WISE Community Building with Holland Farms!
November 22, 2019
WISE Pre-K classes visited Holland Farms for their Fall field trip, and this is a “Thank You” board that Mrs. Bumper's class took back to the owners.
WISE Pre-K classes visited Holland Farms for their Fall field trip, and this is a “Thank You” board that Mrs. Bumper's class took back to the owners.
Congratulations to Childers Construction for receiving the Eagle Award for Excellence in construction of Dune Lake Elementary School. The award was received from the Associated Builders and Contractors in the Institutional 20 Million Dollars and Above category. ABC is a National Construction Industry Trade Association.
"Childers Construction Company’s team has been collaborative from the groundbreaking of Dune Lakes to the final touches upon completion. From responding to communication to hands-on problem solving, the Childers team made our move into the new school smooth while providing on site support for quality assurance," said Dune Lakes Principal Meredith Spence.
"Not only do we love the many features that include energy efficiency and aesthetic qualities that feature our community, the design team incorporated ideas suggested for a child-center learning environment. From small group reading rooms, natural lighting, state of the art technology, and beautiful courtyards, Childers Construction Company has created a beautiful, one-of-kind enriching learning environment that has received awards for design and now construction."
(Photograph below L-R) Noah Ballasch, Garry Futch, Chet Smith, and Rich Gray
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Walton County School District Media Specialists meet regularly to collaborate and plan for media programs. Their discussions provide new media specialists with an opportunity to gain valuable insight from their more experienced peers. They have recently been working on a Media Specialist Handbook that will provide consistency throughout the district. From book fairs to book orders to student engagement, this group works hard to make the Walton County School District Media Centers the best that they can be! WCSD Media Specialists will help you find what you are looking for!
Superintendent Hughes and many other local and state agencies worked on a major Table Top exercise today. The purpose was to discuss, assess, and recreate what Walton County would look like, share ideas, concerns and improvements in case of a major storm. Extremely powerful information, planning and conversations kept us fully engaged. Great Job Mr. Jeff Goldberg and staff for this intensive practice!
Bay School hosted their first annual Thanksgiving Luncheon yesterday and it was definitely day to be thankful for! What a great turnout and a great day to share with our Bay Family!
On Tuesday, November 19th, fourth and fifth grade classroom winners participated in the Schoolwide Tropicana Speaking Competition. Parents, students, teachers, and judges were amazed by the well thought out speeches and the students' ability to present them to such a large group of people. Congratulations to each of these students!!!
Fourth Grade Winners
1st- Kyson Allen ••• The Tasmanian Devil
2nd- Makenna Anderson ••• Addiction
3rd- Charles Allan Brooks ••• Mad Scientists Throughout History
Fifth Grade Winners
1st- Annabel Hicks ••• My Geographic Tongue
2nd- Carli Nowling ••• Sharks Anonymous
3rd- Calie Brackin ••• Crocs
First and second place winners from our school competition will represent West DeFuniak at the District Tropicana Speaking Contest on December 12th at Freeport High School.
Cover picture: Emma Baker, Broxson Dickey, Hallie Campbell-Work, Jake Daniel
Students from Mrs. Willcox's Kindergarten class at WDE enjoyed making Stone soup while learning about the letter S. Each student brought in an ingredient to add to the soup. They also enjoyed listening to different versions of the story Stone Soup.
Pictured: Henley Cosson
Pictured: Terry Gandy
Kobe Phillips presented his winning speech from the 2019 Florida Farm Bureau Youth Speech Contest at the Tuesday night meeting of the Walton County School Board at South Walton High School. Kobe, a student at Freeport High School, placed 3rd in the state of Florida in the annual speech contest sponsored by the Florida Farm Bureau Women's Leadership Committee.
The 2019 topic was: “Recent natural disasters have had a
major impact on agriculture. How have these impacts affected
consumers?”
Walton County School District is incredibly proud of Kobe, and look forward to following his promising future!
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