Come out and watch the 2013 Mounties football team in action at a Jamboree TONIGHT! The Mounties will host the McAdory Yellow Jackets at Shades Valley at 6 p.m. Admission is only $6.
Bring family and friends and show your support for the team!
Senior cap and gown pictures will be taken THIS Monday morning (March 25) in the practice gym during first block.
Guys should wear dress shirts and ties. Ladies should wear something without a collar.
Please share this with any SV/IB seniors you know!
The Shades Valley/JCIB/SVTA Library has submitted an entry to be considered for the Follett Challenge and it was accepted.
First prize is $60,000 in products and services, so we need ALL friends and families of our students to VOTE HERE online once every day until March 15, 2013!
Pass the word along!
The ASWA poll was released this week, and the Lady Mounties remain the #2 team in the state, behind unbeaten Sparkman.
The Lady Mounties have not lost to an in-state team this year, and have defeated top teams in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee along the way. They also have added to their win total, two wins over 6A #3 Hoover, two wins over 5A #2 Center Point, and a win each over 6A #9 Mountain Brook, 5A #3 Faith Academy, 5A #4 Wenonah, 5A #5 Valley, and 5A #6 Fairfield. And looking at the poll, as well as the out-of-state opponents, the losses by these teams are some of their’s only loss of the year. Very impressive to say the least!
Just a note, when the playoffs come, the Lady Mounties would not have to face Bob Jones, Hoover, or #1 Sparkman until the state title game.
~from Shane Paschal
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Maybe we are the last to know, but we just found out that last month our very own Mountie football coach, Bill Smith, was named 2012 North/East Coach of the Year by the Birmingham News!! (Scroll down to the last paragraph of that article.)
If you’re a fan of football, or just a Mountie supporter, you know that our team worked harder, looked better on the field, and functioned as a unit more so this year than in a while. And Coach Smith led them to their first play-off appearance since 2000.
Kudos to Coach Smith and our Mounties football team. We look forward to watching you again this fall!
GO MOUNTIES!
Have you noticed the yellow yard signs in our area?
The Shades Valley High School Soccer and Baseball Teams will sponsor their first annual Mattress Sale Fundraiser this Saturday, January 12, 2013. The SALE is ONE DAY ONLY!!
Name brand (Restonic and Southerland) mattress sets will be sold at 30-60% below retail prices. These are all top quality 
mattresses with full factory warranties.
All sizes and price ranges. Delivery is available. Floor models will be displayed at the Shades Valley High School in the Cafeteria this Saturday from 10 AM to 5 PM.
This is a major fund raiser for these athletes and their spring sports. If you know anyone who even might be in the market for a new mattress, give them the above flyer, and tell them to come up to the school cafeteria this Saturday!
As is the custom with many sports, the Boys Soccer Team is looking for fans who want to support the team in a unique way.
All SV/IB girls are invited to sign up to be a “Soccer Sweetie” for the Spring 2013 season. Soccer Sweeties have fun at home soccer games, support your favorite players, be part of the action helping out on the sidelines, and get awesome t-shirts!
If you’re interested, sign up with Coach Wood at SV Room 312.
We have not one, but TWO Shades Valley programs vying for your vote to earn a Clorox Power a Bright Future grant. After a competitive national process, the nomination for grant funding to create a digital learning lab was accepted!
Now it’s time for our community to show its support by voting online and via text daily!
Here is a direct link to the digital learning lab’s proposal and vote button. You can also text 2484pbf to 95248. You can vote once a day per voting method.
Only seven schools nationwide will win a grant. Help this worthwhile need to earn a grant to create a digital learning lab for the Freshman Floor by casting your votes.
The program that receives the highest number of votes will be awarded the $50,000 grand-prize grant, and the next top vote-getters in the Play, Create and Explore categories respectively will also be awarded a $25,000 grant. Clorox’s judging panel will select three additional lucky schools, one in each category, to win a $25,000 judge’s choice grant.
Hurry! You have until December 19 to vote!
Shades Valley High School was recently awarded a “High Schools that Work” grant for $10,000. A team of 7 teachers and administrators will participate in professional development to turnaround strategies to improve areas noted in the school’s Continuous Improvement Plan.
SV Technical Academy also received a “Technology Centers that Work” grant for $10,000 to do the same.
Additionally, SVTA was awarded a $75,000 grant to develop an ACCESS online learning lab at the Dabbs campus.
All this is very good news for the future of Shades Valley and her schools!
Students representing SVHS and JCIB French Clubs traveled to the University of Alabama on November 5 to participate in the Seventh Annual French Convention by the Alabama Federation of French Clubs.
The Convention celebrates student knowledge of the French language and culture through oral and written competitions.
French clubs from north Alabama elementary, middle, and high schools present skits, songs, monologues, and projects for evaluation by faculty from the university’s French department.
This was actually the first year Shades Valley sent a team to the Convention. (Photo of the SV team above courtesy of SV French teacher, Mr. Eubanks.) Both the SV and IB teams represented their schools very well indeed. Read here for a complete list of students and awards.
