Nov 5, 2024
Navarre’s educator of the year teaching ‘forever skills’
In nearly 20 years in education, James Fox had never been nominated for teacher of the year.
That all changed this year when Fox was named Navarre High’s Teacher of the Year.
Oct 24, 2024
East Bay K8’s Megan Christian is all about the students
East Bay K-8’s Megan Christian always wanted to be a teacher.
The school’s choice for teacher of the year is now in her 11th year in a classroom. She has been at East Bay K-8 for three of those years. Christian, who grew up in Mobile, Alabama, said she first knew she wanted to be a teacher in elementary school.
Oct 18, 2024
Holley Navarre Intermediate teacher of year went from courtroom to classroom
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Kayla Stanford, Holley Navarre Intermediate School’s teacher of the year, said she wanted to be a lawyer, until a job at a summer camp changed her outlook and her career path.
Oct 17, 2024
Navarre High School teacher planning France trip for students
From the beaches of Normandy to the streets of Paris to the Riviera in the country’s south, France has a rich history and culture known worldwide. Next summer, a group of around 28 people from Navarre will get to experience it firsthand thanks to a trip planned by a Navarre High School teacher.
Starting in Nice, France, the 14-day bus tour will take the group, most of whom are Navarre High students, to Monaco, Pont du Gard, Provence, Avignon, Lyon, the Loire Valley, Chartres, Paris and Versailles, and Omaha Beach in the Normandy region.
Oct 7, 2024
Oriole Beach Elementary’s Jasmine Cook finds joy in teaching
In her seventh year at Oriole Beach Elementary School, kindergarten teacher Jasmine Cook was named the school’s teacher of the year.
Oct 3, 2024
Oriole Beach Elementary teacher organizes Rock Your School Day
On Sept. 27, students and teachers at Oriole Beach Elementary School “rocked their school.”
Oct 1, 2024
Project SEARCH helps young adults with disabilities transition into the workforce
Santa Rosa Medical Center is partnering with a nonprofit to ensure young adults with disabilities make the transition from school to the workforce.
Sep 30, 2024
Navarre Raider Band hopes IMPACT 100 grant will pay for new instruments
Each year, the Navarre Band Parent Association Inc., the booster club for the high school’s band program, organizes fundraisers to help pay for the band fees, uniforms, instrument repairs, and everything else that goes into running a high school band.
Sep 18, 2024
Former Navarre High Teacher Academy pupil now teaching English
It wasn’t long ago Delaney Walker was walking the halls of Navarre High School as a student. Now, she walks them as a member of the staff.
Sep 16, 2024
Middle School Civics class at East Bay K8 learns about 9/11
Each September, Americans across the country and world remember where they were on Sept. 11, 2001. While that day is seared into the memories of those who were there or who watched it on television, the youngest Americans only know 9/11 as a historical event, something to read about in a book.