Col. Mark Hamilton, who is the commander of the 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, stopped by Santa Rosa County school board Dec. 11 to celebrate the district’s purple star designation.
Kadie Moretz has been named assistant principal at Navarre High School. The appointment was announced and approved at the Santa Rosa County School Board’s Dec. 11 meeting.
Around 20 years ago, Karen Naquin and her family relocated from New Orleans to the Emerald Coast following Hurricane Katrina.
“We did lose everything except for holiday decorations, which were in the attic,” Naquin said. “We came here with what we had evacuated with and our holiday decorations.”
Santa Rosa County District Schools is in the process of zoning which students in Navarre and Midway area will attend Soundside High School, which is set to open in the fall of 2026.
Daniel Hahn, the director of school safety for Santa Rosa County District Schools, has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor battery charge. He was placed on paid administrative leave earlier this school year.
In her 20th year of educating students, Sandra Kale is East Bay K-8 School’s teacher of the year.
Kale, who teaches kindergarten, said she is very humbled to be recognized for her effort in the classroom.
This year, Holley-Navarre Primary School chose Erin Lanpher as their school’s Teacher of the Year.
Lanpher has been teaching at Holley-Navarre Primary School for three years as a behavior coach. She had previously been a speech therapist at HNPS from 2014-2016.
