Education Archive

One of the primary focuses of the Okaloosa Public Schools Foundation is the Take Stock in Children Scholarship Program, which provides two-year scholarships to deserving youth who may not attend college because of their family’s financial situation.

Life can be hard, and Laurel Hill School students were the first in the county to receive a new hands-on lesson designed to help them get better at budgeting their money in the future.

The construction industry needs workers, and not just sign-holding traffic monitors.

AMVETS Post 35 in Crestview will host their annual Scholarship Golf Tournament at Blackstone Golf Course in Mossy Head on Saturday, April 29.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.