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Photo courtesy of Chris Neugent
Briarwood band named 5A champs at competition
The Briarwood Christian School Marching Band competed in the Alabama Marching Band Championships at Spain Park High School last month.
Nov. 24, 2025
Photo courtesy of Noah Hendrix
Get to Know: Noah Hendrix, Indian Springs School student
Indian Springs senior Noah Hendrix balances Science Olympiad, tutoring and student government with plans to pursue pharmaceutical research that improves lives through innovative medicine.
Oct. 06, 2025
Photo courtesy of Chris Neugent
Get to know: Briarwood Christian band director, Chris Neugent
In this interview, Briarwood Christian's band director, Chris Neugent, gives a sneak peak of the band's upcoming half-time show.
Aug. 09, 2024
Photo courtesy of Michele Wilensky.
7th grader wins Hilltop Montessori science fair
His highly relevant project studied the various masks used around the world and their effectiveness in combating COVID-19.
Jan. 27, 2021
Briarwood junior obtains perfect ACT score
More than 1.67 million students took the ACT during the 2019-20 academic year. Of those, only 5,579 students scored a 36 which is only 0.334% of all tests.
Dec. 27, 2020
