School board appoints seven to new positions, including four principals
June 18, 2024
There was a significant shake-up in Santa Rosa District Schools in June.
At the June 13 school board meeting, the district appointed seven people to new positions at schools throughout the district…
Airplane donation helps Pensacola State College Aviation Mechanics program take off
June 11, 2024
Pensacola State College is starting an Aviation Airframe Mechanics and Aviation Power Plant Mechanics (A&P Mechanics) program. To help future students enrolled in the program, Pensacola State Col…
Applications open for aquaculture classroom systems for Florida educators
June 7, 2024
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson announced the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ (FDACS) Division of Aquaculture is now accepting applications from Florida ed…
Priorities are a focus for Navarre High salutatorian
May 23, 2024
As a freshman, Victoria Nguyen really pushed to be in the top two of Navarre High’s Class of 2024.
She scaled back those efforts a bit after that, but still thrived academically, and as it turns ou…
Time and effort leads Patterson to top of his class at Navarre High
May 23, 2024
Brendan Patterson calls it quite an honor to be the valedictorian of Navarre High’s Class of 2024.
“I think this is class is really special. There are a lot of gifted minds in it,” Patterson said…
Three Navarre JROTC cadets headed to West Point
May 14, 2024
Navarre NJROTC cadets Gennaro Smith, Brenner Mavity and Jesse Lee are all headed to West Point.
A fourth cadet, Ben Johnson, received an appointment to the Naval Academy but is attending Florida St…
Navarre High student wins Congressional art competition
May 13, 2024
A Navarre student’s artwork is heading to Washington, D.C.
Noah Villarreal, a junior at Navarre High School, competed in the 2024 Congressional Art Competition and was named the first-place prize wi…
Karen Cody named Navarre High ESOL Teacher of Year
May 10, 2024
Navarre High School has named their ESOL Teacher of the Year! Karen Cody, who has taught at the school on and off again since 1996, has been recognized as the 2024 ESOL Teacher of the Year. ESOL stan…
Santa Rosa Elementary schools face off in ‘Battle of the Books’
May 3, 2024
Elementary students from 16 schools across Santa Rosa County gathered at the Santa Rosa County Auditorium in Milton on April 26 for “Battle of the Books.” Each school was represented by a team of fiv…
School board updates library policies around book challenges
May 3, 2024
The process to challenge a book in Santa Rosa County District Schools has been centralized thanks to changes approved at April’s school board meeting on April 11.