International Group Visits Northview High’s Ag Program, FFA
November 14, 2017
The Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council and the U.S. Department of State hosted an international delegation Monday at Northview High School. The group met with Northview High FFA students and agriscience instructors to learn about the benefits of experiential learning for students and how students are able to translate skills from agricultural education to entrepreneurship activities.
The group is visiting programs such as the Northview FFA to learn leadership strategies and communication skills used to manage political and social challenges.
While on the Northview campus, the international group also had a chance to get up close with the beef cattle raised on site by FFA and agricultural program students.
Participants were from Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, the Palestinian Territories and Saudi Arabia.
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SpongeBob: Downtown Pensacola Crowd Yells ‘Chocolate’ Thanks To North Escambia Residents
November 14, 2017
“Chocolate!”
A sizeable crowd gathered at the Palafox Pier in downtown Pensacola Monday evening with a single purpose — to yell “Chocolate!” repeatedly. As strange as it may sound, it was a social media experiment of sorts and a tribute to a SpongeBob Squarepants episode. And the brainchild of two North Escambia residents — Morgan Payne and Steven Gregory of Bratt.
Many say “Chocolate” is one the greatest SpongeBob episodes ever, as Patrick and SpongeBob go out selling chocolates door to door. One one house, the man just starts screaming “Chocolate” over and over.
“Well one day I was thinking it would be hilarious to just have a bunch of people meet in this public place and scream “‘Chocolates’ like in the SpongeBob episode, so I told my friend Steven Gregory about it and and he was all for it,” Payne said. “So we both planned it together. Honestly we thought it would be a joke and no one would ever show up but me and him and maybe a few of our friends.”
But they were surprised as their Facebook event page had over 500 people interested and 200 committed to attending. By Monday, the day of the event, over 1,300 people were following and almost 400 people had shared.
“When we got there, we were surprised that there were actually quite a bunch of people we had never even seen before there,” Payne said. “Everyone yelled so loud for about 15 minutes, then the rest of the time we sang songs from SpongeBob.”
Payne and Gregory are already planning to do a “flash mob” again — the exact details are still in the works.
“There were a lot of people who wanted to come but couldn’t because of work or sickness so we are definitely going to do something like this again,” she said.
A video and scenes from the event are below. Video and photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Photo: Yellow Gold And White
November 12, 2017
Pictured: The yellow gold sky and white cotton crop seen during Saturday afternoon’s sunset on Gobbler Road in Oak Grove. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
Century Honors Veterans (With Photo Gallery)
November 10, 2017
The Town of Century held a program to honor veterans Thursday afternoon at the Century Community Center. The program featured patriotic music from the Byrneville Elementary School choir, the presentation of the colors and an American flag folding demonstration by the Northview High School Naval JROTC. Guest speaker was Century resident Sgt. Major Hal Carnley who retired with 31-years military service.
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Let’s Sing America: Bratt Elementary Veterans Day Program (With Gallery)
November 10, 2017
Bratt Elementary School presented “Let’s Sing America”, a special Veterans Day program, Thursday.
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Northview Holds Veterans Program (With Photo Gallery)
November 10, 2017
Northview High School honored veterans Thursday with their annual Veterans Day program.
The guest speaker was Captain Chuck Kicker USN (ret) who served for 30 years as a Navy Surface Warfare Officer. He has continued his service to our country as a federal civil service employee and is currently the Executive Director of the Center of Naval Aviation Technical Training (CNATT), training future Sailors and Marines.
The event also included essay readings, a flag folding detail by the Northview NJROTC and special recognition of veterans.
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Bratt’s Doughnut Boy Featured On CBS Evening News
November 10, 2017
Bratt’s very own “Donut Boy” Tyler Carach was featured in a report Thursday night on the national “CBS Evening News”.
Tyler, 10, and his mother Sheena, who is a former police officer, created the “I DONUT need a reason to THANK a cop” program. Since buying doughnuts for four Escambia County deputies at a Bratt convenience store last August, Tyler has taken his mission on the road, providing doughnuts for law enforcement agencies across the country.
He recently completed a 10-day, 6,000 mile journey using doughnuts to thank law enforcement officers in several states, including officers in Las Vegas shortly after the mass shooting massacre. So far, he’s passed out about 34,000 doughnuts.
CBS News report Mark Strassmann caught up with Tyler, who is a student at Byrneville Elementary School, in Houston during his 10 day trip.
To view the CBS Evening News report, click here.
Images courtesy CBS News.
Ernest Ward Middle Honors Veterans (With Photo Gallery)
November 8, 2017
Ernest Ward Middle School paused to honor veterans from the across the area Thursday morning.
The school’s chorus performed patriotic music and a special dramatic presentation centered around the men of Iwo Jima was performed by the drama class. Guest speaker was Master at Arms First Class Wartley-Banks from Pensacola.
The annual Veterans Day program at Ernest Ward is a longstanding community tradition, held annually for about the last 25 years.
