Education Archive

The Okaloosa County School Board on Jan. 22 approved Tommy Harvell as the new principal of Richbourg School in Crestview.

Project by project Okaloosa County schools are benefiting from the half-cent sales tax increase voted on several years ago.

One of the most recent projects to be completed was the eight new classrooms at Crestview High School that will be used as a wing for freshmen students.

Linda Evanchyk is a product of the Okaloosa School District having attended elementary, junior high school and high school in the district.

Lauren McMillan always knew she wanted to be a teacher.

She is the Walker Springs Elementary School Teacher of the Year teaching Title 1.

Tim Bryant embraces his role as a public servant.

The sounds of Christmas filled the Baker School auditorium on Dec. 8 as elementary school students performed as part of the school’s elementary school music program.

The Baker JROTC Raider Team recently went to the State competition and the Baker girls finished fourth in their division. Included in the division were larger schools such as Crestview.

Ashley Hatcher always wanted to be a teacher. Well, almost always except for a few years she thought about being a nurse.

When she realized she didn’t like the idea of dealing with blood, teaching became her chosen profession.

Brother and sister Tripp and Kellianna Grant might only be in the third and second grades at Bob Sikes Elementary School, but they have compassion and wisdom far beyond their years.

It’s fair to say that Laurel Hill School is now bursting at the seams.

With 456 students enrolled as of Nov. 14, the K-12 school that is the northern most public academic institution in Okaloosa County, has a full house.