Superintendent A. Russell Hughes shares his WCSD Monthly Video Update for October, 2019!
This month's video was filmed at Paxton School where Superintendent Hughes welcomes and introduces new Paxton principal, Brent Jones. Superintendent Hughes reminds parents of important dates for the end of the first 9 weeks of school, and the Walton County Fair. Mr. Hughes also shares some exciting news about our newly recognized "Schools of Excellence."
WHS Students Participate In Coastal Cleanup Day
October 1, 2019
Shout-out to WHS students Kerilyn Shaw, Abby Santana, and Micheal Kelly for participating in this year’s Coastal Cleanup Day! Together, they picked up over 300 pieces of trash and debris In an effort to keep our beaches clean.
Salad Anyone?
October 1, 2019
Each day during morning break at Walton Middle School, Ms. Kathy Russ' eighth grade students operate their own mini-restaurant. The eighth graders take salad orders from their peers and then prepare them to order. The students harvest the salad greens daily from the WMS ag program's hydroponic towers housed in Ms. Russ' classroom. They thoroughly wash their hands and glove up to fulfill the orders they receive. Not only do students prepare and enjoy healthy salads, but they also learn waitressing and kitchen skills that will serve them well later in life. At WMS, learning can be both relevant and delicious. Submitted by Kristen Nelson
Careers in Energy Week - Oct 14-18 at ECTC!
September 30, 2019
PHS Cross Country Seniors Recognized
September 27, 2019
This past week, PHS's Cross Country senior runners were recognized in a Multi-school senior day recognition ceremony. Congratulation to our seniors: Philip Anderson, Jacob Morgan, Tristan Petty, Connor Gaither, Caylor Dixon, and Zachary Wilson. Their coaches (Laurie Gilbert and Corinne Wilson) and the rest of the Paxton family are very proud. Subitted by Kalli McMillan
Sally Ride EarthKam Mission at Freeport Middle School
September 26, 2019
Pictured of a recent lab involving the Advanced Students and NASA-Sally Ride EarthKam!
Eighth grade advanced science students at FMS participated in a recent NASA Mission where they selected locations on Earth for the Space Station to photograph. The students had to interact with a NASA's model to find locations globally within 35 miles of the space station orbits, review weather models to find cloud free days, and then submit image requests directly to the space station. What a way to learn about models and how we use them! Submitted by Chelsea Ellison
Donuts With Dad at West DeFuniak Elementary
September 26, 2019
West DeFuniak welcomed a huge number of dads on the morning September 25th for Donuts with Dads. Donuts with Dad is a special event that brings families into the classroom and gets them involved at school. This year, the dads visited the classrooms with their students, and participated in a wide variety of classroom activities such as reading an Accelerated Reader Book and S.T.E.M Projects. It was great to see so many dads today! WDE would like to thank our local Kiwanis Club, law enforcement, and Walton County Fire Rescue for serving as surrogate dads.
“Dads, Bring Your Child to School Day” at MSE
September 26, 2019
Nearly 300 “Dads” were on hand yesterday to help build boats, design airplanes, create towers, and strategize to sink ships, among other fun activities. It was hard to tell who had more fun – the children or the adults!