When students succeed, it creates a ripple effect, said Gulf Breeze High School principal Jason Weeks. So when two students are selected for the prestigious National Merit Scholarship, they raise the bar for future classes.
Student writers and artists from throughout Northwest Florida were recently recognized for their creativity and imagination by Northwest Florida State College when their work was selected for inclusion in the 2013 Blackwater Review. The Blackwater Review is a college publication which encourages student writing, art and creative life by providing a showcase for meritorious work.
In an effort to save money and the budget, the Santa Rosa school board implemented a hiring freeze last November, replacing only what the superintendent deems essential personnel for the 2012-2013 school year.
Seventh grader Noah O’Connor has always been a straight–A student. But the 13-year-old said he studies hard for his high scores and “takes school seriously.”
The classrooms at Holley-Navarre Intermediate School were turned into a tropical island of fun last week as students practiced their reading comprehension, storytelling and other keys of literacy at the Literacy Luau Night.
Volunteers from the Santa Rosa County Master Gardeners visited Woodlawn Middle School on April 25. While there, the gardeners demonstrated the use of their Garden Mosaic process to identify plants.
Seventeen-year-old Christina Adamyk spent two weeks researching the intricacies of the snow goose. She said she was awed by the beautiful simplicity of the bird and tried to capture the myriad subtlety of colors encompassed by the white feathers.
