Education Archive

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.

Family Fun Night at Holley-Navarre Intermediate School was all about science last Tuesday night. Fifth-grade students got to show off their science projects as part of the school’s second annual STEM Night.

For Holley-Navarre Intermediate School teacher Danielle Clark, there is only one thing that is more rewarding than being named Teacher of the Year for Santa Rosa County. And that one thing is to see her “campers” excel in the classroom.

Pensacola, Fla. – Local entrepreneurs, app developers, programmers and small startups now have the ability to work in an innovative and collaborative work environment, similar to those that have been successful in such areas as Boston and San Francisco, with the unveiling last Thursday of the Gulf Coast Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s (CIE) new Coworking Lab.

Enrollment numbers at the Pensacola State College South Santa Rosa Center are up 5 percent from last year with 707 college-credit students enrolled for spring quarter.

On Dec. 12 the Santa Rosa County School Board approved administrative pay raises based on a spreadsheet provided by the Human Resources Department. A miscalculation doubling the $800 raise was later discovered. Jan. 23 the board approved a revision, correcting that mistake.

For Holley-Navarre Primary School Teacher of the Year Mary Ellen Woods, her love of working with children is what prompted her to pursue a lifelong dedication to nurturing growing minds.

James McNulty is very passionate about ending school paddling as a form of punishment. He appeared before Santa Rosa School Board members Jan. 23, urging a ban in district schools.