Tag: Education

Alexandra Timmons, the current principal at Holley-Navarre Primary, has been promoted to director of risk management for the Santa Rosa County School District after being recommended by the school board.

Holley-Navarre Middle School announced its honor roll for the first quarter of the 2021-22 school year.

Santa Rosa Education Foundation is pleased to announce the 35 nominees for Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year.  Nominees were selected by their peers at schools throughout the district.

Betty Ward, a substitute teacher from Milton, took to the podium to discuss the low wages faced by substitute teachers across the county.

Santa Rosa County District Schools has been named an Academically High-Performing School District for the 2020-21 school year again, per section 1003.621, Florida Statutes by the Florida Department of Education. This designation is based on the 2018-19 school and district grades, 2019-20 financial audit reviews and the 2020-21 class size compliance.

Greg Boozer is usually the one helping to count the votes for Teacher of the Year at Navarre High, but he wasn’t in that role this year after being nominated for the honor for the first time in his career.

Two students from Navarre High School were surprised with $1,500 grants on behalf of the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS) and presented by Dr. Karen Barber, Superintendent of Santa Rosa County Schools. The grants are part of a $1 million grant funded by Shell and the National Science Foundation.

Emily Jones, an eighth grader at Avalon Middle School, was riding the bus home down U.S. Highway 90 on a Sept. 17, when her bus driver, Roberta Temple, started feeling tightness in her chest.

Santa Rosa County School District is starting to develop its five-year strategic plan and officials are looking for input from the community.

With the decline in active COVID cases, Santa Rosa County District Schools adjusted their health guidelines for the second nine-week period which began Oct. 11.