Mossy Head School kicks off the school year with their first All House meeting!
Students, faculty and staff at Mossy Head School met on the very first day to find out about the exciting changes made to the school’s house system. Everyone met to find out about the four houses, Wajibu, Teako, Trua, and Quantum, and to find out which house they will draw!
After 28 years of dedicated service, Walton County School Board lawyer, Ben Holley, has retired. Superintendent Hughes and the School Board of Walton County presented him with an award at the August 6, 2019 School Board meeting that states: Walton County School District Honors and Esteems Ben L. Holley School Board Attorney, In recognition of your dedication and service to Walton County Schools.
Best wishes to Mr. Holley as he enjoys his retirement!
MSE held their annual Preview for students in grades 1-5 on Thursday, August 8th. Students were excited to see new teachers and old friends! In addition to visiting and touring the school, families were provided information about buses, SPICE, dental care, becoming a volunteer or mentor, and lunch information. They also received free backpacks from St. Joe, free books from the media center, and cotton candy from the PTO.
Also pictured is the Kindergarten Orientation Thursday, August 8th.
It was a great way to kick off what promises to be an EPIC year!
Submitted by Krisy Spence
This week has been extremely busy at Walton High School! The faculty and staff have participated in a variety of collaborative professional development activities to ensure they are focused on their mission, which is to "provide the highest quality educational experiences" to their students. Staff members are excited to welcome back their students when we start this EPIC3 year on August 12! Submitted by Christy English
Huge Shout Out to Destiny Worship Center for blessing our students with a total of almost 1000 backpacks that were delivered to the District office and distributed this weekend at Freeport and the DeFuniak Springs Community Center. The backpacks were filled to the top with school supplies for the 2019-2020 school year! Also distributed were some new shoes, and vouchers for a hair cut! We have no words to express our gratitude for their incredible generosity, and we are so appreciative of this collaboration with WCSD!
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, through the STEM Summer Challenge Contract with the Panhandle Area Educational Consortium, provided more than $5,000 of STEM supplies to Paxton School this week. The supplies were received by Brent Jones, Principal and Heather Stewart, Embry-Riddle course instructor. They included mBot ranger robots with arms, Gizmos, and bracket packs, Dell Latitude laptops, Tello Quadcopters with GameSir remote controllers, Oculus Go VR Headsets, drone racing gates, drone landing pads and assorted batteries and chargers. Students at Paxton School will use these items throughout the 2019-2020 school year during the Embry-Riddle courses taught at the school.
Superintendent A. Russell Hughes welcomes our students, families, and teachers to an EPIC3 school year in his August Video Update!
We are excited to be an A+ School District!
7th in the state in school grades with 9 out of the 22 assessed areas in the top 10!!!
5th Grade Reading = 9th in the state
7th Grade Reading = 2nd in the state
9th Grade Reading = 6th in the state
8th Grade Math = 9th in the state
Geometry = 2nd in the state
Algebra 1 = 7th in the state
Biology = 6th in the state
8th Grade Science = 8th in the state
Civics = 4th in the state
