Holley Navarre Middle School Student Council participated in a special portion of Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3, through #givingtuesdaymilitary. Launched by a group of military spouses, this national movement is aimed at uniting military, their families, veterans and other supporters to generate 1 million acts of kindness in one day. It is part of the larger […]
West Navarre Primary School (WNPS) first grade teacher Shanty Peterson has been nominated for Teacher of the Year many times before but has never won. So, when she found out she won this year, Peterson was excited and honored. Peterson has taught at West Navarre since it’s origin in 1999.
The star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, met their untimely fate last weekend upon the Ashmore Auditorium stage, and the Navarre High School Theatre troupe brought their end to life. Despite a few technical difficulties, the cast and crew brought the complex language of this 1590s classic to life with all its emotion, violence, pageantry and […]
As the famous quote from Maya Angelou goes, “if you don’t know where you’ve come from, you don’t know where you’re going.” In science that holds a lot of truth. Researchers trying to understand how things change must have baseline data, or their work has no meaning. Knowing where we are coming from is the […]
The award-winning Gulf Breeze High Drama troupe is presenting “Elf- The Musical” Dec. 13-14 at the Ashmore in Pensacola for some toe-tapping family fun this Christmas! Following a plot similar to the movie, “Elf” is the story of a baby that accidentally crawled into Santa’s bag one Christmas and was taken to the North Pole […]
This is Courtney English’s first year as a reading and math interventionist at West Navarre Intermediate School, but that hasn’t held this passionate teacher back from excelling. English has been voted West Navarre Intermediate School (WNIS) Teacher of the Year by her peers. She has taught at WNIS for 13 years. Read the full article […]
The Navarre High School Theatre program will be performing one of Shakespeare’s most infamous works this Friday and Saturday. “Romeo and Juliet” is a classic tale of young romance, blood-shed and tragedy, and program director Jan Savage said her students are ready to bring the production to life, complete with original script, period costume and […]
Students from Mrs. Edmondson’s and Ms. Hall’s first grade classes at Holley Navarre Primary School shared what they are thankful for this year. “I’m thankful for dad making dinner.” Tobias Hubbard, 7 “I’m thankful for food, my school and my family.” Layla Daly, 6 “I’m thankful for freedom.” Claudia Inman, 7 “I’m thankful for my […]
Ginni Rushing has a deep love for teaching, but she did not always know it. The third grade teacher has been voted Holley Navarre Intermediate School (HNIS) Teacher of the Year. “We have so many talented teachers, so I was just completely shocked. They called my name, and I just stood there,” Rushing said.
Nine public schools in Santa Rosa County, mostly in the south end, received the Five Star Award for 2020 from the Florida Department of Education (FDOE). The Five Star School Award was created by the Education Commissioner’s Community Involvement Council and is presented annually to those schools that have shown evidence of “exemplary community involvement” […]
Santa Rosa County’s free summer lunch program got a boost Nov. 7 with the rollout of Sodexo’s new S’Cool Bus, a mobile cafeteria created from an old school bus. Sodexo is the food contractor for Santa Rosa School District. In addition to supplying breakfasts, lunches, snacks and even dinners to hungry students during the school […]
Not so long ago in a classroom not so far away, a teaching master led a band of first-grade Wookiees through lessons including aquaponics, geography, engineering and more. Her name is Jennifer Woll, and she has been named Holley Navarre Primary School Teacher of the Year. Read the full article in the Nov. 14 issue […]
Holley Navarre Intermediate School Principal Beth Mosley and Assistant Principal Elizabeth Ann Thompson chicken danced their way through the halls of the school Nov. 1 in chicken suits to celebrate a successful fundraiser. The administrators challenged students to generate $17,000 in profit from their annual Boosterthon fundraiser to purchase innovative PE fields and technology. In […]
The Navarre Navy Junior ROTC unit selected its cadets of the month for October. The cadets earning the honor are Imaia Gifford and Chandler Kempf. As seen in the Nov. 14 issue of Navarre Press. Visit navarrepress.com/subscribe to view subscription options – or click here sign up to receive a digital subscription to Navarre […]
Adding a seventh period to the school day still seems out of reach, according to the Santa Rosa School District’s numbers. The district cut the schedule to six periods, trimming about 30 minutes off the school day, back in 2010 in response to the economic crisis that saw plummeting property values across the country. The […]
