Education Archive

A seventh grader from Avalon Middle School took home the top prize in this year’s Amazing Shake competition, impressing a panel of community and corporate judges with his poise, professionalism and a business pitch; walking away with $250, a crystal trophy and a vision of his future.

The Santa Rosa County School District has devised a temporary, cost-neutral transportation plan to help families navigate the split grade-level transition to Soundside High School, Superintendent Karen Barber told the school board April 2.

The Santa Rosa County School Board voted April 2 to table a proposed student ID card policy after members raised concerns about child safety, data security and the burden the cards could place on low-income families.

A new internal report by Northwest Florida State College obtained by the Crestview News Bulletin says the college improperly stored more than 170 pounds of live medications, including controlled substances such as morphine, fentanyl and a paralytic drug, in its School of Nursing building for an unknown period.

A teacher at Rhodes Elementary noticed something was wrong with a third grader — the child couldn’t see clearly. A school counselor tracked down the mother, who said she had already taken all three of her kids to the eye doctor. She had the prescriptions. She just didn’t have the money to fill them.

What was once a furniture showroom and later an overhead door supplier became something else entirely Tuesday: a hands-on career and technical education hub that Santa Rosa County School District leaders say has been 14 years in the making.

The Santa Rosa County School Board is set to consider an updated school choice plan for the 2026-27 school year at its Thursday meeting, a document outlining how families across the district’s roughly 31,000 students may request transfers and access alternative education options.

A Pace High School environmental science teacher has been awarded a $50,000 classroom makeover grant from Florida Power & Light and the NextEra Foundation, school and district officials announced Wednesday.

When Reina Cain applied to spend a semester abroad in Jordan, she figured it was a long shot.
“I was like, this is never going to happen. I’ll just put my hat in there,” the Pace High School junior said. “And then somehow I got in, and then I was on my way into Jordan.”
What followed was seven months of language lessons, cultural discoveries and new friendships. However, that trip was cut short in March when regional military tensions prompted organizers to send the group home early.

Students at Central School got to enjoy a day outside as local businesses and groups came out for the school’s annual FARM Day.