Education Archive

Around 20 years ago, Karen Naquin and her family relocated from New Orleans to the Emerald Coast following Hurricane Katrina.
“We did lose everything except for holiday decorations, which were in the attic,” Naquin said. “We came here with what we had evacuated with and our holiday decorations.”

Holley-Navarre Middle School’s media center was filled to the brim with science fair posters and projects Wednesday, Dec. 10.

Santa Rosa County District Schools is in the process of zoning which students in Navarre and Midway area will attend Soundside High School, which is set to open in the fall of 2026.

Daniel Hahn, the director of school safety for Santa Rosa County District Schools, has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor battery charge. He was placed on paid administrative leave earlier this school year.

In her 20th year of educating students, Sandra Kale is East Bay K-8 School’s teacher of the year.
Kale, who teaches kindergarten, said she is very humbled to be recognized for her effort in the classroom.

This year, Holley-Navarre Primary School chose Erin Lanpher as their school’s Teacher of the Year.
Lanpher has been teaching at Holley-Navarre Primary School for three years as a behavior coach. She had previously been a speech therapist at HNPS from 2014-2016.

A Santa Rosa social media personality has thrown their hat in the ring for school board.

On your mark, get set, go!

Tracey Strength, a first-grade teacher at West Navarre Primary School, was recently given the title “Teacher of the Year” by her colleagues.
Now in her 20th year teaching at West Navarre Primary, Strength said she feels honored to represent the school in the district Teacher of the Year competition.

Every school day at 7 a.m., you can find Camdon Oliver clocking in at Navarre High School and getting the cafeteria ready for students. It wasn’t too many years ago that Oliver was one of those students himself.