Civics teacher Pamela Rose said it is not good enough to just teach her students. She wants to help them feel safe and grow. Rose has been named Holley Navarre Middle School (HNMS) Teacher of the Year by a vote of her peers. Though she held other careers in her life, Rose got into teaching […]
Ghosts and ghouls were waiting in the beach wake Saturday during Science Spooktacular, an annual marine-inspired Halloween celebration at the Navarre Beach Marine Science Station. The station’s dual enrollment students led visitors in a variety of experiments and activities with a creepy theme including creating oozing pumpkins, piloting underwater remotely operated vehicles, exploring touch tanks, pressure […]
Navarre High School students “united for kindness, acceptance and inclusion” Oct. 23 for the school’s annual Unity Day celebration. The school’s hallways, students and staff were bathed in orange, the color selected to represent the anti-bullying, inclusion event each October. The nationwide movement was sparked by Pacer’s National Bullying Prevention Center. Read the full […]
Santa Rosa Education Foundation announced the 33 nominees for Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year Monday. Nominees were selected by their peers at schools throughout the district. Navarre area Teachers of the Year are: Ginni Rushing, Holley-Navarre Intermediate Pamela Rose, Holley-Navarre Middle Jennifer Woll, Holley-Navarre Primary Karen Cody, Navarre High Courtney English, West Navarre Intermediate Shanty […]
Woodlawn Beach Middle School honored service members both past and present Oct. 17 during their annual Military Appreciation Day. Principal Victor Lowrimore said this is one way for the school to give back to local active duty, reserve and retired military members. Parents and family members from many branches of the service attended the events. […]
Holley Navarre Middle School hosted their annual Career Fair Oct. 17. Students had the opportunity to meet with professionals from a variety of fields including engineers, a veterinarian, a scientist, an entrepreneur, a journalist and much more. They also took part in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) activities such as using 3-D printers […]
Much like high school athletes crowding around the bulletin board to see whether they made the cut for the team, Navarre High School Theatre Program students wait with bated breath when its time to see if their name is on the posted cast list. Leading up to tryouts, they practice. They train. They hone their […]
Holley Navarre Intermediate School is full of HEROs, and Friday the administration took time to recognize them. One student from each of the school’s 49 classes were honored with a HERO award this month. The HERO awards are part of the school’s Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS) program which focuses on growing child character […]
Natasha Elliott accepted the tiara, roses and sash as the 2019 Navarre High School Homecoming Queen. As seen in the Oct. 17 issue of Navarre Press. Visit navarrepress.com/subscribe to view subscription options – or click here sign up to receive a digital subscription to Navarre Press for 30 days free. Click here to […]
Holley Navarre Primary School second-graders in teacher Kaytlyn Hall’s class, affectionately dubbed Hall’s Hedgehogs, used the Navarre Press to learn about text features and how to use them. This a Florida education standard. Using photos from the Sept. 12 story on Gulf Breeze Zoo’s Wild Shots contest winners, the students created informational posters about animals such as […]
Floridians can weigh in on the revamp of Florida’s K-12 educational standards this month in the Florida Standards Listening Tour series scheduled throughout the state by Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran. The forum closest to Santa Rosa County is scheduled for Oct. 23 at Walton High School in Walton County. Read the full article in […]
Navarre High School has announced its 2019 Homecoming Court. The senior members are Tony Gomez, Haley Blixt, Cade Tuele, Natasha Elliott, Austin Anderson, Faith Starling, Marlon Courtney, Jenna Zmeili, Trevor Kestner, Emma Hobdy, Tyler England and Honesty Layton. The juniors are Kole Devenney, Taylor Howard, Caleb Long, Lilly Trujillo, Nathan Howard and Kaylee McDonald. Sophomore […]
Kiani Ruiz started out teaching in a traditional school. She soon switched to running her own Montessori school out of her home. The popularity of it grew over a two-year period, and last year she opened the Navarre Montessori Academy, located at 7552 Navarre Parkway, Suite 27, in Harvest Village Court. Open to children ages […]
Schools are not what they used to be, and Santa Rosa County Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick is appealing to business owners to help continue that trend through the E3: Excite, Engage, Experience program. “So much has changed in the 11 years I’ve been superintendent, and so much will change in the next ten years,” he said. […]
Holley Navarre Middle School (HNMS) students used to have a designated period just for reading each day called Drop Everything and Read. Instituted in 2016, the reading period was the result of a more flexible schedule after improvements to the cafeteria streamlined lunch time. Read the full article in the Oct. 3 issue of […]