VIDEO: Milton High senior Jade Finch reads first-place winning poem from Blackwater Literary Journal Issue II
MILTON — Milton High senior Jade Finch won first place for her grade in the second issue of the Blackwater Literary Journal. Here, she reads her untitled winning piece.
Hunting monsters, gaining lessons
MILTON — This week, Jason Edwards, author of the children’s series, "Will Allen and the Great Monster Detective," takes Berryhill Elementary School students on a monster hunt. The game combines learn…
Peden plans to keep schools strong, work with state legislators
Editor’s Note: The Santa Rosa Press Gazette concludes its series featuring Santa Rosa County candidates running in the Aug. 28 primary election and Nov. 6 general election. MILTON — Scott Peden of G…
Rotary members distribute dictionaries to area schools
MILTON — The Milton Rotary Club recently completed its annual dictionary distribution to area third-grade students.
For the second year in a row, the club distributed dictionaries to seven area sc…
Kids color, hear stories to celebrate literacy
MILTON — Children visited the Milton Library Saturday morning to hear classic stories and poems, color and receive candy all in the name of literacy for Children’s Week.
Heather Bryson, the Early L…
VIDEO: Children color hands for #GiveUsAHand awareness campaign
MILTON — Heather Bryson with the Early Learning Coalition of Santa Rosa County says the #GiveUsAHand campaign is to remind Florida legislators their decisions affect millions of children.
Monster hunt tour comes to Berryhill Elementary School
MILTON — Berryhill Elementary School is bracing for some riotous carryings-on when Mom’s Choice Award Winner Jason Edwards comes calling the week of Jan. 22.
In his Monster Hunt, based on concepts …
School board appoints new assistant principals
MILTON — The Santa Rosa County School Board has appointed two new assistant principals. Roselyn Curtis, former dean at Milton High School, was named assistant principal of Avalon Middle School.
"My…
















