Students from Woodlawn Beach Middle School are preparing to compete against some of the best spellers in the panhandle at the 36th Annual Sandy Sansing Chevrolet/Nissan/BMW/Mazda/ Mini Spelling Bee in Pensacola Jan. 26.

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Two bills are before the Florida State Legislature that would allow advertising on school busses as a way to generate additional income for strapped school districts.

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The Florida Department of Education recently released Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) scores for high schools. Although Navarre High School earned enough points for an‘A’rating, penalties forced that rating down to a ‘B.’ Florida’s DOE penalized the Santa Rosa County School District for the percent of the lowest 25 percent of students who made learning gains in reading and the graduation rate of at-risk students.

The graduation rate for at risk-students in 2010 was 80 percent; in 2011 it fell to 72 percent.

The Department of Education glossary defines ‘at risk’ as:“a term applied to students who have not been adequately served by educational systems and who are at risk of failing to meet the state’s academic achievement standards. These students have a high risk of dropping out or failing school.”

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Navarre area teachers make up four out of five semifinalists still in the running for the title of Santa Rosa County School district’s Teacher of the Year.

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Navarre High School students, Bri Luster and Whitley Simpson shared their holiday spirit while delivering Candy-grams" Thursday afternoon. Santa Rosa County Schools are out of session until January 2, 2012.

The cadets in Navarre High School's NJROTC program have reason to celebrate yet again, winning big in the annual ESCAROSA Drill Meet on Dec. 10.

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