District News

Students at WDE Participate in a Lesson on Decimals with Media Specialist Tammy Goodman

September 16, 2018

Students in Mrs. Debbie Bush and Mr. Andy Stafford's 5th grade classes at WDE are studying ordering and comparing decimal numbers to the thousandths. The students participated in a hands on decimal lesson with the Media Specialist, Mrs. Tammy Goodman. The lesson allowed students to see how decimals are utilized in libraries. Since non-fiction books are organized by decimal numbers, groups of students used the numbering system to order the numbers from least to greatest and subsequently place all of the library books in order. This was a great hands on activity for students to better understand decimals, how decimals can be used in the real world, and to become even more familiar with the school library!   Submitted by Jessica Dawkins

Image 1: Sadek Ramirez Galvez

Image 2: Lucas Cotton, Lakayla Jeffereson

School Advisory Council District Training, Thursday, Sept 20! Please Join Us!

September 16, 2018

Please join us on Thursday, September 20, 2018 at the Carlene H. Anderson Training Center (555 Walton Rd., DeFuniak Springs, FL 32435) at 6:00 pm for our School Advisory Council, SAC District Training. All new SAC members are encouraged to attend. 

The School Advisory Council (SAC) is a team of people representing various segments of the community–parents, teachers, students, administrators, support staff, business/ industry people and other interested community members. The purpose of a SAC is to assist in the preparation and evaluation of the results of the school improvement plan.

Each school in the State of Florida must have a SAC.  By law, each SAC must be composed of the principal and an “appropriately balanced” number of “stakeholders.” These individuals must be representative of the ethnic, racial and economic makeup of the community served by the school. High schools and vocational technical centers must have students on the SACs. Middle and junior high schools may include students on their SAC.   The majority of SAC members (over 50 percent) must not be employed by the SCHOOL DISTRICT on whose SAC they serve.

 We look forward to seeing you on September 20th. 

Congratulations to WHS Seniors for College Acceptance!

September 14, 2018

Congratulations to these WHS seniors, who were recently accepted into college! We're so proud of these students and know they will continue building their legacies this year at Walton High AND in the coming years as they embark on their college & career endeavors.

Abigail Hewett - University of Alabama
Josie Barton - Troy University
Kaylee McBroom - Troy University

Submitted by Christy English

Eglin AFB Firefighters Visit Walton High School Career Research Class!

September 13, 2018

Walton High School was happy to have Brian Bonner, a firefighter at Eglin Air Force Base, speak with our career research classes today. He explained the day-to-day operations of being a firefighter and answered all of the students' questions regarding his profession. A couple of students even got the opportunity to wear his gear!

 Thank you, Mr. Bonner, for taking the time out of your schedule to speak with our students about this career opportunity.

Submitted by Christy English

WHS and MSE make an EPIC team!

September 12, 2018

Each week, Mr. Carnley’s ninth grade Braves read to MSE’s Little Warriors.  This is a great example of schools teaming up to make epic things happen! Submitted by Krisy Spence

WCSD Students Participate in International Coastal Cleanup Day, September 15, 2018

September 12, 2018

As  part  of  World’s  Largest  Single-Day  Beach  Cleanup  students and volunteers from across Walton County School District will  join hundreds of thousands worldwide during Ocean Convervancy’s 33rd International Coastal Cleanup.  On  September 15, the world’s largest annual single-day  volunteer  effort  to  remove  trash  from  local  waterways,  beaches,  lakes  and  rivers will take place.  Since  the  first  ICC  33  years  ago,  nearly  13  million  volunteers  have  removed  nearly  250  million  pounds  of  trash  from  beaches  and  waterway  worldwide!  Come out and join our students and volunteers in their efforts, and  “Suit Up to Clean Up!”  You can find more information at:

https://oceanconservancy.org

https://oceanconservancy.org/.../international-coastal-clean.../

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WMS 7th Grade AVID Students Commit to Successful Futures

September 11, 2018

Seventh grade students in Mrs. Rachel Jones' AVID class at Walton Middle School made a commitment to their futures during a recent contract signing ceremony.  AVID is an elective college preparatory program that prepares students to attend a four-year college upon high school graduation.  Principal Jason Campbell expressed his support for the program, its teachers, and their students.  WMS students are undoubtedly determined to learn and succeed. Submitted by Kristen Nelson

 

EPIC AVID Inquiry Strategies in Sixth Grade Math at WMS

September 11, 2018

Mrs. Vanessa Black, sixth grade math teacher at Walton Middle School, used an AVID inquiry and collaboration strategy to allow students to better understand the process of dividing mixed numbers.  In the lesson, Mrs. Black posed a problem and allowed students an opportunity to first solve it independently.  After working the problem solo, students traveled to different corners of the room based on their decided upon answers.  Each corner represented a like-minded group, who had to defend why and how they arrived at their answers.  Students who were undecided or wished to change their initial answers were allowed to move to different corners if they felt they had sufficient evidence to change their minds.  Throughout the lesson, these young mathematicians engaged in thoughtful and knowledgeable dialogue with each other about how to divide mixed numbers.

Submitted by Kristen Nelson

Picture L to R:  Eddie Burgess, Nicole Foushee, Keneth McCorkle, Nayeli Guerra-Avalos

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