Superintendent Hughes stopped by the cafeteria at Freeport Middle School on Friday, December 15 to spend some time with students and staff! They are ALL ready for a break!
Submitted by Keitha Bledsoe
ECMS 5th Grade Entrepreneur Day!
December 15, 2017
During the last full week of school prior to Holiday Break, Emerald Coast Middle School held an Entrepreneur Day. Ms. Gerhardt's 5th grade math classes hosted the event. In an effort to expand the ideas of math past the walls of the classroom students were given the task to create, engineer and market their items for sale to their peers using classroom economy money. Students created prototypes and conducted market research to determine marketability and viability of their product. They were given a budget of 5-10 dollars to spend to create their products. Teachers and staff were invited to use "classroom economy money" provided by Ms. Gerhardt to shop as they browsed through the aisles of homemade engineered items created from things that would commonly be thrown away.
Submitted by Keitha Bledsoe
FES Student Council Holds Christmas Character Food Drive
December 15, 2017
The FES Student Council recently sponsored a canned food drive to benefit a local food bank and a family that recently lost their home to a fire in Freeport. They wanted to see which holiday character could be the most generous. Santa, Rudolph, Frosty, The Grinch, Jack Frost, and the Elves participated in the challenge. Over 650 canned food items were collected. The Student Council counted the items and found that the Elves were the most generous followed closely by Santa and The Grinch! The Student Council appreciates everyone for their generosity!
Submitted by Nancy Currie
Mr. Hughes Gives Santa His Holiday Wish!!!
December 15, 2017
Mr. Hughes visited Freeport Schools and ran into Santa at Freeport High School! He asked Santa to "Give all of his students, employees and families a wonderful Holiday Break", and ensure that they can all return to school in January to complete an AWESOME school year! While he was there he also had a chance to stop by the gym to visit with students!
Submitted by Keitha Bledsoe
Polar Express Pajama Day at Paxton!
December 15, 2017
Special Guest Train Conductor, Officer Caleb Davidson, takes students in Ms. Permenter's 1st grade class at Paxton for a ride on the Polar Express!
Submitted by Rachel Yeager
Congratulations to the ECMS Teacher of the Year and Educational Support Professional of the Year!
Mr. Michael Howell was chosen by his peers as Emerald Coast Middle School's Teacher of the Year.
Ms. Jenna Brabham was chosen by her peers as Emerald Coast Middle School's Educational Support Professional of the Year.
Submitted by Angela Vance
WMS Announces Teacher and ESP of the Year
December 15, 2017
The faculty, staff, and students at Walton Middle School proudly recognize Mrs. Katie Williams as Teacher of the Year and Ms. Laurie Tucker as ESP of the Year. Both ladies feel incredibly honored to be recognized by their peers to represent the school they love so dearly. Ms. Tucker, instructional aide, states that the best part of her job is working with students. Mrs. Williams, Civics teacher, enjoys sharing her passion for our country with her seventh graders. Each day, she makes a committed effort to show all her students that they are cared for and that they can be successful regardless of their circumstances. Please help us congratulate Mrs. Williams and Ms. Tucker for this well-deserved honor.
Submitted by Kristen Nelson
FES Students Experience a Book Tasting
December 15, 2017
Freeport Elementary instructor, Mrs. Allie Curtis, had so much fun with her classes last week during their "Book Tasting"! The kids rotated and "tasted" 6 of this year's Sunshine State Readers list books by watching the book trailers and reading the synopsis of each title. Submitted by Nancy Currie.
Mossy Head PreK Students Enjoy a Snow Day
December 15, 2017
Submitted by Rachel Yeakos.
Kindness Rocks at Bay Elementary!
December 14, 2017
Mrs Perk’s First Grade class hid kindess rocks on the playground for other students to discover. Found rocks may kept or students can pay forward the kindness to others. Thank you Mrs Perk for sharing kindness with our students!