Education Archive

Kada Beihl knows people who have battled suicidal thoughts, which is why being a part of the Hope Squad at Navarre High School means a little more to the Raider senior.

Beihl wants students to know that she and others like her in the Hope Squad are here to help if they need it.

When you walk into Dan Schmitt’s classroom at Holley Navarre Middle School, you immediately notice the rather large screens that dot the front portion of the room.

These screens are not meant to show movies or videos, but to help connect students dozens of miles away.

When you walk into Dan Schmitt’s classroom at Holley Navarre Middle School, you immediately notice the rather large screens that dot the front portion of the room. These screens are not meant to show movies or videos, but to help connect students dozens of miles away.

For many years, if you were a student who wanted to take a certain class that wasn’t offered at your school, then you were simply out of luck. But with broadcast classrooms, Santa Rosa County District Schools has given students that chance.

According to a UWF press release, the gift will support the Center for Leadership’s mission to develop effective leaders with a sense of personal authenticity and character, social and civic awareness and the ethical courage required to make positive change in the modern world.

Moving as a child can be a tough transition, especially if you are from a military family and have to move a lot.

With their new Anchored4Life program, Navarre High School hopes to ease the burden of that transition and provide the right foundation for students to succeed during the school year.

Stapleton spent the last 26 years at Navarre High, mostly as an art teacher and later as a department chair. She was the third person hired at the school when it first opened back in 1996.

If you went to Navarre High School at any point in time, then you are likely familiar with Julia Stapleton.

She spent the past 39 years teaching around 8,000 students. Stapleton, who is originally from Illinois, moved to Florida in 1982 and began teaching in 1983.

Three weeks into the school year, Santa Rosa County’s new bus system is making the grade.

School board member Linda Sanborn, a retired teacher, said her former colleagues at Milton High School were thrilled with the results.

In 2021, a study from the CDC found that e-cigarette use among youth remained a serious public health concern even amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The study estimated that more than two million U.S. middle and high school students reported currently using e-cigarettes and vapes in 2021.