Polar Express Pajama Day at Paxton!
December 15, 2017
Special Guest Train Conductor, Officer Caleb Davidson, takes students in Ms. Permenter's 1st grade class at Paxton for a ride on the Polar Express!
Submitted by Rachel Yeager
Superintendent Hughes stopped by the cafeteria at Freeport Middle School on Friday, December 15 to spend some time with students and staff! They are ALL ready for a break!
Submitted by Keitha Bledsoe
WMS Announces Teacher and ESP of the Year
December 15, 2017
The faculty, staff, and students at Walton Middle School proudly recognize Mrs. Katie Williams as Teacher of the Year and Ms. Laurie Tucker as ESP of the Year. Both ladies feel incredibly honored to be recognized by their peers to represent the school they love so dearly. Ms. Tucker, instructional aide, states that the best part of her job is working with students. Mrs. Williams, Civics teacher, enjoys sharing her passion for our country with her seventh graders. Each day, she makes a committed effort to show all her students that they are cared for and that they can be successful regardless of their circumstances. Please help us congratulate Mrs. Williams and Ms. Tucker for this well-deserved honor.
Submitted by Kristen Nelson
FES Students Experience a Book Tasting
December 15, 2017
Freeport Elementary instructor, Mrs. Allie Curtis, had so much fun with her classes last week during their "Book Tasting"! The kids rotated and "tasted" 6 of this year's Sunshine State Readers list books by watching the book trailers and reading the synopsis of each title. Submitted by Nancy Currie.
Mr. Hughes Gives Santa His Holiday Wish!!!
December 15, 2017
Mr. Hughes visited Freeport Schools and ran into Santa at Freeport High School! He asked Santa to "Give all of his students, employees and families a wonderful Holiday Break", and ensure that they can all return to school in January to complete an AWESOME school year! While he was there he also had a chance to stop by the gym to visit with students!
Submitted by Keitha Bledsoe
ECMS 5th Grade Entrepreneur Day!
December 15, 2017
During the last full week of school prior to Holiday Break, Emerald Coast Middle School held an Entrepreneur Day. Ms. Gerhardt's 5th grade math classes hosted the event. In an effort to expand the ideas of math past the walls of the classroom students were given the task to create, engineer and market their items for sale to their peers using classroom economy money. Students created prototypes and conducted market research to determine marketability and viability of their product. They were given a budget of 5-10 dollars to spend to create their products. Teachers and staff were invited to use "classroom economy money" provided by Ms. Gerhardt to shop as they browsed through the aisles of homemade engineered items created from things that would commonly be thrown away.
Submitted by Keitha Bledsoe
PHS Science Night was a Great Success!
December 14, 2017
The PHS Science night was a huge success and enjoyed by students and adults. Congratulations to all the participants who took home prizes. The Science Department cannot wait until next year!
Submitted by Kalli McMillan
WHS Announces Educational Support Professional of the Year and Teacher of the Year!
December 14, 2017
Walton High School is pleased to announce our Educational Support Professional of the Year, Renee Patrick, and Teacher of the Year, David Pert.
We appreciate and congratulate these deserving members of the WHS team!
Submitted by Christy English
WHS Senior Hannah Poole Signs with Gulf Coast State College!
December 14, 2017
WHS senior Hannah Poole signed to play softball with Gulf Coast State College Wednesday morning, December 13. We are so proud of her and wish her the very best of luck!
Walton County School District Office \is proud to announce the ESP and TOY for 2018!
Christine Petersen has been selected from the Curriculum and Instruction Department as the District Office Teacher of the Year!
Susan Odom from the Curriculum and Instruction Department has been selected as Educational Support Professional of the Year!
Congratulations to these individuals for performance above and beyond!
Submitted by Keitha Bledsoe
Pictured left to right: Crystal Appel, Christine Peterson, Kay Dailey, Susan Odom.