The University of West Florida Wellness Services and UWF Peer Educators will host the 16 annual Take Back The Night event Wednesday, April 1, at 5:30 p.m. in the University Commons Auditorium. This year’s theme is “It’s On Us,” a national sexual assault awareness campaign.
The AHEPA-Pensacola Charitable Foundation, Inc., has annually awarded scholarships available for Northwest Florida (Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties) applicants open to all fields of study. Scholarships are available to those entering or already attending a college or university during calendar year 2015.
Richard Blanco, the first Latino immigrant poet chosen to read at a presidential inauguration, will be the featured distinguished author at Northwest Florida State College’s annual NWFSC Reads.
On Saturday, March 7, a carefully selected group of first-year cadets from the Navarre High School NJROTC took to the drill decks at the inaugural NS1 Showcase, hosted by the Pace High School NJROTC program.
The Santa Rosa County School Board unanimously approved promoting Beth Mosley, Holley-Navarre Intermediate’s current assistant principal, to school principal.
Pointing to increased high school graduation rates, President Barack Obama said Monday he’s prepared to fight with Republicans for school funding and his education priorities rather than risk going backward.
Around 175 people, including one Navarre woman, attended “March for the Children” in Tallahassee March 5 to support a proposed bill that would limit standardized testing in schools.
American Legion Post 382 donated $900 to West Navarre Intermediate March 5 to support the school’s Month of the Military Child celebration in April. Regina Marek, an ESE paraprofessional and member of the legion’s Ladies Auxiliary, and has helped create a partnership between the organization and the school. Marek said a portion of the donation will pay for purple T-shirts for the 310 students whose parents are currently deployed. The rest of the money will be used for purple lollipops for all of the military children in school.
