Eight principals pose on stage after receiving their 2024 CLAS Banner School awards and $750 checks during the awards luncheon.
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CLAS Recognizes Schools of Distinction and Announces 2024 Banner Schools

ByAlyssa Godfrey

Montgomery, Ala – May 5, 2025: CLAS recognized thirty-two Schools of Distinction across the eight State School Board Districts and announced the 2024 CLAS Banner Schools on Monday, May 5, 2025, during an awards luncheon in Prattville, Alabama. The CLAS Banner School program was created in 2001 to recognize schools in Alabama that showcase outstanding programs and service to students. Each school was nominated for this award by their superintendent with 234 schools nominated statewide.

DISTRICT 1

Banner School: Gulf Shores Middle School, Gulf Shores City Schools

Schools of Distinction:

  • Enterprise High School, Enterprise City Schools
  • Florala High School, Covington County Schools
  • Gulf Shores Middle School, Gulf Shores City Schools
  • Katherine Hankins Middle School, Mobile County Schools

DISTRICT 2

Banner School: Goshen High School, Pike County Schools

Schools of Distinction:

  • Goshen High School, Pike County Schools
  • Handley Middle School, Roanoke City Schools
  • Randolph County High School, Randolph County Schools
  • Webb Elementary School, Houston County Schools

DISTRICT 3

Banner School: Montevallo Elementary School, Shelby County Schools

Schools of Distinction:

  • Brock’s Gap Intermediate School, Hoover City Schools
  • Elmore County High School, Elmore County Schools
  • Elmore County Technical Center, Elmore County Schools
  • Montevallo Elementary School, Shelby County Schools

DISTRICT 4

Banner School: Tarrant High School, Tarrant City Schools

Schools of Distinction:  

  • Booker T. Washington K-8 School, Birmingham City Schools
  • Central Elementary School, Tuscaloosa City Schools
  • Gordo Elementary School, Pickens County Schools
  • Tarrant High School, Tarrant City Schools

DISTRICT 5

Banner School: Saraland Middle School, Saraland City Schools

Schools of Distinction:

  • Booker T. Washington Middle School, Mobile County Schools
  • Chickasaw Elementary School, Chickasaw City Schools
  • George P. Austin Junior High School, Linden City Schools
  • Saraland Middle School, Saraland City Schools

DISTRICT 6

Banner School: Oneonta High School, Oneonta City Schools

Schools of Distinction:

  • Glencoe Middle School, Etowah County Schools
  • Helen Keller School of Alabama, Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind
  • Oneonta High School, Oneonta City Schools
  • Springville High School, St. Clair County Schools

DISTRICT 7

Banner School: Paine Elementary School, Trussville City Schools

Schools of Distinction:

  • Dora High School, Walker County Schools
  • Eva School, Morgan County Schools
  • Harlan Elementary School, Florence City Schools
  • Paine Elementary School, Trussville City Schools

DISTRICT 8

Banner School: James Clemens High School, Madison City Schools

Schools of Distinction:

  • Blossomwood Elementary School, Huntsville City Schools
  • James Clemens High School, Madison City Schools
  • Monte Sano Elementary School, Huntsville City Schools
  • New Century High School, Huntsville City Schools

“Congratulations to these wonderful Alabama public schools which provide excellent examples of the significant learning opportunities taking place in public education in Alabama.  Further, the stakeholders at every school are to be commended for striving for excellence daily,” comments Vic Wilson, Ed.D., executive director of the Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools (CLAS).

This program would not be possible without the generous sponsorship provided by American Fidelity Assurance, Bailey Education Group, Curriculum Associates, Lathan Architects, and Ward Scott Morris Architecture, Inc. CLAS appreciates the invaluable support of these sponsors to the Banner School Awards program.

About CLAS: CLAS, the Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools was founded in 1969 by a small group of school leaders to provide targeted professional development and support for Alabama’s public school administrators.  CLAS now serves thirteen affiliates representing public school/school system leaders.  CLAS provides the framework to connect dedicated school administrators and other successful leaders with a network for professional growth and support.  CLAS is the premier professional learning provider for administrators in public schools in the state of Alabama.

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