Education Archive

Crestview High School held off the rain last Friday as the senior class took to the football field for their victory lap. Red robes and caps wrapped behind the home side bleachers while others lined the fence of the neighboring softball field.


As the music began, the graduating class was greeted by a full stadium with family and friends spectating from the track to the top of the press box.

Seats filled under the stadium lights of Doug Griffith Stadium as family members gathered to celebrate Baker’s 2026 graduating class.


Graduates stepped on to the newly turfed field, signaling their first step into life after high school.

A crowd of people gathered under the bright, fluorescent lights of Laurel Hill’s gymnasium last Tuesday.


Family members, friends, and loved ones bared the heat as the class of 2026 took to their seats for a momentous milestone in life.

For most of his time at Crestview High School, Grayson Chambers was at the top of his class.


A friendly competition between him and Valedictorian, Daniel Barnes, bumped him down to second for Salutatorian. But it was all love in the end.

The word “Valedictorian” wasn’t in Daniel Barnes vocabulary his freshman year at Crestview High School.


Now, he walks across the stage at the top of his class.

To become the top student in any graduating class is no easy task. It takes hard work and dedication to keep high grades all throughout high school.


For Aiden King, that hard work paid off as he was named top of his class, receiving the Laurel Hill Anne T. Mitchell Honors Award.

The world of education has started to expand outside of the basic common core lessons. High Schools are starting to branch out and inherit new classes that will provide opportunities for kids after graduating.


The newest venture in Okaloosa County is the School District’s partnership with Space Florida to bring the Space Florida Academy Program to High Schools across Okaloosa County.

The title of ‘teacher’ is described as, “a person who helps others acquire knowledge, skills, or values, typically working as a professional instructor in educational settings like schools,” but in reality, they are “world changers”.

Okaloosa County Superintendent Marcus Chambers and the School Board recently honored students from Team Okaloosa, who won the Division II state championship at the 2026 Florida Department of Education’s Commissioner’s Academic Challenge.

Okaloosa County School District Board Member, Tim Bryant, is being honored by the Florida School Boards Association.


Mr. Bryant was awarded one of the most prestigious awards given by the FSBA, the Distinguished Leader Award.