Molino Park Holds Field Day
May 3, 2008
Thursday was a big day at Molino Park Elementary School as the students played hard at the school’s annual Field Day.
NorthEscambia.com was there, and we have a complete photo gallery that you can view by clicking here.
The students ended the day with a Relay for Life Wagon Parade. NorthEscambia.com will have that story and those photos posted on Friday morning.
Molino Students Hold Relay For Life Wagon Parade
May 2, 2008
Molino Park Elementary School held a storybook character wagon parade to celebrate after a successful Relay for Life fund raiser.
Each grade created a wagon float. They paraded around the school’s back parking lot Thursday afternoon, one grade at a time, to lots of clapping and cheering.
The kindergarten’s orange pumpkin Cinderella wagon (pictured above) was named the day’s first place wagon.
Other character wagons were: The Three Billy Goats Gruff, first grade; The Elves and the Shoemaker, second grade; The Princess and the Pea, third grade; Snow White, fourth grade; and Rumpelstiltskin, fifth grade.
The students raised money for the school’s Relay for Life team by taking home donation envelopes. The Molino Park Relay for Life team will compete in the Relay for Life at Tate High School beginning Friday night.
For a complete photo gallery from the Molino Park parade, click here.
Northview Senior Honors Night Rescheduled By One Day
May 1, 2008
The Northview High School Senior Honors Night has been rescheduled from May 22 to May 23 to allow the school one extra day to tabulate test results.
The school district recently implemented subject area exams (SAE’s) for all students, include high school seniors. The district’s subject area exams do not end until May 21, according to Northview Principal Gayle Weaver.
“There is not enough time to have the SAE’s sent downtown for scoring by the district, returned to the school electronically by the district, and averaged into grades by each teacher, for a timely ranking of seniors on May 22,” Weaver told NorthEscambia.com. “The timeline for ranking will be very close on May 23, but the guidance department is prepared to do everything they possibly can do to have the ranking in time for the Senior Honors Night at 7 p.m. on May 23.”
Northview seniors will graduate the following day, May 24 at 4:00.
Carver/Century Student Wins National Poetry Month Award
April 30, 2008
A Carver/Century K-8 School student’s poem was named a winner in a poetry contest.
Melanie Foust won third place representing Grades 7-9 in the April National Poetry Month Student Poetry Contest sponsored by the West Florida Literary Federation and the Friends of the Pensacola Public Library.
Melanie won a $15.00 award for her poem “Connect” and will be offered the opportunity to have her poem published in the WFLF’s 2008 creative writing anthology, The Emerald Coast Review XIV, coming this fall.
She was also invited to a reception in her honor at Books-a-Million.
Pictured above: Melanie Foust and Carver/Century Principal Jeff Garthwaite. Pictured below: Melanie’s poem “Connect”. Submitted story and photo.
Northview High Student Running For State FFA Vice President Post
April 29, 2008
Northview senior Andrea Byars is a finalist for a position in state position in Florida’s FFA.
Byars, who is president of the Northview High School FFA, is one of two finalists for state officer from Florida’s Area I of FFA. The finalists were selected by the State Officer Screen Committee. They were challenged with an individual interview, written exam, individual problem solving activity, group problem solving activity, interviews and conversational exercises. Byars and the other candidates will seek election at the 80th annual Florida FFA State Convention.
If elected, Byars (pictured right) would represent FFA as Area I State Vice-President. Area I covers the area from Pensacola to Tallahassee, about 15 counties in all. She will be competing for the office against Carly Barnes (pictured left) from Malone High School.
“As a state officer I will travel the state, country, and internationally as a representative for Florida agriculture, Florida FFA, and Florida agricultural education,” Byars told NorthEscambia.com ” I believe that it is an opportunity to meet people and see things that I may not other wise have the chance to experience. Being a state officer really is a once in a lifetime opportunity. I have always had the idea in the back of my mind that I wanted to run for a state office and a s the chance grew closer I decided to take the opportunity and just see how far I could go.”
Students should consider FFA, she said, because it opens up the vast, changing world of Florida agriculture while teaching life lessons.
“Agriculture is no longer cows and plows and neither is the FFA. Ag technologies are advancing the way in which goods are produced and the FFA helps students to find their niche in any area that they can think of from farming to biochemical engineering,” she said. “The many areas of the FFA helps students to see the world around them and to test out their many interests before they enter the real world.”
Byars (pictured left) said she has enjoyed her years in FFA, especially meeting others her age that share similar interests. She said she enjoys FFA competitions, and meeting other students like her. And meeting some that are very different, like at the National FFA Convention a few years ago in Louisville, Kentucky.
“I knew that there was going to be a lot of people but I did really know how many. There were probably 50,000 FFA students there from everywhere, from Alaska to Porto Rico and From Maine to Hawaii,” she said. ” It was so cool seeing how many different states were at this one convention. But the coolest part was seeing the FFJ (Future Farmers of Japan) members at our convention.”
The 80th Annual Florida State FFA Convention will be held June 9-13 in Orlando. Byars is the daugther of Perry and Kay Byars of Oak Grove.
Molino Park Students Shine At Sunshine Math Competition
April 26, 2008
Over 400 third, fourth and fifth grade elementary students competed in a Sunshine Math Competition Saturday at Tate High School.
The students were selected to compete based on scores from testing at their individual schools. Molino Park Elementary received three major trophies.
The individual highest scoring 5th grader was Molino Park’s Chandler Cotton. The fifth grade third place winner was Tamara Wise. Molino Park’s fourth grade team of Tristan Barrett, Willis Fletcher and Allison Woodfin took home the first place trophy in the team competition.
