Shades Cahaba Elementary School
Shades Cahaba Elementary School, located at 3001 Independence Drive, is one of three elementary schools in Homewood City Schools serving grades kindergarten through fifth. It was built as Shades Cahaba High School in 1920 and became an elementary school in 1950. It primarily serves households in the eastern portion of Homewood, including the neighborhoods of Hollywood and Rosedale. The school mascot is an owl and the school colors are dark green and white.
Enrollment in 2005 was approximately 500 students. The principal is Sue Grogan.
The school has undergone several renovations and additions since it was first built. A renovation in the late 1980's or early 1990's moved the main entrance from the side facing Hollywood Boulevard to what had been a back corner, facing southwest to Independence Drive at about a 45 degree angle.
There is a pedestrian tunnel underneath Independence Drive (U.S. Highway 31), built in the early 1950s, which allows pedestrians access to the school from the west without having to cross multiple lanes of traffic.
Accomplishments
- United States Department of Education "Blue Ribbon School"; 1993-94.
References
- Summe, Sheryl Spradling. (2001). Homewood: The Life of a City. Homewood, AL: Friends of the Homewood Public Library.