The Santa Rosa County School Board recently approved adding six minutes to each school day for students. Locally, parents seemed more concerned about school start times than the additional instruction time. Holley-Navarre Primary and Holley Navarre Intermediate Schools both begin instruction at 7:30 a.m. West Navarre Primary and West Navarre Intermediate Schools both begin at 8:15 a.m. In contrast, Navarre High and Holley Navarre Middle School begin at 9:15 and 9:25 a.m. respectively.
The Santa Rosa County School Board approved June 10 the starting and dismissal times for the 2014-2015 school year. District officials added one minute to each of the six periods, totaling an additional six minutes per school day. That slight change will provide the district with enough classroom time to avoid having to make up schools days missed because of storms.
Students in school districts from the Florida Panhandle improved their scores on state end-of-course (EOC) assessments Algebra 1, Geometry, Biology 1 and U.S History.
A kids’ art program initiated by Santa Rosa County Tax Collector Stan Colie Nichols raised $18,000 for local school arts programs in its first year. Santa Rosa County School elementary art teachers encouraged students to design artwork for tags. Those tags were then offered for purchase, and proceeds will be used to fund the purchase of art supplies for the schools.
Three of Navarre’s principals were recognized recently as principals of the year as part of a statewide program that recognizes principals who demonstrate highly effective leadership. Liz West, BJ Price and Robert Trigg were all recognized with the award at the county level.
The Florida Department of Education released Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) results June 6 for Reading, Math and Science in grades four through 10. Santa Rosa County eighth grade students ranked first in Florida for math. Reading scores for fifth, seventh, ninth and tenth grade took second place honors. Fifth and seventh grade math scores also took second place.
