Jan 17, 2023
Exceptional: Teacher of Year helps ESE students excel
Jennifer Darden has been working with children as long as she can remember.
First, she worked in juvenile justice, then she worked as a child abuse investigator and later she spent time as child care director at Pullum Family YMCA.
Jan 12, 2023
Troy University announces Chancellor’s List for Fall Semester
Troy, Ala – Troy University is pleased to announce students who have been named to the Chancellor’s List for the Fall Semester and Term 2 of the 2022/2023 academic year. Full-time undergraduate students who are registered for at least 12 semester hours and who earn a grade point average of 4.0 qualify for the Chancellor’s […]
Jan 12, 2023
Farm Credit of Northwest Florida offering scholarship for agriculture
Want to pursue a career in agriculture? There may be a scholarship opportunity for you.
Farm Credit of Northwest Florida is offering one scholarship up to $24,000 to a high school senior, college freshman or sophomore with plans to go into the field of agriculture.
Jan 10, 2023
Saunders shines as Woodlawn’s Teacher of the Year
Jennifer Saunders didn’t start out as a teacher.
She was in the reserves and national guard for eight years before deciding she wanted to be in the classroom.
Jan 6, 2023
Michelle Tucker strives to make learning fun
Michelle Tucker’s fourth-grade classroom at West Navarre Intermediate is a happening place.
Students are standing at tables or sitting on the floor working on activities, allowing them to have fun while learning.
Jan 6, 2023
Semifinalists announced for Santa Rosa County Teacher of the Year
Santa Rosa Education Foundation has announced the five semifinalists selected from 35 school nominees for Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year. Congratulations to Anthea Amos, Central School, Melody Griffin, Gulf Breeze Elementary, Karen Cody, Navarre High, Tanya Metzler, Pea Ridge Elementary, Michelle Tucker, West Navarre Intermediate.
Jan 2, 2023
‘The Avalon Thing’: Teacher of year says school is like family at Avalon Middle
Many schools talk about being a family of students and staff. But at Avalon Middle School, they truly are.
Danita Johnson, Avalon Middle’s teacher of the year, sees herself as a member of that family.
Johnson, who has taught in both Florida and Kentucky, has spent the past 30 years as both a teacher and an administrator.
Dec 22, 2022
Santa Rosa teachers receive highest salary increase in a decade
Thanks to a new tentative agreement, teachers in Santa Rosa County District Schools will see a 5.1% increase in their salaries.
It will apply to the 20222023 school year.
Dec 19, 2022
Innovative principal honored with recognition at county, state level
It takes a special kind of person to lead people and manage a school. It takes an even more special person to continually improve upon and innovate the educational curriculum presented to students.
At S.S. Dixon Intermediate School, they have that person, and her name is Missy Floyd.
Dec 15, 2022
Holley Navarre Middle holds annual science fair
The holiday season is usually when school winds down, but for advanced science students at Holley Navarre Middle School, things were heating up.