Education Archive

Berryhill Elementary School Teacher of the Year Katie Carnley understands winning is about more than numbers.

Rhett Rowell is a coach who teaches social studies, but don’t confuse him with the Hollywood stereotype. Rowell’s peers selected him to be Jay High School’s Teacher of the Year for his wins in the classroom and his contribution to students’ lives.

Preparing students for careers as pharmacy technicians lets Vincent Armand, Locklin Technical College’s Teacher of the Year, combine two interests, science and instruction.

Rebecca Davenport, Bagdad Elementary School’s Teacher of the Year, credits her passion for teaching to two Escambia County educators.

The Special Olympics has helped thousands – maybe millions – of people since its founding in 1968. It helped Theresa Guy, Teacher of the Year at Martin Luther King Middle School in Milton, find a vocation.

Who says you can’t go home?

For Michelle Barlow, East Milton Elementary School’s library media specialist and 2023 teacher of the year, the East Milton community has always been a place she called home. In fact, it’s where her desire to become a teacher and, later a librarian, first came into being.

Santa Rosa County District Schools has announced its recognition as an A-rated school district for the 2022-23 school year, according to the recently released Informational Baseline School Grades and District Grades by the Florida Department of Education.

Rhonda Waters has been teaching for 16 years, including 14 at Milton, but her original plan wasn’t to go into that profession.

The bassoon is a notoriously difficult instrument to learn; it requires all 10 fingers, including the thumbs, has a complicated fingering system that allows a wide variety of tones, and uses a temperamental double-reed at the mouthpiece.

Jessica Booher earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology – the study of physical movement – in 2009 from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, but after working for several years as a health fitness specialist, she decided to exercise her college minor, psychology. She earned a Master of Education degree in school counseling from Liberty University in 2016.