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.
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.
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.
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.
East Bay K-8 School recently received a $10,000 donation for the school’s art department from Navarre benefactors Alan and Lindsey Song. This isn’t the first time the Songs have helped Santa Rosa District Schools.
It’s no secret teaching can have its challenges.
For Ronda Stacey, Holley Navarre Primary School’s teacher of the year, she has taken it upon herself to meet those challenges head on.
On Dec. 2, Santa Rosa County School District’ Exceptional Student Education department will welcome families from Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa counties to St. Sylvester’s Catholic Church in Gulf Breeze to discuss district and community resources available to students with Individual Education Plans (IEP).
Katherine Borden took the longer road to a career in teaching. She started out as a substitute teacher and soon knew without a doubt that this is what she wanted to do long-term.
