Oct 7, 2025
School safety director charged with battery after investigation
A Santa Rosa County District Schools employee was arrested for battery after he allegedly rubbed another employee’s shoulder against her will.
Daniel Hahn, 59, was booked into Santa Rosa County Jail Tuesday, Oct. 7, around noon.
Oct 4, 2025
Navarre High names its Homecoming queen for 2025
Mouse Dekom was named Navarre High’s Homecoming queen on Friday night at halftime of the Raiders’ game against Escambia.
Oct 3, 2025
Emily Robinson enjoying new role as NJRTOC instructor
Emily Robinson had no idea being an instructor for an NJROTC program was an option.
Oct 3, 2025
Santa Rosa County Teachers of Year announced
Santa Rosa Education Foundation is pleased to announce the thirty-seven nominees for Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year. Nominees were selected by their peers at schools throughout the district.
Oct 3, 2025
Former Holley-Navarre music teacher inspired many
This summer, a former Holley-Navarre Middle School band director died.
Alicia Trevino, 59, passed peacefully at her home in Cantonment July 11. Born Jan. 15, 1966, in Kansas City, Missouri, Trevino grew up the daughter of a pastor and a middle child with five siblings.
Oct 3, 2025
Ellery Markie of Navarre admitted to University Honors Program at Nebraska
Ellery Markie of Navarre, a secondary education major in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Education and Human Sciences, is among a record 739 students selected to join the college’s University Honors Program this fall. The cohort is 15% larger than the previous record class in 2019.
Sep 24, 2025
Navarre High construction student creates custom iPad rack for teacher
Navarre High School is all about equipping their students with the tools needed for a successful career and life. As one teacher at Navarre High found out last week, those tools can also help build classroom furniture.
Sep 22, 2025
East Bay K-8 library receives 2025 Florida Power-Library School designation
A statewide organization has recognized East Bay K-8 and its library media specialist, Morgan Evans, with the designation of 2025 Florida Power-Library School.
Sep 18, 2025
School board amends lunch debt policies
In early August, local students’ parents were abuzz on Facebook. A post was circulating that administrators at Thomas L. Sims Middle School were refusing to distribute class schedules to students who had an unpaid balance on their school lunch account. While this proved to be untrue, and ultimately a misunderstanding, it brought up the topic of school lunch debt, and what exactly that means for students and schools.
Sep 15, 2025
Holley-Navarre Middle School visits National Naval Aviation Museum for STEM lesson
Each year, Santa Rosa and Escambia Counties’ middle school students venture to NAS Pensacola for a lesson in science, technology, engineering and math.
Holley-Navarre Middle School is one of the participating schools.