Seahawk Senior Nadia Bock has advanced to the Finalist stage in the National Merit Scholarship competition, based on her high academic performance for 4 years at South Walton High School and her PSAT scores. Congratulations to Nadia, her teachers and family
WMS Invites Families to Data and Doughnuts
February 19, 2020
FLORIDA PREPAID Open Enrollment running Feb. 1 through April 30
February 19, 2020
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MSE 4th Graders Have an Opinion!
February 18, 2020
MSE 4th graders are busy creating opinion compositions. They use the “PAT” down method to analyze the prompt, followed by intense writing. The students love sharing their opinion pieces with their classmates, as they become very confident writers!
FMS Art Students Announced Contest Winners at Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra Performance
February 18, 2020
Over 1,000 5th graders from Okaloosa and Walton County were guests of the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra as they performed “The Chenoo Who Stayed for Dinner” by Peter Schickele at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center today! Jeffrey Rink conducted the orchestra, and founding NFSO conductor, John Leatherwood, performed the narration of “The Chenoo Who Stayed For Dinner,” by Peter Schickele. This is an annual event sponsored by the NFSO, and a great opportunity for students to see and hear a live symphony orchestra in performance. Special guest performer was 10 year old violinist, Kyle Richardson, Junior Division winner of the NFSO Concerto competition in performance of the 1st movement of Mozart’s G major violin concerto.
Congratulations to Freeport Middle School students Lily Stacy and Paisley McCormick for their 1st and 2nd place awards in the Picture the Music art contest sponsored by Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra!!!
The students are pictured with art teacher Kendra Estes.
Paxton 8th Grader's "Omnipod Amor" Awarded at Regional Science Fair
February 17, 2020
Eighth grade Paxton School student Zoe Orange was recently awarded several awards at the East Panhandle Regional Science and Engineering Fair for her project "Omnipod Armor." For her project, Zoe 3D designed and printed a cover to provide protection to her Omnipod, an insulin delivery system, then tested the strength of her device. For her efforts, she won honorable mention in the junior engineering division and a certificate of recognition and commemorative coin from Reliance Test & Technology for an outstanding project. Congrats to Zoe for an excellent job using science and engineering to solve a real problem!
Mossy Head Family Science Night
February 17, 2020
Mossy Head School students, families, and staff celebrated Science with MHS Family Science Night. Families got to view Science Fair projects on display and participate in some awesome experiments and activities provided by Emerald Coast Science Center.
Paxton Elementary Complete the Penguin Plunge
February 17, 2020
Paxton K-5 students completed the Penguin Plunge last week in P.E. Throughout the month, students work toward completing a 5K run. To finish off, they completed a one mile run for a toe token that they wear proudly on their shoe!
Congrats to Phlebotomy Students and Instructor for being 100%!
February 17, 2020
Congratulations to our Phlebotomy Instructor, Deanna Majors, and her students at Emerald Coast Technical College. 100% of the Program passed their National Exam this week. We are so proud of each of you!!
CTE builds Careers!!
Paxton Ag Students Create Lessons for their Classmates
February 17, 2020
Paxton Agriculture students have worked diligently over the past several weeks in creating engaging lessons for their peers on different poultry topics. This week, students were able to share their knowledge and activities with their classmates about the industry. Students learned about the Layer and Broiler industry, as well as poultry management practices, products, by products, egg parts, and grades.