By Sarah White, The Hive Creative
As coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, many families are finding themselves homebound for the foreseeable future. Parents are now juggling working from home with homeschooling, and it can be difficult to keep everyone from going stir crazy! We turned to the Boys...
From Okaloosa County Superintendent Marcus Chambers
On Monday, March 30th, across Okaloosa County, 32,000 students started school for the second 1st time this school year. This time, though, each of our students started school virtually, from the safety of their homes. While these times are already stressful for some due...
508 women of Northwest Florida were responsible for awarding five $101,608 grants to area nonprofits for transformational projects last fall totaling $508,000. They are hoping to do the same in 2020. But, as we all know, NOTHING is the same about 2020. Our local economy has been torn apart...
By Tricia Brunson, President & CEO
I think everyone can agree that springtime has not exactly unfolded the way we anticipated! We are all learning how to live under a new normal and adjusting our routines accordingly. Looking on the bright side of things, I think there have certainly been...
By Debby McKinney
Self-isolation guidelines have been in place since mid-March. At the time of this writing, we don’t know if they will be extended and if so, for how long? Then what?
Who would have thought we would celebrate Easter virtually from our homes? The churches were empty, but so...
By Debby McKinney
Self-isolation guidelines have been in place since mid-March. At the time of this writing, we don’t know if they will be extended and if so, for how long? Then what?
Who would have thought we would celebrate Easter virtually from our homes? The churches were empty, but so...
By Rita L. Sherwood
With so much anxiety, panic and fear swirling through our daily lives during the COVID-19 outbreak, let’s take a break and focus on something uplifting and positive!
One Freeport resident, Kurt Freudenreich, is doing just that. This month’s Hometown Hero is not only “talking the talk, but...
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This is a time to acknowledge the importance of families and communities working together to help prevent child abuse and neglect, as well as to promote the social and emotional well-being of impacted children and their families.
That is the 24/7 job of...
WALTON COUNTY SCHOOLS UPDATE
Gov. DeSantis announced and the Florida Department of Education sent guidance for the closing of all K-12 public and private schools and career and technical centers in Florida through April 15, 2020. Please visit our website at www.walton.k12.fl.us/ for the latest updates.
Additionally, State testing and school grades...