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Pictured top: An Ernest Ward Middle School drama presentation centered around the men of Iwo Jima. Pictured inset: EWMS Assistant Principal Virkeisha Palmer performs “God Bless the USA”. Pictured below: Numerous local veterans were recognized, including World War II veteran Raymond Norris. Pictured bottom: Another scene from the Iwo Jima presentation. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Bratt Elementary Releases Latest Honor Roll
November 8, 2017
The following students were named to the first nine weeks honor roll at Bratt Elementary School:
First Grade A Honor Roll
Alexis Amerson
Eric Anthony
Nola Barber
Alexa Beasley
Abigail Brown
Jaxon Byrd
Addison Carpenter
Carson Eady
Aubrey Flowers
Pryce Flowers
Josyah Fontenot
Olivia Garrett
Nathan Gilmore
Kyndal Hadley
Autumn Heist
Mason Helton
Sophia Ikner
Maybree Johnson
Noah Luker
Jonathan Patrick
Keylashia Randle
Madison Rice
Caden Sanspree
James Thompson
Kinley White
Mi’Kavion White
First Grade A-B Honor Roll
Sadie Baker
Jerrilynn Barlow
Landen Barlow
Harmony Cruz
Kaedyn Eady
Kintley Flowers
Christian Fountain
Jepp Godwin
Alexa Hardy
Denis Lambeth
Jeremy Lisenby
Parker Marsh
Mya McCants
Briley Moore
Natalia Morales
Layla Pettway
Jade Presley
Ashton Roberts
Kimmora Thomas
Summer Weaver
Second Grade A Honor Roll
Landon Allcock
Gabrielle Boatwright
Logan Diller
Sawyer Gilmore
Brody Hall
Camden Jacobson
John McAnally
Brooklyn Reynolds
Christian Roberts
Makinzi Roley
Wyatt Spence
Lani Steadham
Kennedy Ward
Kaylee Wilson
Second Grade A-B Honor Roll
Govan Alexander
Tyler Amerson
Eli Anthony
Marquis Banks
Kasei Barlow
Jack Carpenter
Jamarreai Davison
Jacob Dove
O’Neshia DuBose
Brayden Faircloth
Zachary Flowers
Parker Ganey
Emmalee Grimes
Evelyn Jones
Logan Kaul
Jaivion Kyles
M’kenzie Mcghee
Caleb Nichols
Brian Pardue
Hunter Parker
Madalynn Pittman
Kain Pompa
Breah Shelly
Adalynn Southard
Cassandra Stilwell
Kameryn Thompson
Third Grade A Honor Roll
Montgomery Baker
Amara Campbell
Christian Caraway
Jacobi Dougall
Cathryn Greenwood
Presley Johnson
Kylee Langham
Kaylee Long
Mikayla McAnally
Dakota Richardson
Miles Smith
Avery Stuckey
Third Grade A-B Honor Roll
Presley Amos
William Classen
Janessa Crook
Caley Daharsh
Carlie Davis
Crimson Davis
Kylar Davis
Annberly Dunn
Nolan Eady
Hayden Gipson
Laila Hadley
Jackson Helton
Dallas Kelson
Savannah Lowry
Victoria Mason
Makayla Plato
Anna Claire Sanspree
Jake Taylor
Tomiyah Thomas
Raleigh Warr
Cobie Wiggins
Fourth Grade A Honor Roll
Desiray Bagwell
Jackson Bridges
Jackson Simmons
Maggie Stewart
Fourth Grade A-B Honor Roll
Lauren Abbott
Ellie Adkins
Claire Amerson
Wade Bailey
Bailey Blackwell
Lindsey Brown
Nevaeh Bush
Luke Chavers
Kenslee Chavira
Addison Classen
Tristan Crumm
Aakira Davis
Jordan Dawson
Addison Eicher
Talise Gregson
Joseph Hardenbrook
William Heard
LanDon Johnson
Tristan Johnson
Samantha Minchew
Carley Moore
Christopher Odom
Braylan Shelly
Justy Starns
Jeremy Thomas
Mya Wilson
Jasmine Zisa
Fifth Grade A Honor Roll
JaCee Dortch
Jamison Gilman
Ja’Marrion Hooks
Mary Catherine Hughes
Laura Laborde
Adannaya Mondaca
Colby Pugh
Ally Richardson
Maggie Scott
Zakyla Smith
Fifth Grade A-B Honor Roll
Ayden Atallah
Evan Chick
Kinslee Coker
Ashton Covan
Beau Daw
Payton Daw
Noah Faulkner
Aliyah Fountain
Brayden Hawkins
Taliyah Johnson
Derek Kinley
Kamryn Langham
Michael McGhee
Anthony Miller
Landen Robertson
Daygen Slate
Bryce Stabler
Ashkia Weaver
Jayden White
Northview Plans For Wind Turbine, Solar Car Grant Project
November 7, 2017
Northview High School was recently awarded a $4,800 grant from the Escambia County Public Schools Foundation (ECPS), part of nearly $100,000 in 2017-2018 Grants for Excellence to teams from 21 Escambia County School District schools.
Northview’s project — “Bridges, The Wind, and The Sun: We Build, We Analyze, We Harness” — will consist of students building bridges, wind turbines, and solar powered cars out of kits. The students will also analyze the electrical output of the wind turbines and solar power cards, and there may also be a solar car race in the works.
The 17-member Northview team that will oversee the project, including math and science teachers, met Monday morning as implementation plans are made.
Pictured are: (front, L-R) Teresa Johnson, Joyce Gunn, Alison Robinson, Rachel Pleasant, Candice Greenwell, (back, L-R) Jim Shugart, Charlie Code, Clint Davis, Jason Stabler, Brad Lowery and Danny Steele. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.