Emerald Coast Middle School 5th grade art students were selected to participate in the Picture the Music art contest sponsored by the Northwest Florida Symphony Guild. Their paintings were inspired by the story Peter the Wolf and will be displayed at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center.
Picture 00468:
Astrid Vallat
Ben Sirmans
Nylah Mateen-Timberlake
Picture 00473:
Payton Williams
Bix Burgis
Matilyn Chambers
Picture 00465:
Rayna Hardy
Hayden Brackin
On March 7, 2014, Emerald Coast Middle School travelled to Tallahassee to compete in the Big Bend Track Classic Middle School Showdown. ECMS’s girls and boys teams achieved first place honors. Three students set new meet records at the event - Ally Woodard in the 1600 meter race, Frederik Grosskopf in the 200 meter hurdle, and Owen Welbourn in the 1600 meter race. ECMS athletes qualifying for the State meet on May 10th at the IMG Academy in Bradenton are as follows: Ally Woodard in the 1600 meter race, Payton Thede in the triple jump, Frederik Grosskopf in the 100 and 200 meter hurdles, Jace Eply in the 100 meter hurdles, Joel Wildes in the triple jump and Jon Porter in the high jump.
Freeport High School students placed 2nd in Division X at the 27th Annual NWFSC Math Bowl held at Northwest Florida State College on March 7th. The students participated in both individual and ciphering competitions. Riley Davis, a senior at FHS placed first in the competition and received a trophy, a check for $50.00 and a $10.00 gift card. Linda Trotman, team sponsor congratulates these students for their excellent representation of Freeport High School!
Pictured from left to right: Back row: Trey McCracken, Tony Cosio, Gabe Moore
Front row: Eric Coughlin, Riley Davis, Tyler Head
Students and staff at Van R. Butler Elementary School in South Walton enjoy a beautiful courtyard and garden area now that Sterrett McInnis's Eagle Scout project is completed. In February of 2014, Sterrett along with members of the Boy Scout Troop 157 of Niceville, and representatives of the Butler Student Council finished several improvements on the school’s grounds. Two large olive trees, multiple butterfly bushes and butterfly plants, and confederate jasmine were all donated by Eastern Supply Company of Santa Rosa Beach. All the materials for a 10 ft. trellis were donated by South Bay Ace Hardware also of Santa Rosa Beach. Lowe's of Destin provided discounts for the four park benches, picnic tables, edible plants, mulch, tree stakes, and 13 edible fruit trees ranging from lime, fig, to a special cocktail tree that is grafted with three combined fruits! The American Legion #221 of Niceville, the Van R. Butler PTO, and family members also provided donations for the project . Students at Butler created hand painted bird baths and painted various bird feeders and bird houses. The end result is a beautiful outdoor classroom which will also be used as an outdoor cafeteria.
Congratulations to the South Walton High School Girls Track Team for winning the Walton County Championships!
Congratulations to Dr. Cheryl Mixson and her Math students! For the second year in a row, South Walton High School finished FIRST in their division at the Northwest Florida State College Math Bow.
Celebrating their victory are (L to R) Luke Bauer, Wes Fegely, Ansley Barton, Hannah Crawford, Cody Pickren and Jessica Waites.
Luke Bauer earned a fifth place individual trophy and Cody Pickren finished second.
We are proud of our Champion Mathematicians!
Emerald Coast Middle students earn Microsoft Office Specialist Certification! Harrison Blount and Benjamin Nguyen are the first two Microsoft IT Academy students to certify in PowerPoint, Word and Excel for the 2013-2014 school year.
These students not only set a record here at ECMS, but they are also the first Middle School students District-wide to earn this achievement. Mrs. Carter, technology teacher at ECMS, stated that she is very proud of this self-motivated group of Microsoft Academy students. They have applied a strong work ethic and met their technical goals in less than one school year.
Congratulations to Freeport Middle School Art student Blane Brown. Blane was awarded 2nd place for his “Peter and the Wolf” artwork created for the NWFSC Mattie Kelly Arts Center 5th grade Art Contest. Hayden Byrd and Olivia Neal, both 5th grade FMS students, won Honorable Mentions. Congratulations to you all!
The Pickren Brothers, William and Cody, represented SWHS at the 2014 State Wrestling Championships. Freshman William finished second in the state in the 106 lb class; Junior Cody Pickren made his second appearance at the state tournament in the 145 lb weight class.
The Walton County Education Association (WCEA) and the Walton County School Board held the annual Teacher of the Year and the Educational Support Professional (ESP) of the Year ceremony and reception on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at Walton High School.
The event was emceed by Ms. Dixie Burge, WCEA ESP President, and Ms. Patsy Stephens, WCEA Instructional President. Superintendent Carlene Anderson praised the instructional and support professionals who were nominated by their peers to represent their individual school sites. She reminded everyone they were chosen for this honor because they “stood out, made a difference and acted as role models.”
Ms. Susan Marino, a teacher at Emerald Coast Middle School was selected as Walton County’s Teacher of the Year. Ms. Barbara Stratton, school secretary from South Walton High School was selected as Walton County’s Educational Support Professional of the Year. Congratulations to both winners!