Pictured above, front row (L-R): Tristan Barrett, Willis Fletcher and Allison Woodfin. Back row (L-R): Coaches Karon Fletcher and Karen Hall. Submitted photo
Ernest Ward Student Attend Health Fair, Learn About Dangers
April 26, 2008
Ernest Ward Middle School students attended a health fair Friday. There were no high blood pressure of cholesterol screening tests, but there was plenty of information about some of the biggest health risks facing young teens today…violence, drug abuse and alcohol abuse.
Informed Families did presentations on alcohol, tobacco and violence prevention.
The Community Drug and Alcohol Council did a presentation on marijuana.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department did a presentation on methamphetamine.
One demonstration was designed to give students the problem of being drunk. Students wore goggles designed to simulate the visual disturbances created by drinking. Students where asked to a walk just a few feet and return to their starting point while wearing the glasses. Some were unable to get very far at all before taking off the goggles. Other stumbled and stammered barely able to walk; some fell to the ground.
“Imagine if you were driving like this,” one student said.
Pictured above: EWMS students listen to an anti-drining message. Pictured below: Students wore goggles designed to simulate the visual disturbances created by drinking. NorthEscambia.com photos.
For more photos from the Ernest Ward Middle Health Fair, click here.
Molino Park Elementary Spends Day With The Arts
April 26, 2008
Molino Park Elementary School held its annual Arts Day Friday, with the students spending the day immersed in a variety of arts.
The students enjoyed a wide range of arts, from pottery to painting to music to storytelling. They had the opportunity to get “hands on” with many activities, including clay and painting.
The day ending with the “Molino Park Arts Day Roundup”, a live concert series in the school cafeteria. Artist appearing in the concert all had local ties to Molino Park. They were:
- Kate Kimball, a Molino Park second grade teacher.
- Fred Stallworth and Company
- Lynda Barnes, mother of MPES students Joshua Barnes
- Mike McCarten, “Mr. Mac Says”
- Kelton French, brother of first grader Joshua French and third grader Jordan French
- Crystal Church, mother of first grader Crystalyn Daley
Artist Demonstrations included: Danny Street, air brush; Matt Brabham, pottery; Denise Vowell, sculpture; Ralph Thomas, wood turner; and Patsy Pennington, Watercolor.
Exhibits included: Jim Miller, chain mail; Lisa Schlobohm and Michelle Hawkins, cake decorating; Dee Riley, candle making; Carolyn and Fred Stallworth, floral arranging; Barbara Scholz, oil paintings; Sean Chaffee, photography; Ravoe Nelson and Mary Haas, quilting; Barrineau Park Historical Society, tatting; Peggy Cole, recycle trash into treasure; Linda Till, embroidery; Pensacola Museum of Art, art; Molino Historical Society, photography display; Colton Maughon and Chuck Ellis, motorcross; Jarrett Parker, car racing and Allen Lowery, dragsters.
Pictured above: Kelton French performs at the Molino Park Arts Day. Pictured below: “Dirt Shirt” says it all. NorthEscambia.com exclusive photos.
Northview Students Learn About Robotics From NHS Grad
April 24, 2008
A Northview High School graduate returned to the school Wednesday morning with his college professor to introduce the students to four robots.
Jarrod Brown (pictured above right), who graduated from Northview in 2004, is now a senior in the engineering program at the University of West Florida. He and his professor, William Weber (above left), demonstrated…at least tried to demonstrate…the four robots to the students.
The first, a “Scorbot-ER V Plus” simply did…nothing. “It crashed,” Weber told the students. The Scorbot is a commercially manufactured robot arm.
While the commercially made Scorbot failed, the three student build robots performed without a hitch.
The first, “Sumo Bot” quickly scurried about clearing its defined area of small blocks.
The second used optical sensors to follow a black line over four colored areas. When it was over the yellow area, the yellow LED light would illuminate. When it detected a blue area, the blue LED would illuminate, and it followed the same pattern for the other colors. When it detected a star shape in the blue field, it would stop and proudly play an electronic greeting card sounding “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”.
The third robot was constructed by students at Milton High School. It was designed for a robotic competition where it had to move small bottles faster than its competitors.
“It’s really exciting,” Brown told the NHS students. “It is real fun to get into this kind of stuff.”
“This is a good career move if you are concerned about your standard of living in the future,” Weber said after pointing out that some of the top starting salaries in the nation right now are in the engineering field.
“About half of our grads end up in Fort Walton Beach working for the Department of Defense,” Weber said.
Pictured below: The “Sumo Bot”, the color sensing robot, the Milton High School Robot and the Scorbot. Scroll down to see all four photos. NorthEscambia.com exclusive photos.
Lights! Camera! Action! Bratt Fourth Graders Take To The Stage
April 23, 2008
The fourth grade classes at Bratt Elementary School presented “Lights! Camera! Action!” for a packed house Tuesday night at the school.
The lively musical included such favorite characters as SpongeBob Squarepants, Cinderalla, John Travolta, Mary Poppins, Forrest Gump, Little Red Riding Hood, Jed Clampett of Beverly Hillbilly fame, Mae West, Clark Gable and Shirley Temple.
During the PTA meeting just prior to the program, PTA officers for the upcoming school year were elected. The new officers are Amanda Rice, president; Sandy Presley, vice-president and Stephanie Booth, treasurer. It was reported that the PTA has a balance of $14,519.
For a complete photo gallery from the Bratt Elementary School fourth grade play, click here.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
