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MLES principal approved for new position with Shelby County Schools

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Celita Carmichael has spent the last nine years as principal of Mt Laurel Elementary but will soon be serving the school system in a new role. At the May 18 Shelby County Board of Education meeting, Carmichael was approved for a new position as instructional supervisor for Shelby County Schools. 

During her time at MLES, Carmichael led the school to receive the 2021 National Blue Ribbon school status and the school recently received the legislative school performance award for being one of the top 25 schools in the state of Alabama. 

“It's been an honor to have worked at Shelby County Schools for 21 years,” Carmichael said. “As I look around this room and see all the leaders and mentors in my life that have helped me along this path, I am forever grateful. I will rise up to the challenge and continue to help all these leaders make Shelby County great in the future.” 

Shelby County Schools recognized mental health week with a Wear Green Day on May 18. During the meeting, Superintendent Lewis Brooks shared a video made by students at Shelby County High School about mental health.

“Through an awareness campaign and through this video, we hope everyone will see what we are doing is supporting some of the challenges our kids face,” Brooks said. “For all of us, we understand the challenges that our kids face and so having the opportunity to have support for them is just tremendous. We’re very proud of our Shelby Cares program that teaches our kids how to deal with some of these challenges.” 

Brooks also recognized two First Year Teachers of the Year: Cason Young, a first grade teacher at Helena Elementary was chosen for elementary and Austin Dennis, a social studies teacher at Calera Middle School was chosen for secondary. 

“We have two outstanding teachers who are first year teachers,” Brooks said. “We know the kind of support we have in place for our first year teachers and a big thank you to HR, instruction, and federal programs– all these entities come together to support our first year teachers.”

Lynn Carroll discussed summer school during the instruction report. She said the literacy act mandates 60 hours of reading instruction for second and third graders, and this will be the first year having math for fourth and fifth graders. 

“Students will be invited based on their score on the diagnostic assessment,” Carroll said. “All of the summer school teachers are funded with Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds.” 

Elementary summer school will have about 900 students who will be invited from across the district and take place June 5-9. Transportation and lunches will be provided. Middle schoolers can participate in a one week enrichment type program the first week of June. High school students will have two sessions for credit recovery and around 989 students will be invited to participate.

“Overall, a little under 2,000 students have been invited for K-12,” Carroll said. “It takes a village to be able to pull off summer school for that many students.” 

The board also approved: 

During the architect and construction report,  Barbara Snyder gave an update on several ongoing projects throughout the district. 

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