget
Superintendent Andy Craig presented the new rezoning proposal to the Hoover City Schools Board of Education at the meeting Sept. 8.
View ArticleLake Cyrus resident proposes K-1 academy to solve rezoning issues
Julie Allen, of Lake Cyrus, drafted a proposal that would would transform Trace Crossings Elementary into a K-1 academy and better balance Deer Valley, South Shades Crest and Trace Crossings elementary...
View ArticleTrace Crossings teacher named Alabama Elementary Teacher of the Year
Trace Crossings Elementary teacher Minnette R. Wiggins has been named Alabama’s 2015-2016 Elementary Teacher of the Year. She was second among four finalists behind Alabama State Teacher of the Year...
View ArticleTrace Crossings teacher accepts state Elementary Teacher of the Year award...
Minnette Wiggins, a teacher at Trace Crossings Elementary School, was named the 2015-16 Alabama Elementary Teacher of the Year at an awards ceremony in Montgomery Wednesday, May 13.
View ArticleTrace Crossings honors its own Minnette Wiggins, Alabama Elementary Teacher...
Trace Crossings held a reception yesterday, May 18, honoring its own Minnette Wiggins, Alabama Elementary Teacher of the Year.
View ArticleYoung inventors converge on Trace Crossings Elementary School
Young inventors from schools across Hoover and surrounding cities recently got a chance to use their creativity in a “RoboGarage Makers Camp” held June 1-3 at Trace Crossings Elementary School in Hoover.
View ArticleTrace Crossings Elementary hosts EdCamp STEAM conference
Trace Crossings Elementary School on Aug. 4 hosted Alabama’s first EdCamp STEAM, an all-day conference designed to help encourage students to embrace the arts when teaching traditional STEM classes...
View ArticleTrace Crossings is 'elephant in the room' at Hoover school rezoning meeting
Parents at Deer Valley Elementary share concerns about the quality of education offered at Trace Crossings Elementary, though some were hesitant to mention the school by name.
View ArticleOvercoming stigma
Trace Crossings battles negative perceptions while faculty and parents think the school's quality is strong.
View ArticleState education officials visit Hoover schools to view innovative programs...
The visits to three schools were part of an Innovation Celebration tour where state officials find new ideas that are working and share them with the rest of the state.
View ArticleTeams from 3 Hoover schools prepare for Girls on the Run Birmingham Community 5K
The event is set for May 7 in downtown Birmingham.
View ArticleThree veteran Hoover school administrators turn in retirement papers
Melody Greene, Carol Barber and Kathy Wheaton together have more than 120 years in education.
View ArticleSchool board approves two new principals
The Hoover Board of Education approved principals for Trace Crossings and Greystone Elementary Schools at its July 7 meeting.
View ArticleNew principals await students at Trace Crossings, Greystone
Students at two Hoover elementary schools have new principals waiting to greet them when they come back from summer break on Aug. 11.
View ArticleHoover proposes changes to $80 million sports complex design
The new design proposals are linked to new access roads for Hoover High and Trace Crossings Elementary, new nearby residential development and donated park land, city officials say.
View ArticleMiss Alabama reads to Hoover students
Hayley Barber, crowned Miss Alabama 2016, visited Trace Crossings Elementary recently to meet and read to students.
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