WDE 2nd Graders Exploring the Three Stages of Matter
September 20, 2016
Second grade students at WDE explored the three states of matter using balloons. The balloons represented the molecules found in matter. Submitted by Jessica Dawkins.
WDE 2nd Grade Students Learning Math
September 20, 2016
Students at WDE are off to a great start in math! Teachers in second grade taught addition by using hundreds charts, base ten blocks, markers, and white boards. Submitted by Jessica Dawkins.
FHS Key Club Participates in Coastal Cleanup
September 20, 2016
Members of the Freeport High School Key Club braved the rain showers and participated in the Ocean Conservancy International Coastal Cleanup on Saturday, September 17th. Submitted by Patty Woodard.
WDE 5th Grade Students Studying Growth Mindset
September 20, 2016
5th grade students have been studying growth mindset and character traits that people need in order to be successful. For Open House, the students shared with their parents their very own growth mindset writings and emojis that represented character traits needed for success. Submitted by Jessica Dawkins.
FES 4th Graders Participate in Coastal Cleanup
September 20, 2016
Freeport Elementary 4th graders participated in Coastal Cleanup. Submitted by Nancy Currie.
Ripley's Educator Appreciation
September 14, 2016
Ripley's is proud to announce this year’s educator appreciation days September 6 thru October 16. This is a free event for educators (teachers, administrators, counselors & support staff), and all guests are ½ off of our regular prices. Just be sure to bring your school I.D. and your current paystub. We can’t wait to see the people that help shape our children’s lives. Ripley’s appreciates Florida’s educators! Submitted by Linda Winthurst.
FMS Students Honor 9/11 Victims through Art
September 12, 2016
The Freeport Middle School Art Department, led by Kendra Peloquin, created collaborative multi-media flags to hang in the school in honor of those who lost their lives on 9/11/01. The students learned to reflect social and political conditions in their art. Submitted by Chelsea Ellison.
WDE Students Participate in AIMS Activity
September 8, 2016
Ms. Mills class participated in an AIMS activity where they launched rockets…
Stomp rockets is a great hands-on activity that concluded our lessons on Earth and Space. In this lessons the students use the scientific method to hypothesize, conduct the experiment, analyze the results, draw conclusions and report results. They also reflected on how they could have changed or improved the experiment. The discussed and analyzed design aspects, environmental factors and other things that could change the results. In addition to the science aspect students used a real life number line to decipher their results and estimate their final distances based on where their rockets landed and how close or far they were from the positions that were marked. Submitted by Darlene Paul.
Youth Leadership classes from three high schools in Walton County participated in the Florida Farm Bureau Speech Contest held at Freeport High School on 9/7/2016. Each student presented a 5 minute speech on "What is an Unmanned Aerial System and how can it be used to impact agriculture?" Freeport High School was represented by Martha Freeman, Wendy McCormick, and Kathryn Dier. South Walton High School was represented by Greg Garrett, Matt Garrett, and Brynn Touchstone. Walton High School was represented by LaTayia Gregg, Evan Cowie, and Jacob Alford. Submitted by Donna Honish with picture provided by Christy English.
WHS Students Earn Top Honors in Speech Competition
September 8, 2016
Congratulations to Walton's senior leadership students who placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd yesterday in the Florida Farm Bureau Speech Contest at Freeport HS! Latayia Gregg - 1st place (left), Evan Cowie - 2nd place (right) and Jacob Alford - 3rd place (center). Latayia will move on to the next round of competition on Wednesday, September 14, in Bonifay. Submitted by Christy English.