Education Archive

From the beaches of Normandy to the streets of Paris to the Riviera in the country’s south, France has a rich history and culture known worldwide. Next summer, a group of around 28 people from Navarre will get to experience it firsthand thanks to a trip planned by a Navarre High School teacher.

Starting in Nice, France, the 14-day bus tour will take the group, most of whom are Navarre High students, to Monaco, Pont du Gard, Provence, Avignon, Lyon, the Loire Valley, Chartres, Paris and Versailles, and Omaha Beach in the Normandy region.

In her seventh year at Oriole Beach Elementary School, kindergarten teacher Jasmine Cook was named the school’s teacher of the year.

On Sept. 27, students and teachers at Oriole Beach Elementary School “rocked their school.”

Santa Rosa Medical Center is partnering with a nonprofit to ensure young adults with disabilities make the transition from school to the workforce.

Each year, the Navarre Band Parent Association Inc., the booster club for the high school’s band program, organizes fundraisers to help pay for the band fees, uniforms, instrument repairs, and everything else that goes into running a high school band.

It wasn’t long ago Delaney Walker was walking the halls of Navarre High School as a student. Now, she walks them as a member of the staff.

Each September, Americans across the country and world remember where they were on Sept. 11, 2001. While that day is seared into the memories of those who were there or who watched it on television, the youngest Americans only know 9/11 as a historical event, something to read about in a book.

Let the sparks fly!

Navarre High School, in conjunction with Locklin Technical College, is bringing a welding course to campus. The full course, which will be roughly two semesters in length, will start next school year (SY 2025-26) and serve as another addition to the high school’s already stacked line-up of career and technical education (CTE) courses and opportunities.

The University of West Florida recently partnered with journalist, media producer and entrepreneur Dustin Plantholt on a new business venture called HeirStory.

In 2018, the University of West Florida Argo Athletic Band began playing. Since then, the music has gotten louder as the band has grown from a fledgling pep band to a full-scale marching band.