West DeFuniak Elementary held school-wide Tropicana Speech competition on Tuesday, November 28th. Fifth grade winners as pictured are Daisy Proffitt, 3rd place, Emma Lathinghouse, 2nd place, and Addie Ingle, 1st place. WDE is excited to have our 1st and 2nd place winners represent us at the District Tropicana Competition on December 14th.
Emerald Coast Middle School BETA Club Students attended the Florida Junior BETA Club Convention on November 27-28.
They returned from the State convention winning the following awards:
Visual Arts Sweepstakes--meaning most winners in the Visual Arts category
Lily Gibson - 1st in Sculpture
Dylan Speicher- 1st in Color Photography
Colton Farmer-1st in 6th grade Social Studies
Alyssa Sutton, Madeline Smith, Cameron Gray, Jenna Neslage-2nd in Quiz Bowl
Ava Razavi, Lauren Broussard, Sydney Rushing, Savannah Mansfield-2nd in Advertising Design
Rachel McCann-Pastels & Charcoal-3rd place.
Great job ECMS Beta Club!!!
Submitted by Angela Vance
ECMS Student Council students worked hard at coordinating a school-wide canned goods drive during the weeks prior to Thanksgiving break. Students collected thousands of non-perishable food items benefiting the local organization, "Caring & Sharing". The generosity of Stingray students and families were sure to bring happy smiles to families of Walton County.
Submitted by Angela Vance
Award winning cellist Dr. Boyan Bonev, a native of Bulgaria, artistic director for Seaside Strings, and music professor at the University of West Florida, performed for students at Bay Elementary, Van R. Butler Elementary, and Emerald Coast Middle School Monday, November 13, 2017 as part of an outreach program by the Seaside Institute.
Dr. Bonev performed for entranced audiences at the schools on a highly prized 300 year old cello built in Cremona Italy. As part of each visit, Dr. Bonev invited students to come forward and try his "baby cello" which he also brought for the visits.
Boyan holds Doctor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Florida State University, and Bachelor of Music degree from the National Music Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Dr. Bonev is an award winning cellist, and has performed recitals across the United States and Europe. Currently, Bonev teaches cello, double bass and chamber music at the University of West Florida. Prior to joining the faculty at UWF, he taught cello and double bass at the Albany State University and Darton College. Bonev is on the faculty of the Florida State University Summer Music Camps and taught cello and chamber music as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the Florida State University.
submitted by Keitha Bledsoe
Many families came to enjoy Thanksgiving Lunch with their children at MHS. We are so thankful for all our MHS families and their support for our school. Submitted by Elizabeth Gaither.
Submitted by Elizabeth Gaither.
