Thursday, October 26, 2023 -- October is National Dyslexia Awareness Month and to recognize the importance of the work being done across the state in education, Governor Kay Ivey recognized all of Alabama's Certified Academic Language Therapists (CALTs) on Monday at the Governor's Mansion in Montgomery.

Mountain Brook Schools is fortunate to have eight CALTs in the district who have taken on extensive training in order to serve students and provide multisensory structured language intervention. A big thank you to the following individuals who serve our students in this way each and every day:

- Lara Meadows (Crestline)

- Melanie Falconer (Crestline)

- Claire Tynes (Brookwood Forest)

- Kristi Moncrief (Brookwood Forest)

- Cynthia Hicks (Mountain Brook Elementary)

- Reed Bowers (Cherokee Bend)

- Betsie Kennedy (Mountain Brook Elementary)

- Angela Knox (MBJH)