District News

Walton County Schools Closed Monday, February 17, 2020 in Observance of Presidents Day!

February 10, 2020

President's Day, also known as Washington's Birthday, is on the third Monday of February each year and is a federal holiday in the United States. The day not only honors George Washington (born February 22), the first President of the United States, and Abraham Lincoln (born February 12) whose birthdays are both in February, but honors all the presidents who have served in the United States.

Presidents Day

The Magnet Innovation Center at St. Joe Watersound!

February 10, 2020

Walton County School District is proud to partner with St. Joe to present the Magnet Innovation Center at St. Joe Watersound!
As Walton County’s first Science Technology Engineering Arts and Math (STEAM) school, it occupies the current St. Joe headquarters and will eventually grow to take over the entire campus.
Enjoy this video from St. Joe!

The Reason for the Sneezin'!

February 9, 2020

"The Reason for the Sneezin' " 
Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Kendall's Pre-K class at WISE Center Programs read a story titled, "Sneezy the Snowman" which accompanied their snowball melting experiment. Our last report stated that "it was not looking good for the snowballs".

WHS Culinary Students Plant Raised Beds

February 9, 2020

Walton High School's culinary students recently partnered with the Sonder Project to fill the raised bed gardens on our campus. Students and volunteers did a great job working together to get all 20 beds filled and 4 of the beds planted. Produce from the beds will help support the culinary program and the Walton High School Community. Way to go, Braves!

WHS Culinary raised bed gardens

WHS Culinary raised bed gardens

WHS Culinary raised bed gardens

WHS Culinary raised bed gardens

WHS Culinary raised bed gardens

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WHS Culinary raised bed gardens

WHS Culinary raised bed gardens

February is Black History Month!

February 6, 2020

February is Black History Month!
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.
For more general information, as well as educator and student resources, visit the Commissioner of Education's African American History Taskforce website at https://afroamfl.org/

Black History Month

Paxton Coaches are Freezin' for a Reason

February 6, 2020

Paxton's coaches, Chris Davenport, Samantha Martin, Corinne Wilson and Laura Ashley Radney, were Freezin' for A Reason this past Saturday. The coaches participated in the Cancer Freeze 5K and each one placed second in their age group. Way to go, coaches!
 

FMS Art Studies Additive Clay Sculpture

February 5, 2020

The Freeport Middle School Art Department studied additive clay sculpture.  For their project they studied and practiced building an eye with clay.  Way to go artists!

FMS Clay Eye Sculptures

Paxton 6th Graders Learn Coding

February 5, 2020

Ms. McMillan's sixth grade computer class at Paxton has taken a "Code Break." During this time, students have the opportunity to learn more about code through the courses on Code.org. The students learn basic coding and coding terms with some of their favorite games, like Minecraft and Angry Birds. The students are having fun and learning to code!

Paxton PreK Has a Four-Legged Visitor!

February 5, 2020

This past week, Paxton's PreK class had an exciting visitor. Dakota Cassady of 2 Gals and a Goat brought her 4-month old goat to visit the students. PreK has been studying farms and meeting their new four-legged friend added to their lesson.

Paxton PreK and 4 legged friend

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