Education Archive

Seven weeks into its first semester open, East Bay K-8 is thriving and growing.

Carly Russ is in select company as Navarre’s first National Merit Scholar semifinalist in several years.

The senior is honored to be in the running for one of the scholarships that will be given out to half of the 15,000 finalists.

Growing up in Santa Rosa County, Nick and Brittany Herbst were the kids who didn’t have money for school events. And when their two oldest children started school several years ago, they even struggled to meet those extra needs.

Jana Babst’s second grade class at East Bay K-8 participated in a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics) project using recycled materials with a focus on citizenship.

Jenny Fricks, a former first grade teacher and assistant principal at West Navarre Primary has been appointed as the new principal of S.S. Dixon Primary School in Pace.

Santa Rosa County District Schools is working with safety technology company BusPatrol to improve road safety for students this back-to-school season.

West Navarre Intermediate School is off to a great start and shared these photos from its PBIS Community Reveal Celebration with students at the end of the first week of school. The students and staff had a grand time.

Northwest Florida State College recognized the superior scholastic achievement of students completing the Spring 2021 semester by naming them to the President’s List and Dean’s List.

Gavin Chiles turns 12 this month and has already attended 14 schools.

His family hasn’t moved an abnormal number of times; schools have simply turned him away, saying they didn’t have the programs needed to best educate Gavin.

After counting up donations from Stuff the Bus, Santa Rosa County School District received about $7000 in monetary donations and countless school supplies, such as notebooks, glue sticks, backpacks, pens and pencils. Public Information Officer Brandi Bates said it was difficult to quantify the individual supplies but appreciates everyone who donated.