While checking on Hurricane Sally’s flood damage to the field at Walton Middle School, Superintendent Hughes was able to overhear Head Football Coach Dennie Smith talk to his players about being Student-Athletes and meeting the challenge and responsibility of Nine Weeks Exams next week!  EPIC3 for sure…..C3-Character-Culture & Curriculum!  #hangongainon

Richard Cavazos

 First Hispanic Four-Star General - United States Army

Texan and Mexican-American Richard E. Cavazos was the first Hispanic person to become a four-star general in the United States Army. Cavazos graduated from Texas Tech University. Cavazos served in the Korean war as the commander of the 65th Infantry Regiment. He further served in Vietnam as commander of the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Division. He became the first Hispanic four-star general of the United States Army in 1982, and received many military honors, including the distinguished service cross, the silver star, the bronze star, and the purple heart. Cavazos died in San Antonio in 2017.

Walton County School District

Spanish Educators, ESOL Teachers and Bilingual Aides

During this month of Hispanic Heritage Celebration, Walton County School District would like to introduce our Teachers of Spanish, Teachers who teach English to our Spanish speaking students, and the Bilingual Aides who assist teachers and schools with communicating to parents of our Spanish-speaking students. We thank each of you for serving our students and district with excellence as proven by the exceptional achievements of our Spanish-speaking populations.  You put the “E.” in E.P.I.C.!

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Ellen was born in Los Angeles and raised in La Mesa, California.  Ochoa, a PhD, was the first Hispanic woman in space.  Ochoa earned her doctorate in engineering from Stanford University, joining NASA after graduation. She begain as a research engineer and was selected to be an astronaut in 1990. Her first mission in space was aboard the shuttle Discovery in 1993. She went on to serve three more missions, spending almost 1,000 hours in orbit. Ochoa was the 11th director of the Johnson Space Center and the center’s first Hispanic director. Her historic firsts put her in great company with other pioneering women.