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Education Archive

Dec 11, 2023

Baker JROTC shines at state competition

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.
Dec 4, 2023

Ashley Hatcher named Davidson Teacher of the Year

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.

Nov 30, 2023
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Bob Sikes siblings attack school hunger

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.
Nov 22, 2023

Laurel Hill School opens new classrooms amidst continued growth

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.

Nov 20, 2023

Sharon Mitchell grows kids

Sharon Mitchell is a Laurel Hill lifer, literally.

A fourth grade English and Language Arts teacher at the school, Mitchell received her first taste of life as a Hobo way back in 1978 as a kindergarten student.

Nov 13, 2023

A class for enterprising students

As the Okaloosa County School District began phasing out or transitioning some of the computer programming classes George Stakley was teaching several years ago, he had an idea on how to combine his college degree with his love for teaching.
Nov 10, 2023
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Mediacom offers $60,000 in scholarships to high school seniors

West Des Moines, IA – Nov. 10, Mediacom Communications is offering $60,000 in scholarship support for high school seniors who plan to obtain further education. The scholarship program is in its 23rd consecutive year and Mediacom’s investment will award $1,000 World Class Scholarships to 60 high school seniors. 
Oct 26, 2023

Mary Miller always wanted to be a teacher

Mary (Oglesby) Miller, Baker School Class of 2016 grew up at the school surrounded by a caring faculty.

The faculty included her father, David Oglesby, uncle Rusty Oglesby and longtime family friends and surrogate uncles John Carlisle and Andy Valmus, who were high school classmates of her father and uncle in Pensacola.

Oct 24, 2023

Building for the future

Danny Meinecke grew up in the home of people in the building trades. His father and grandfather were in the heating and air conditioning business.

He was doing duct work while still in elementary school and driving a truck doing lead work in high school. But there was a side of him that always wanted to be an educator.

Oct 16, 2023

Southside Primary School, students learning from each other

The year was 1938 and war was raging in Germany. It would be another three years before Japan would bomb Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into World War II.
It also was the year what is now known as Southside Primary School first opened its doors.
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