Local Elementary Schools Place In Science Olympiad; Molino Park Takes First Overall
March 4, 2024
Molino Park Elementary School tok first place overall in the 6th Annual Elementary Science Olympiad recently at Washington High School. A total of 21 elementary schools sent teams of students to compete in nine different events.
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Winners were:
Overall:
- 3rd: Bellview
- 2nd: Hellen Caro
- 1st: Molino Park
Starry, Starry Night:
- 6th: Oakcrest
- 5th: Molino Park
- 4th: Jim Allen
- 3rd: Hellen Caro
- 2nd: Brentwood
- 1st: Beulah
Tennis Ball Catapult:
- 6th: Global Learning Academy
- 5th: Bratt
- 4th: Oakcrest
- 3rd: Molino Park
- 2nd: Hellen Caro
- 1st: Scenic Heights
Estimania:
- 6th: McArthur
- 5th: Bellview
- 4th: Jim Allen
- 3rd: Pine Meadow
- 2nd: Sherwood
- 1st: Pleasant Grove
Grasp a Graph:
- 6th: Pleasant Grove
- 5th: Scenic Heights
- 4th: Bratt
- 3rd: AK Suter
- 2nd: Kingsfield
- 1st: Hellen Caro
Write It, Do It:
6th: AK Suter
5th: Jim Allen
4th: Beulah
3rd: Blue Angels
2nd: Pine Meadow
1st: Molino Park
Mystery Powders:
- 6th: Lipscomb
- 5th: NB Cook
- Tie: 3rd: Global Learning Academy
- Tie: 3rd: Kingsfield
- 2nd: Molino Park
- 1st: Pleasant Grove
Rock Hound:
- 6th: Global Learning Academy
- Tie: 4th: Molino Park
- Tie: 4th: Bellview
- 3rd: Hellen Caro
- 2nd: McArthur
- 1st: NB Cook
Science Bowl:
- 6th: Kingsfield
- 5th: Ferry Pass
- 4th: Lipscomb
- 3rd: Bellview
- 2nd: Scenic Heights
- 1st: Pine Meadow
Robotics Pathways:
- 6th: Scenic Heights
- 5th: Beulah
- 4th: McArthur
- 3rd: Hellen Caro
- 2nd: Jim Allen
- 1st: Longleaf
Spirit Award: Longleaf
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Hope Linton Named Byrneville Elementary School Teacher of the Year
March 1, 2024
Hope Linton has been named the Byrneville Elementary School Teacher of the Year. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Jim Allen Students Create Winning Bookmarks For Literacy Week
March 1, 2024
Every good book needs a good bookmark.
The students at Jim Allen Elementary created bookmarks during a Literacy Week contest, and those judged the best in the school were printed. Every student at Jim Allen received one to take home.
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The winere were:
- Isabella Ortiz-Johnson – 1st grade
- Cataleena Holdener – 2nd grade
- Jayce Austin – 3rd grade
- Dylann Benjamin – 3rd grade
- Aubrey Moore – 3rd grade
- Aspen Neels – 3rd grade
- Abigail Webster – 3rd grade
- Lizzie Garrison – 4th grade
- Paisley Hurley – 4th grade
- Kyson Beck – 5th grade
- Phillip Dockery – 5th grade
- Lillian Floyd – 5th grade
- Kelsey Nance – 5th grade
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Tate FFA Gets “MOOving” With Literacy In Local Elementary Schools
February 26, 2024
The Tate High School FFA Chapter helped get National FFA Week “MOOving” through literacy programs at local elementary schools.
The Tate FFA Chapter got things “MOOving” by sharing a story about Florida’s dairy industry to local first grade students. Tate FFA officers, students from the agriculture communication class, and agriculture teachers and FFA advisors partnered with Jim Allen and McArthur Elementary schools to introduce the agriculture literacy program through Ag in the Classroom.
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Students read and shared “Moovers, Shakers, and Milk Makers,” a book which highlights dairy production in Florida. The first grade students learned about the dairy cow breeds, the practices used to care for dairy cows, and how a dairy operates.
After reading, the FFA students worked with the first graders on activities that focused on “Moovers, Shakers, and Milk Makers”.
