District News

Open to middle and high school students’ parents – come join us for a fun and informative night!

5:30-6:00 Meet & Greet w/ refreshments (Christmas cookies and hot chocolate) and an Ugly Christmas Sweater contest

6:00-7:00 Participate in 4 different sessions to learn about all that Clever.com and other online resources have to offer to help your child succeed in math this year!

Door Prizes awarded at the end of the night!

Submitted by Kalli McMillan

During the Bobcats vs. PDL Pirates basketball games on December 12th from 4 o'clock to 8 o'clock, the PHS science department will be hosting a Science Night in the gym for all students from PreK to 12th grade. The students can participate in STEM activities like sphere robots, Oobleck, a flight simulator, straw rockets, "Are you smarter than a Bobcat?" half time trivia, and others.

submitted by Kalli McMillan

West DeFuniak Elementary held school-wide Tropicana Speech competition on Tuesday, November 28^th. Fifth grade winners as pictured are Daisy Proffitt, 3^rd place, Emma Lathinghouse, 2^nd place, and Addie Ingle, 1^st place. WDE is excited to have our 1^st and 2^nd place winners represent us at the District Tropicana Competition on December 14^th.

Submitted by Kalli McMillan

West DeFuniak Elementary held school-wide Tropicana Speech competition on Tuesday, November 28^th. Fourth grade winners as pictured are, Chandler Shoaf, 1^st place, Gracelyn Daniel, 2^nd place, and Rhiannon Fountain, 3^rd place. WDE is excited to have our 1^st and 2^nd place winners represent us at the District Tropicana Competition on December 14^th.

Submitted by Jessica Dawkins

Emerald Coast Middle School BETA Club Students attended the Florida Junior BETA Club Convention on November 27-28.

They returned from the State convention winning the following awards:

Visual Arts Sweepstakes--meaning most winners in the Visual Arts category

Lily Gibson - 1st in Sculpture

Dylan Speicher- 1st in Color Photography

Colton Farmer-1st in 6th grade Social Studies

Alyssa Sutton, Madeline Smith, Cameron Gray, Jenna Neslage-2nd in Quiz Bowl

Ava Razavi, Lauren Broussard, Sydney Rushing, Savannah Mansfield-2nd in Advertising Design

Rachel McCann-Pastels & Charcoal-3rd place.

Great job ECMS Beta Club!!!

Submitted by Angela Vance

ECMS Student Council students worked hard at coordinating a school-wide canned goods drive during the weeks prior to Thanksgiving break. Students collected thousands of non-perishable food items benefiting the local organization, "Caring & Sharing". The generosity of Stingray students and families were sure to bring happy smiles to families of Walton County.

Submitted by Angela Vance