Red ribbon week was celebrated October 23-27 at Butler Elementary School. Students and staff dressed as their favorite storybook characters to show “Good Character” by saying no to drugs! Submitted by Tammy Smith.
Walton High School sophomore students, Shelbee Castrillo and Cheyanne Cordle, received monetary awards from Florida Farm Bureau for placing 1st and 2nd place respectively in the 2017 Florida Farm Bureau Speech Competition. The topic of this year's speech was "Today's food companies employ many tactics including food labels to gain a marketing edge. How can farmers and ranchers ensure that consumers understand these labels and have confidence in the safety and quality of their food?" Shelbee and Cheyanne are students in the Youth Leadership class at WHS under the supervision of Kelley Stephenson, WHS Instructor. Pictured below is Shelbee Castrillo (1st place winner). Pictured on the left (from left to right) is Charlie McKinley - Farm Bureau, Dale Anderson - Farm Bureau, Cheyenne Cordle (2nd place winner), Kelley Stephenson - WHS Instructor and Allen Scheffer - Farm Bureau. Submitted by Christy English.
Ms. Wright’s first graders at Butler Elementary School are nocturnal animal experts! The class has enjoyed learning activities devoted to the topic. One of the highlights of this unit was dissecting owl pellets! Submitted by Tammy Smith.
Butler Elementary second graders have enjoyed learning about rocks. Shown are students from Mrs. Barnhill and Mrs. Shubert’s classes enjoying culminating activities marking the end of the unit. Submitted by Tammy Smith.
The Paxton boys' cross country team won the cross country class A district championship for the first time in school history! Finishing first in this 3.1 mile-run was Hailey Myddleton, placing 4th was Kage Wibbing, placing 5th was Eugene Hall , placing 8th was Shawn White and placing 11th was Blaine Johnston. The rest of the cross country team members include PhillipAnderson ,Connor Gaither ,Bryson Kimmons, Bryson Turner and Macon Roberts. We are very proud of their outstanding performance and making school history!
They will be running at the regional meet on Saturday in Lake City at 7:45 am.
Also representing the Paxton Bobcat cross country team will be our Lady Cats Ragan Butts, as she finished sixth place and Shaleigh Geoghagan placed 11th . These young ladies will also be running in Lake City on Saturday at 7:00 am. Congratulations to the cross country teams! Submitted by Kalli McMillan.
WDE 2nd grade students enjoyed participating in a “Genre Carnival” on Tuesday! Students began the day with Mrs. Tammy Goodman, WDE librarian, and learned about book genres through a character known as “Mr. Wiggles”. Students sorted books by genres through an interactive game. Second graders also enjoyed exploring library books and sorting them by genre. Throughout the day, students rotated classrooms while learning about different types of genres and earning special treats! Sharing lots of different kinds, or genres, of books with young readers exposes them to different words, different pictures, and whole new worlds.
submitted by Jessica Dawkins
Paxton Art teachers, Corinne Wilson and Samie Wright, have set up a school art show in the school media center in connection with the school Book Fair. As part of a Parent and Family Engagement night, parents were able to come to the book fair with their students, and see their wonderful artwork during the evening!
submitted by Keitha Bledsoe
Every month, Superintendent A. Russell Hughes shares a video message with updates on the exciting things happening in the Walton County School District. The November video was taped at The Matrix, and features Candy Miller Nowling with a little about the mission and vision of The Matrix. Mr. Hughes shares important information about recent activities, and upcoming events during the month of November, 2017.
submitted by Keitha Bledsoe
The ladies of the 7th Grade Team at ECMS brought smiles to their students’ faces on Halloween. The “Wizards of 7th Grade” are a talented group of teachers that make learning fun for their students. Printed on the back of their shirts is the phrase, “The Pursuit of Excellence Continues”. Even while having fun, these teachers communicate high expectations to their students. ECMS is lucky to have these “Wizards of Knowledge” and would like to thank them for all they do for our students!!!
Pictured from L to R: Nancy Anderson, Nina Borthwick, Connie Morreale, Jeannine Abadie, Charlotte Hamer, Lisa Burns
submitted by Candy Bodie and Keitha Bledsoe
