May 4, 2023
Construction Career Days help students build future plans
The construction industry needs workers, and not just sign-holding traffic monitors.
Apr 20, 2023
Annual event raises scholarship money for local high school seniors
AMVETS Post 35 in Crestview will host their annual Scholarship Golf Tournament at Blackstone Golf Course in Mossy Head on Saturday, April 29.
Apr 20, 2023
Northwest Florida State College announces commencement speakers
Northwest Florida State College recently announced its 2023 Commencement Keynote speakers, Marcus Chambers and Russell Hughes. Northwest Florida State College will host two commencement ceremonies May 6, at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Delivering remarks at the 10 a.m. ceremony will be Chambers, superintendent of the Okaloosa County School District.
Apr 20, 2023
New tech helps students complete old lesson humanely
Seventh-grade life science students at Davidson Middle School recently participated in a dissection lab of a different kind.
The frogs used were not the traditional cadaver frogs raised and then harvested for educational purposes. They were SynFrogs, hyper-realistic synthetic frogs mimicking real frogs in size and texture designed to replace cadaver frogs, allowing students to have a realistic, yet humane learning experience.
Apr 13, 2023
Okaloosa student Art Show returns April 19-20
The Okaloosa County School District and the Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation will present the 2023 Okaloosa County K-12 Student Art Show on April 19-20 at the C.H. “Bull” Rigdon Fairgrounds in Fort Walton Beach.
Apr 12, 2023
Rocky Bayou mathletes have strong showings in competitions
Nearly two dozen Rocky Bayou Christian School mathletes participated in the third Mu Alpha Theta regional competition held March 4 at Lincoln High School in Tallahassee.
Apr 6, 2023
Okaloosa Arts Alliance calling on students for poster contest
The Okaloosa Arts Alliance would like to invite all county students to participate in the 14th annual OAA Okaloosa County School Poster Contest.
The theme for the contest is “What art means to me.” The posters can be created on paper with markers, pencils, paint, pastels, charcoal, mixed media or crayons.
Apr 6, 2023
School district, United Way seeking volunteers for reading program
The Okaloosa County School District has partnered with the United Way Emerald Coast on a new mentorship program to improve literacy in young readers.
ReadingPals is a statewide early literacy initiative that provides volunteer mentors for local students from voluntary prekindergarten to third grade who may need extra help. Once a mentor passes their background screening, they undergo training before getting placed in a classroom where they work at a 1:2 ratio.
Apr 3, 2023
Okaloosa Arts Alliance calling on students for poster contest
To help address hunger in the community, and in celebration of National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day on April 2, North Okaloosa Medical Center has donated 759 jars of peanut butter (and other nut butters) to Feeding The Gulf Coast.
Mar 20, 2023
Job fair held at Laurel Hill School
More than 20 businesses and agencies from around Okaloosa County were at Laurel Hill School on March 10 for a job fair co-sponsored by the school and Mission of Hope.
“We partnered with Mission of Hope,” LHS assistant principal Ashley Miller said. “They work with vocational rehab and their goal is to try and help every member of society find something that they can do that‘s fulfilling.