Education Archive

Throughout the day, Michael Dingess mostly teaches Spanish at Crestview High School.

However, for one class a day, he teaches something entirely different.

The Okaloosa County School district is hosting their 5th annual college and career fair on Mar. 7 at Crestview High School. The fair runs from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and will be in the new multi-purpose on campus.

Inside the walls of Crestview High School, students are influencing positive changes. Through the work of the “hope squad”, mental health for students across the school matters.

The Okaloosa County School District and Superintendent Marcus Chambers are offering two students a chance to earn a 2-year Florida Prepaid scholarship. Students are eligible if they are a senior, attend a public high school in the district, are looking to pursue a career in education, and meet the basic requirements to hold a Florida Prepaid College Plan.

Superintendent of Okaloosa County Schools, Marcus Chambers, gushed about the future of education in the north end of the county Feb. 5.

Chambers described the countless additions being made to improve the latter half of this school year along with what is to come.

While students at Crestview High School learn math, science, English and other graduation requirements, some are also learning how to become entrepreneurs. As part of the Career in Technical Education program at CHS, students learn under the guidance of George Stakley, who has been head of the entrepreneurship course for the past five years.

For many students in Northwest Florida, they have never seen snow in their life. Many who live in the area assumed that they would never see snow here, with most having gone through hurricanes during the summer, but nothing would compare to what they just experienced.

If you walk through the halls of Crestview High School, students are taking courses in a variety of different subjects, including trade courses. Better known as “CTE” around the school, the courses teach students career and technical skills that provide them with the opportunity to earn nationally recognized industry certifications.

For her entire life, Southside Primary School Teacher of the Year Kaitlyn Thomason, knew she wanted to be a teacher. She would pretend to play school in her bedroom with her stuffed animals when she was a kid.

It has been a long journey to get where Northwood Elementary School teacher of the year, Joe Ballreich, is now. He began teaching in 2018, but his first career was something much different.