Education

FCAT fight? Destin parents question pressure of standardized testing

Jennifer Rich, Destin Log

Destin students have pretty stellar Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test scores, but some parents are joining the ranks of those who criticize the emphasis put on the state required standardized test. “I personally think too much time is spent... Full story

MKAF makes the connection at DMS

Jennifer Rich

Got the acting bug?MKAF will host Missoula Children’s Theater Camp, bringing a production of “Beauty Lou and the Country Beast.” The camp will run June 8-12 at Destin United Methodist Church Life Center. The $65 registration fee will... Full story

Haugen Foundation seeks writings, artwork

The Taylor Haugen Foundation is accepting new and previously written essays, poems, letters and artwork for a compilation of community works. Taylor Haugen died on Aug. 30 from injuries sustained during a football game while playing wide receiver... Full story

Destin’s Class of 2009 takes the plunge (with list of grads and photos)

Jennifer Rich

For mom Angela Winkler, graduation day was “overwhelming, sad and exciting” all at the same time as she watched three of her four children reach the same milestone as many young Destinites on Thursday. “There really is no preparing... Full story

SCHOOL'S OUT! SCHOOL'S OUT!

Mona Moore, Florida Freedom Newspapers

It's the end of the year for schools on the Emerald Coast. Okaloosa and Santa Rosa County schools wrapped up Thursday and Walton County students let out today. The folks in the front office at Butler Elementary School in South Walton already had... Full story

See graduation photos of FWB, Niceville

NICEVILLE AND FORT WALTON BEACH — One Fort Walton Beach graduate thanked her mother with a tear in her eye, while other seniors savored the moment with the toss of a beach ball. Niceville graduates listened for the last time, to the angelic voices... Full story

Okaloosa schools ban corporal punishment

Mona Moore, Florida Freedom Newspapers

Gov. Charlie Crist signed legislation last week that has Florida school districts following the lead of Okaloosa County. The new law requires districts that still use corporal punishment to review the policy at a School Board meeting and take public... Full story

POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCES: Inaugural 5th grade class graduates at DMS (PHOTOS)

Jennifer Rich

There’s a new graduating class in town. Destin Middle School’s pioneering fifth-graders marched to their own pomp and circumstance on Tuesday. To see more photos from the ceremony, click here. “It was a sixth-grade experience that... Full story

South Walton High School Graduation PHOTOS

Nick Tomecek, Florida Freedom Newspapers

SANTA ROSA BEACH — About 100 graduating seniors at South Walton High School were welcomed onto the football field Saturday with cheers and airhorns.  CLICK HERE TO VIEW PHOTOS FROM GRADUATION ... Full story

'F word' yearbook joke backfires at FWB High

Robbyn Brooks, Florida Freedom Newspapers

When many seniors opened their Fort Walton Beach High School yearbooks this week, they flipped right past page 60 without a second glance.But the obscene word hidden at the bottom of the page didn't go unnoticed for long."I missed it the first time,... Full story

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