Mar 7, 2025
Pensacola State College receives $1 million towards flight training program
Santa Rosa County transferred $1 million in equipment to the Pensacola State College Aviation Airframe Mechanics program.
Feb 28, 2025
Santa Rosa Career Pathways Expo
On Feb. 26, eighth grade students from across the district convened for the third annual Santa Rosa County Career Pathways Expo.
The immersive hands-on expo provides middle schoolers a glimpse into potential career and technical programs available at local high schools. Career and Technical Education teachers, high school students, and business professionals explained how those programs can lead to in-demand careers in Northwest Florida.
Feb 27, 2025
Growth of the K-8 model school
According to Santa Rosa County Economic Development, Santa Rosa County is the eighth fastest growing population in Florida with 203,752 current residents.
Of current residents, approximately 23.6% are between the ages of zero and 19. With rapid growth occurring in Santa Rosa the school district is forced to contend with ever evolving facility needs.
To meet those needs, Santa Rosa County District Schools has invested in the K-8 school model, which combines elementary level students (K-5) with middle school students (6-8th grade) into one school environment.
Feb 26, 2025
Living Wax Museum celebrates Black history
East Milton Elementary School third graders donned their bonnets and caps as they portrayed historical Black figures in their Living Wax Museum.
Feb 25, 2025
Questions arise over school bus stop-arm cameras amongst locals
Earlier this month, several members of the Facebook group, “Navarre Locals,” posted about receiving tickets for failing to stop for school buses. In Florida, it is a violation of the law to pass a school bus that is stopped and picking up or dropping off students.
Many of those who posted felt they had been involved in scenarios where they didn’t deserve a ticket. Erica G. made a post Feb. 12 describing an incident in which she failed to stop for a bus at a red light.
Feb 13, 2025
Meet this year’s Sunshine State Scholars from Santa Rosa County
In January, Santa Rosa District Schools announced the Sunshine State Scholars for the district. Each high school chose one student to represent the very best of their school’s math and science education.
Feb 12, 2025
Holley Navarre Intermediate teacher named district teacher of year
A cacophony of celebration ignited inside Kayla Stanford’s fifth-grade classroom Tuesday, Feb. 4, as Santa Rosa District Schools Superintendent Dr. Karen Barber and others surprised Stanford with the announcement that she was District teacher of the year.
The announcement came as happy news to teacher and students alike, although for different reasons.
Feb 10, 2025
First graduating class of the Santa Rosa Junior Leadership program
On Feb. 4, 35 high school juniors completed the first-ever Santa Rosa Junior Leadership program. The students were able to get a first-hand look into careers involved in robotics, virtual reality, and cybersecurity.
Feb 6, 2025
School district welcomes students back with books and literacy activities
With the end of snow days came the return of school days. The first week back (Jan. 27 through Jan. 31) also marked the return of literacy week, a period where teachers, library media specialists, and students pay particular attention to reading and language arts education.
Feb 5, 2025
Santa Rosa District Schools announces calendar changes
In order to meet the required instructional minutes and missed time for weather, the following updates were made to the 2024-2025 school calendar and approved at the February 4, 2025 school board meeting.



