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Education Archive

Jan 9, 2014

Jeffrey Knapp, Navarre High School Teacher of the Year, prepares a lesson for his Algebra students on Monday.

Step inside Navarre High School math teacher Jeffrey Knapp’s classroom and it becomes immediately apparent the type of genuine relationship he shares with his students.
Jan 9, 2014

Alternative seating helps students focus 

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — Introducing big, bouncy balls into a middle school classroom may seem like a prescription for pandemonium.
Jan 2, 2014

2013 Year in Review Education Stories

Teacher of the Year

On Feb. 1, Ann Thompson, third-grade teacher at West Navarre Intermediate School, was named Santa Rosa County Teacher of the Year. Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick, Santa Rosa School Board members, members of the Teacher of the Year Selection Committee and Santa Rosa Education Foundation directors came to Thompson’s classroom to deliver the good news. Thompson had been teaching for eight years, and prior to that she worked as a medical technician. She is also the president of the local charity Caring and Sharing of South Santa Rosa County.

Dec 26, 2013

Navarre High earns an A

Administration and faculty at Navarre High School had reason to celebrate last Wednesday after learning that NHS has been named an A school for the first time since 2009.
Dec 19, 2013

Teaching comes natural to Cunniff

West Navarre Primary School second grade teacher Laura Cunniff always knew she would be a teacher. Cunniff’s natural teaching ability paired with a knack for keeping her students engaged and interested in the classroom has earned her the title of WNPS Teacher of the Year.
Dec 12, 2013

NHS students most paddled in school district

Corporal punishment in public schools has long been phased out as a discipline option for students in neighboring counties. But in Santa Rosa County, paddling still takes place in many local schools, and the majority of those paddlings in the past two years have been administered to Navarre High School students.
Dec 12, 2013

Villa works with speech therapy students

As a speech-language pathologist at West Navarre Intermediate School, Keri Villa works with small groups of students who exhibit communication disorders, with her one goal in mind being to see her students be understood by others in their life.
Dec 5, 2013

Florida students below global peers in math, science 

Florida teens scored lower than their international peers in math and science and about the same in reading, results from a global test released Tuesday show.
Dec 5, 2013

Clark loves students’ “light bulb moments”

As Holley-Navarre Intermediate School Teacher of the Year, nothing is more rewarding to Danielle Clark than to see her fourth grade students excel in school. The rewards are especially meaningful for Clark, who herself struggled in school as a student.
Nov 28, 2013

Barnes boosts students’ confidence in math

Middle school can be one of the most difficult and awkward times for maturing students, and Woodlawn Beach Middle School eighth grade pre-algebra teacher Kelly Barnes is more than happy to do anything she can do to spark her students’ interest in math and keep them motivated throughout the school year.
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