With Santa Rosa County District Schools returning Aug. 12, students and their families may have questions regarding where to find information such as calendars, registration links, start and dismissal times and much more. Here are some key dates, times and links to help your family get ready.

The East Milton Elementary School Roadrunners have a new leader. Patricia “Trish” Johnson was named to the role of principal in June, replacing Nadia Colin, who left to take the school district’s public information officer position.

The Florida Department of Education has released school and district grades for the 2023-24 school year and Santa Rosa County has again earned an “A.”

School is almost back in session and NAS Whiting Field wants military families to be ready.

On Thursday, July 25 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Whiting Park, NAS Whiting Field Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) is hosting a Back-to-School Bash to give supplies to students and their families.

A student on the school board? That is what a group of students called for at the June 13 Santa Rosa County School Board meeting.

While it may seem preposterous to some, it’s allowed by state law and has been implemented in some school districts across Florida.

The University of West Florida celebrated the planting of a “Moon Tree” seedling that flew around the moon on NASA’s Artemis 1 mission in 2022. UWF was selected from hundreds of organizations that applied to receive a seedling.

Four students from Sims Middle School competed at the National Speech & Debate Association’s 2024 National Tournament in Des Moines, Iowa, the week of June 19 through 21. There, they competed against 7,000 students from the top speech and debate programs from around the world.

There was a significant shake-up in Santa Rosa District Schools in June.

At the June 13 school board meeting, the district appointed seven people to new positions at schools throughout the district, including four principals at Holley Navarre Primary School, Avalon Middle School, East Milton Elementary School and Gulf Breeze Elementary School.

If you arrived late to last week’s Jay High graduation, you had to find somewhere to squeeze in.

Every seat was taken inside the school’s gymnasium as the community gathered to celebrate the class of 2024.

Valedictorian Kristin Koether and salutatorian Jada Savage both talked about time and how fast it moves during their commencement speeches last Tuesday night at Milton High’s Hurley Manning Field.