With the conclusion of the 2021-2022 school year, Santa Rosa County District Schools are busy planning for next year.
Part of those arrangements is the installation of people in new positions from principals over individual schools to administrators over the whole district.
New officers and directors were appointed and distinguished Rotarian of the Year and Service Above Self awards were presented at a change of command ceremony at the Pensacola Yacht Club on Tuesday, June 23.
Every Summer, just before children return to the classrooms, United Way of West Florida and other community partners come together to help get students the tools they need to make the school year successful.
On July 21, they will do that again with “Stuff the Bus.”
The sun has been up for a little over an hour, and here in the Pullum YMCA pool on a humid Wednesday morning in late June, the Raider swimmers are putting in work.
Back and forth they go in the lanes, stopping on occasion for a breather, but determined to keep the momentum going as they utilize the summer months to improve.
In the classic baseball movie “Field of Dreams,” a voice in the corn famously told Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella “If you build it, he will come.”
Joey Harrell, the Santa Rosa County School District’s assistant superintendent of administrative services, said at a workshop last month that Florida schools are guided by the opposite edict when planning any expansion: “When they come, we can build it.”
As usual, we have a lot of very interesting stories about our community in this week’s issue.
We have a story on an 11-year-old Navarre violinist winning the state concerto competition, a story about boating under the influence resulting from our ride-along with Florida Fish and Wildlife and the Okaloosa Sheriff’s Department, an entire spread on the Blue Angels Team for 2022 and their show this weekend – just to name a few of our stories.