Walton High School sophomore students, Shelbee Castrillo and Cheyanne Cordle, received monetary awards from Florida Farm Bureau for placing 1st and 2nd place respectively in the 2017 Florida Farm Bureau Speech Competition.  The topic of this year's speech was "Today's food companies employ many tactics including food labels to gain a marketing edge.  How can farmers and ranchers ensure that consumers understand these labels and have confidence in the safety and quality of their food?"  Shelbee and Cheyanne are students in the Youth Leadership class at WHS under the supervision of Kelley Stephenson, WHS Instructor.   Pictured below is Shelbee Castrillo (1^st place winner).  Pictured on the left (from left to right) is Charlie McKinley - Farm Bureau, Dale Anderson - Farm Bureau, Cheyenne Cordle (2^nd place winner), Kelley Stephenson - WHS Instructor and Allen Scheffer - Farm Bureau.  Submitted by Christy English.

The Butler Elementary Chorus presented a Halloween themed concert to the public and to their peers at the school. The Chorus, under the direction of Rebecca Austin, were a big hit! Submitted by Tammy Smith.

WDE 2^nd grade students enjoyed participating in a “Genre Carnival” on Tuesday! Students began the day with Mrs. Tammy Goodman, WDE librarian, and learned about book genres through a character known as “Mr. Wiggles”. Students sorted books by genres through an interactive game. Second graders also enjoyed exploring library books and sorting them by genre. Throughout the day, students rotated classrooms while learning about different types of genres and earning special treats! Sharing lots of different kinds, or genres, of books with young readers exposes them to different words, different pictures, and whole new worlds. 

submitted by Jessica Dawkins

Butler Elementary second graders have enjoyed learning about rocks. Shown are students from Mrs. Barnhill and Mrs. Shubert’s  classes enjoying culminating activities marking the end of the unit. Submitted by Tammy Smith.