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Ernest Ward FFA Presents ‘Golden Cow Dung Award’ To Assistant Principal
February 24, 2024
Ernest Ward Middle School Assistant Principal Dawn Inman received the annual “Golden Cow Dung Award” from members of the Ernest Ward FFA recently. The award features a large piece of cow dung, painted a golden color and mounted on a board painted in school colors.
Inman received the award during National FFA Week as a “thank you” for supporting FFA.
(Cow dung, in case you didn’t know for sure, is what you are probably thinking it is. It’s that natural byproduct that cows drop in the field. The award is 100% real dung spray painted a golden color. The golden dung piece is actually the original award piece created and painted in 2009 with an occasional paint touch up.)
Nancy Gindl-Perry was the first “Golden Cow Dung Award” recipient in 2009.
Other recipients have included:
- Kathy Ellis – 2010
- Lindsey Kelley – 2011
- Kenneth Hicks – 2012
- Betty Coon – 2013
- Barbara Ryals – 2014
- Laura Chavers – 2016
- Virkeisha Palmer – 2017
- Sherri Stallworth – 2018
- Phyllis Malone – 2019
- Tyvanna Boulanger – 2021
- Robin McCall – 2022
Pictured: Assistant Principal Dawn Inman received the annual “Golden Cow Dung Award” from the Ernest Ward Middle School FFA. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Ransom Middle School Announces Students Of The Month
February 8, 2024
Ransom Middle School has announced their January Students of the Month.They are eighth graders Isabelle Eden and Issac Dillard. Images for NorthEscambia.ocm, click to enlarge.
Cantonment Man Celebrates 107th Birthday
February 6, 2024
A Cantonment man celebrated his 107th birthday Monday at the Sodalis Senior Living Facility.
Army veteran Duane Brewton was born February 5, 1917. He was married for 78 years and has four children and a multitude of children and grandchildren.
Brewton has told facility staff that the secret to a long life is putting God first and taking care of your health.
He served in Europe during World War II.
Brewton had a big birthday cake and celebrated the momentous occasion with family and friends.
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Get To Know Cassi McGee, Escambia County’s Teacher Of The Year
February 6, 2024
As we first reported Friday night, Escambia County Public Schools named Pine Meadow Elementary’s Cassi McGee as Teacher of the Year.
McGee has been employed by the district since 2005, when she began as a fifth grade teacher at Scenic Heights Elementary. She stayed in that position until she transferred to Pine Meadow Elementary, where she still teaches today.
McGee’s students have consistently achieved learning gains and met and surpassed state-mandated benchmarks. In 2022-2023, 90% of her students made learning gains in math, with an average rise from a level 2 to 3. She has also been a valuable asset at Pine Meadow as the Math Committee Chair and is active in the Writing and Language Arts committees. Thirteen years ago at Pine Meadow, she started the safety patrol program for fifth-grade students, which is still thriving. She also serves as a coach for Pine Meadow’s award-winning Math and Battle of the Books teams each year.
“We are so proud to announce Cassi McGee has been selected as our Teacher of the Year,” stated ECPS Superintendent Keith Leonard. “Her contributions to Escambia County Public Schools epitomize the dedication, flexibility and innovation so necessary to prepare our students for a successful and meaningful future. She is truly an invaluable asset to her students, her school and this community as a whole.”
Ms. McGee will now move on to represent Escambia County Public Schools in the state Teacher of the Year competition.
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Tate Student Zoe Wade’s Sculpture Wins Second Place At National Beta Club State Convention
February 5, 2024
Tate High School student Zoe Wade won second place in Division 2 (11th and 12th graders) at the National Beta Club State Convention with her sculpture. With the win, Wade and her sculpture will advance to the nationals in Savannah, Georgia, this summer. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Bratt Elementary Staffers Stuck To A Wall Using Tape In Relay For Life Fundraiser
February 3, 2024
The principal and two staff members at Bratt Elementary were stuck to a wall Friday in a fundraiser for Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society.
Students purchased strips of duct tape in the “Stuck for a Buck” fundraiser.
Mrs. McCrory, Mr. Johnnie, and Coach Blackburn were stuck on a wall, raising over $1,400 for the Cancer Society
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