Education Archive

Troy Young, a Crestview High School Senior, received the Robert and Amy Harper Scholarship at the International Builders Show (IBS) in Las Vegas, Nevada. The scholarship is awarded to one high school student who plans a trade career. Out of 72 schools in the State of Florida and over 300 nationwide, Young won the award for his achievements in the building program at Crestview High School. He has earned six certifications in construction and HVAC and is a lead project manager and designer of the Capstone class project.

Navarre and Niceville high schools each had five students nominated by U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz for enrollment in the nation’s military academies.

“The Raiders definitely have a home advantage,” Gaetz joked as friends and family cheered each NHS nominee during a ceremony Jan. 17 in the school’s cafeteria/auditorium. “They’re well represented.”

Okaloosa County Schools Superintendent Marcus Chambers was recently recognized by the Florida Association of District School Superintendents (FADSS) for his accomplishments during his tenure.

In addition to recognizing the superintendent, several district programs and awards were mentioned, which included:

If you’ve been in the wing of Baker School that is home to the media center and auditorium you might have noticed a room with the letters WGTV on the window.

That room is the entrance to the classrooms that are home of the school’s digital video program.

When a series of unfortunate occurrences threatened to abruptly end a decades-long Crestview High School cultural club, swift action by an involved parent and the club’s community organization partner not only saved the student group, it had the added benefit of opening its membership up to other area schools and home-schooled students.

Crestview High School introduced Homecoming King Vince Lancaster and Homecoming Queen Laeni Crosby during a halftime-celebration of Crestview’s football game with Leon on Friday night. The Bulldogs beat the Lions 42-6..

It hasn’t taken the new Skills to Build class offered at Davidson Middle School to become a favorite elective with the students.

There are currently 125 students enrolled in the class, 25 in each of five periods and students are being turned away from the program introduced to the school this year.

Thirty-two students were elected to Crestview High School Homecoming Court.

The Bulldogs play their homecoming game on Friday night at 7 p.m. against Leon.

Members of the Crestview Area Sister City Program’s student organization, the Sister City Ambassadors, are $1,150 closer toward their planned June 2023 trip to Noirmoutier thanks to the generosity of Atlas Martial Arts.

Plus, a generous parent pitched in an additional $100.

Effective school safety precautions rarely make headlines; tragedies at schools are newsworthy, in part, because they are rare.

Safety officers at school districts around the state work hard to keep it that way.