Education Archive

Pirates on the Panhandle, a social group that organizes fundraisers for local charities and nonprofits, recently set their sights on Soundside High School’s exceptional student education (ESE) student-athletes.

Wednesday, Oct. 7, members of the social group were joined by Soundside High faculty and students for a check presentation. The check, worth $7,500, was presented to the school to support the school’s unified sports program and its Special Olympics activities.

Santa Rosa County public schools will reopen Wednesday, Oct. 14, under a state directive, even though Hurricane Isaias damaged several campuses, including Milton High School, where the storm tore open the gym’s roof.

Out of an abundance of caution, all Pensacola State College locations will close, and classes will be canceled beginning at 4 p.m. today, Thursday, due to Hurricane Isaias. The College will remain closed Friday, Oct. 9, and Saturday, Oct. 10. The closure includes all classes, events, campus activities, and online courses. 

For the past 23 years, David Chaves has been a fixture at Holley-Navarre Intermediate School. The fifth-grade educator was recently named the school’s teacher of the year.

This isn’t Chaves’ first experience as a teacher of the year. He was also given the honor in 2018.

For the past five years, Honya Richbourg has taught music to children at West Navarre Intermediate School.

Now, she is the school’s teacher of the year.

Jamie Edmondson, Holley-Navarre Primary School’s teacher of the year, has always wanted to be a teacher, even if the journey took a little longer than she intended.

A graduate of Tate High School and the University of West Florida, Edmondson grew up playing school.

Just as teacher and parent communication can be critical for the success of an individual student, communication between the school district and parents is vital for the continued success of schools across the district.

That parent feedback is the reason Santa Rosa County District Schools created the District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC).

The University of West Florida has been designated one of 16 new Centers of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education by the U.S. secretary of transportation through the Maritime Administration for developing engineers and technical professionals powering Gulf Coast shipbuilding.

This designation certifies UWF’s ability to produce exceptional graduates for the maritime workforce through high-quality education and training.

Meet the furriest school resource officer in the county.

Gulf Breeze High School welcomed K-9 Roux of the Gulf Breeze Police Department this semester, and he fit in right away.

As students settle back to school, one Northwest Florida program is helping children strengthen their reading and math skills with some unexpected study partners — horses.

At Life Horse at Grand Review Farm in north Santa Rosa County, founder Stacy Waterous leads the Horse Powered Reading program. Just as it sounds, the program uses activities with horses to help children practice reading and math skills.