Education Archive

The University of West Florida and Northwest Florida State College are expanding opportunities for students to pursue engineering careers in Northwest Florida through four new Specialized Associate in Arts Transfer, or SAAT, degree pathways that create a seamless route from associate-level coursework at NWFSC to bachelor’s degree completion through UWF.

Sounds of gunfire. Alarms are going off. Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies running down school hallways.

These are the sights and sounds no one wants to hear. Fortunately, on July 29 and 30 at Navarre High School and Soundside High School, respectively, they were part of a training exercise and not a real threat.

Soundside High School has its first Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instructors.

The school officially announced retired Col. Brian Paradise and Chief Paul Miller for the positions July 22.

Dep. Patrick Adam Blackwood has been in law enforcement for 14 years. This August, he will step into a brand-new role.

Blackwood was recently announced as the first school resource officer for Soundside High School.

Destiny Worship Center in Navarre is hosting a back-to-school backpack giveaway this Saturday, July 18.

Lucas Smith, pastor at Destiny Worship Center, said the church desires for the children in the community to start school with all the necessary supplies for a successful school year.

Jill Broxson-Teston is looking to bring a parent’s perspective to the Santa Rosa County School Board.

On Aug. 18, voters in Santa Rosa County will decide between incumbent Scott Peden, Marie Locklin and Broxson-Teston for the District 5 school board seat.

Pensacola State College recently received a $5 million appropriation from the Florida Legislature for the construction of a new health science and nursing facility at the college’s South Santa Rosa County campus.

While PSC officials haven’t broken ground on the project, the new facility promises to expand what the Midway-area campus has to offer.

The University of West Florida ranked No. 2 among Florida’s 12 public universities in the Florida Board of Governors’ 2025-26 performance-based funding model and was the only institution in the State University System to meet all 11 accountability goals. UWF earned 92 out of 100 points, one point higher than last year, trailing only the University of South Florida.

Navarre Montessori Academy, located at 9540 Navarre Parkway, has closed. Its final day of operation was June 26.

Academy owner Kiani Richardson made the announcement Wednesday, June 24, in a letter to parents of children attending the school.

Considered a lost art, cursive writing is making a comeback.

As part of Florida Senate Bill (SB) 182, which passed the State Legislature and was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis this year, public schools will be required to teach cursive for grades two through five.