Longtime Holley Navarre Middle admin stepping aside to join college
December 30, 2024
Holley Navarre Middle School Assistant Principal Peter Della Ratta is leaving the school district to become the Vice President of Institutional Advancement at John Melvin Christian College in Pace. T…
District names Innovative Principal of the Year
December 12, 2024
The Santa Rosa County School District announced East Bay K-8 Principal as the Innovative Principal of the Year.
UWF selected to join Gulf Scholars Program
December 3, 2024
The Gulf Scholars Program of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, has selected the University of West Florida to join the program’s fourth cohort. UWF will receive $525,000…
Full circle moment for West Navarre Primary’s Sarah Pena
November 26, 2024
Sarah Pena attended West Navarre Primary as a second grader.
It was then that she knew that she wanted to one day be a teacher.
Holley Navarre Primary’s Krista Galvan a leader in ‘social thinking’ role
November 19, 2024
Each year, students across Holley Navarre Primary School need help with regulating emotions, social interactions, and developing skills to be more successful in school. Luckily for them, they have Kr…
Amy Fitch making a difference and having fun
November 18, 2024
When Amy Fitch interviewed for a teaching position at West Navarre Intermediate nearly two decades ago, she said she was asked if she had a grade preference.
School district employee resigns amid alleged financial improprieties
November 7, 2024
An employee of Santa Rosa County District Schools has resigned from their position after an investigation found that the employee had engaged in “financial improprieties.”
In a statement to Navarre P…
Navarre’s educator of the year teaching ‘forever skills’
November 5, 2024
In nearly 20 years in education, James Fox had never been nominated for teacher of the year.
That all changed this year when Fox was named Navarre High’s Teacher of the Year.
East Bay K8’s Megan Christian is all about the students
October 24, 2024
East Bay K-8’s Megan Christian always wanted to be a teacher.
The school’s choice for teacher of the year is now in her 11th year in a classroom. She has been at East Bay K-8 for three of those yea…
Holley Navarre Intermediate teacher of year went from courtroom to classroom
October 18, 2024
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Kayla Stanford, Holley Navarre Intermediate School’s teacher of the year, said she wanted to be a lawyer, until a job at a summer camp changed her outlook a…
















