Florida Gov. Rick Scott March 7 highlighted results from a 2013 study showing students who completed the Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) were better prepared for kindergarten than students who didn’t complete the program or did not participate in VPK. It was the fifth consecutive year the number of VPK completers had increased.
Pensacola State College (PSC) online registration opens April 1 for summer and fall term classes, more than a month before students can enroll on campus.
Carol Boston is the now the third person to file as a candidate for Santa Rosa County School Board District 3 Representative. Boston filed her paperwork with the supervisor of elections office March 4.
For Gulf Breeze Middle School student Tanner Williams, an interest in videogames has led him to discover a new talent for making and editing gameplay videos on his YouTube channel, LegendOfGuiga.
Dozens of Navarre High School students took the stage Friday at the school’s annual talent show, which featured singing, instrumental performances, dancing and stand-up comedy. Row after row of seats in the high school cafeteria were filled with parents, relatives and friends of those performing.
Northwest Florida State College (NWFSC) has released its list of fall term 2013 graduates, including honors graduates. Five hundred and twenty-two (522) individuals completed studies at the college during the fall term that ended in December. Navarre area graduates included:
Santa Rosa County Tax Collector Stan Nichols presented information to the school board Feb. 20 on the Kids Tag Art program initiated by his office and sponsored by several local businesses.
What is the state bird of Florida? What desert covers most of Egypt? Students at West Navarre Intermediate School who competed in the school’s annual Geography Bee by answering questions like these were recognized at a reception Feb. 12. Classroom winners received prizes and were introduced on the school’s morning TV show.
Only a few days after Santa Rosa County School Board District 3 Representative Diane Coleman announced she would not seek re-election, another candidate – Jim Taylor – has decided he will join the race. Prior to Coleman’s announcement, only Debra Gunnoe had pre-filed for the race having done so Nov. 13, 2013.
