West DeFuniak Elementary is proud to announce the October Students of the Month. 

Front row left to right:  Cielo Zavala—Kindergarten, Jesus Estrada-Sanchez—1^st Grade, Kiley Brooks—2^nd Grade 

Back row left to right:  Clarice May—3^rd Grade, Graison Dorr—4^th Grade, Brantley Betts—5^th Grade

Fourth grade students at West DeFuniak recently studied Florida's regions and landforms.  To culminate their study, groups created Florida cookies and shared information with their classmates. Yum, Yum!

SSTRIDE©: Science Students Together Reaching Instructional Diversity & Excellence

"SSTRIDE© is an outreach effort of the FSU College of Medicine with support from Florida's Area Health Education Centers.

SSTRIDE©'s mission is to identify students who have a genuine interest in pursuing a career in science, engineering, mathematics, health, or medicine and to give those students the support services important for them to develop the sense of responsibility, focus and motivation necessary for success in their chosen fields." (http://med.fsu.edu/index.cfm?page=SSTRIDE.home)

Freeport Middle School and Freeport High School students were recently inducted into the SSTRIDE© program. Each SSTRIDE© student in 8th (FMS) and 9th grade (FHS) received a lab coat, words of encouragement, and a stethoscope. A special thank you to the Walton County SSTRIDE© Coordinator Penny Eubanks, SSTRIDE's Director Thesla Anderson, Julianna Godwin, a former USSTRIDE student and keynote speaker, and Anna Dyess, a SSTRIDE© Advisor.  A big thank you also goes out  to all of the induction attendees,  SSTRIDE© parents, FMS adminstration, Mr. Appel, the 8th grade SSTRIDE© instructor, and  the FHS SSTRIDE© students who assisted with the induction.