With the Teacher of the Year luncheon coming up on May 24th, we're visiting with JCM-ECH’s Dana Helton. Each school recognizes its campus-level Teacher of the Year and three are selected to represent each grade band at the district level. Congratulations to Andrew Jackson’s Deshea Surratt, PreK-4th; East Elementary’s Ann Thompkins, 5th-8th; and JCM-ECH’s Dana Helton 9th-12th. Mrs. Helton teaches Career Exploration and Teaching as a Profession class. The District Teacher of the Year winner will be announced Friday.

This week, we’re visiting with Jordan Taylor, a 2016 graduate of South Side High School who’s involved in marketing and sports broadcasting for Forever Communications. We’ll discuss his experience as a student in the Jackson-Madison County School System, and his efforts now to assist JMCSS in promoting academics, athletics and the arts in Jackson-Madison County Schools.

In this episode of For the District, we shine a spotlight on the dedicated coaches behind the Greenpower Racing teams from Jackson-Madison County Schools. Hear how educators from Community Montessori, North Parkway, Rose Hill, Jackson Academic, Northeast, and Malesus helped guide their students through a season of engineering, teamwork, and perseverance—culminating in impressive first-place victories for Jackson Academic STEAM Academy and Malesus STEM Innovation Center at the prestigious Talladega Invitational.