With Santa Rosa County schools back in session, there is more school bus traffic on the road. Around 16,000 students are being transported daily across 174 bus routes across the district.
Parents tired of waiting in traffic to drop their children at school need to help school board and county officials find a solution, Santa Rosa County Commissioner Sam Parker said last week.
On Aug. 26, Code Ninjas, an international afterschool learning center franchise with a focus on coding, held a grand opening for their Pensacola center. The center has actually been open since March 2023.
With school starting Aug. 10, Santa Rosa Press Gazette sat down with S.S. Dixon Primary School’s new principal, Mary Grace White, to discuss adapting to a new school, challenges facing education and her journey to becoming an educational administrator.
Soon the sounds of shuffling paper, bells, children walking and the scratching of pens and pencils against paper will fill Santa Rosa District Schools’ newest addition, Wallace Lake K-8.
On Friday, July 28, Santa Rosa District Schools cut the ribbon and opened the doors of Wallace Lake K-8 to the public.
Santa Rosa County District Schools will hold a ribbon cutting for Wallace Lake K-8 Friday, July 28. The newest school in the district will officially open its doors to students in a few weeks.
The community is invited to attend the ribbon cutting, which will take place at 2 p.m.
On June 27, Santa Rosa District Schools played host to a delegation of ten women leaders in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) from the Republic of Congo.
Santa Rosa County District Schools have almost 200 vacancies to fill three weeks before teachers return to the classrooms, but district officials aren’t worried – yet.
Santa Rosa District Schools has announced the creation of a parental education series, which will take place this summer. The school district is encouraging families to join the series to learn more about mental health awareness, suicide prevention, being safe on the internet, and bullying awareness and prevention.
The past is the future at Hobbs Middle School.
Several students from the school are heading to Washington, D.C. in June for the 2023 National History Day competition. Abraham Jordan, Brooklyn Bentley and Brenna Delezen will be competing June 12-15 with research projects they put together over the past year.
