District News

WMS applauds its sixth grade Tropicana winners for their outstanding speeches. Pictured here are the school competition winners with their English Language Arts teachers. (L to R: Ms. Alex Rhodes, Mrs. Emily Kent, 3rd place Aaron Wilmoth, 1st place Mason Nowling, 2nd place Kadin McNaughton, Mrs. Rachel Jones). The WMS school competition was held November 15th in the WMS cafeteria, with a total of twenty-two sixth grade participants. Mason Nowling (1st place) and Kadin McNaughton (2nd place) will now represent WMS at the district level competition. We congratulate these students for their excellent performances and offer best wishes to them as they advance to the next level. Submitted by Kristen Nelson.

PHS second graders show their love for the community and their Christmas spirit by creating a piece of artwork for Christmas at Lake Jackson. Submitted by Kalli McMillan.

Emerald Coast Middle School held a Spirit Night Event at the South Walton-Miramar Beach Chick-fil-A on Tuesday, December 5. The Chick-fil-A Cow made an appearance early Tuesday morning at the school to cheer the Stingrays on and support the event. Thank you Chick-fil-A!

Submitted by Angela Vance

Butler Elementary School held its Tropicana Speech Contest on Friday, December 1. The winners for fourth grade were Lauren McMurphy (1^st place), Alexander Koehler (2^nd place), and Jacob Colletta (3^rd place). Lauren and Alexander will be competing in the district contest on December 14^th. Congratulations! Submitted by Sherrie Binkowski.

Mrs. Moore’s 5th Graders at MHS designed and built their own STEM rollercoasters in class to assess differences between potential and kinetic energy. Submitted by Elizabeth Gaither.

MHS STEM

The ACE Club (Acknowledging Children’s Efforts) members are second graders dedicated to helping others. Recently, they put on gloves, rolled up their sleeves, and got busy cleaning up the school grounds at Maude Saunders ! The Club is under the direction of Mrs. Maerea Kent. Submitted by Krisy Spence.

MSE ACE

The students at PHS are using their creative talents to constantly create new art to be displayed around the school. PHS would like to give the community a chance to view their amazing work. By visiting the link below, you can view the student's work. The site is updated weekly and available to anyone. You can follow the following link or, to get to the gallery via the PHS website, the art gallery link is located under SCHOOL INFO.

https://blog.seesaw.me/paxtonschoolart/#!/

Submitted by Kalli McMillan.

Superintendent Hughes stopped by Mrs. Kennett's biology class at SWHS and took a selfie with students as they were learning about Photosynthetic Tissue.

Mr. Hughes stated that "during the review, students didn't miss a single question! Wow! EPIC at its Best!"

Submitted by Keitha Bledsoe

SWAT Leaders at do a presentation on Tobacco Awareness and Healthy life style choices for the Superintendent. Thanks Cheyenne, Chiara, Ayana and Jasmine!

Submitted by Keitha Bledsoe

Sophomores completed one-pagers for the novel Fahrenheit 451, and the juniors created a chronological storyboard for The Scarlet Letter.

Submitted by Patty Woodard

WMS Congratulates Tropicana Speech Winners

December 7, 2017

Paxton 2nd Graders Show Their Christmas Spirit at Lake Jackson

December 6, 2017

ECMS Hosts Spirit Night at Chick-fil-a!

December 6, 2017

VRB Announces Tropicana Speech Winners

December 6, 2017

Mrs. Moore’s 5th Graders at MHS Designed STEM Rollercoasters

December 6, 2017

MSE’s ACE Club Cleans the School Grounds

December 6, 2017

Check Out the PHS Art Gallery!

December 6, 2017

Supt. Hughes Takes Selfie with SWHS Biology Class!

December 6, 2017

SWAT Leaders Have Special Presentation for Supt Hughes

December 6, 2017

FHS Sophomores and Juniors Study Novels

December 5, 2017