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  • Students represent Wakulla well at state

    Special to The News

    The Jake Pigott Memorial American Legion Post and Auxiliary 144 sent seven students to the annual Boys and Girls State Session to represent Wakulla County. The session was held in July in Tallahassee.

    The Wakulla High School students, who are currently seniors, took part in a mock legislative session similar to the session held by the Florida Legislature.

    Participants elect members to serve as governor and other state, county and city positions. The propose bills and pass legislature.

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  • Student artwork on display

    Student artwork is on display at locations in Wakulla County until May.

    At Centennial Bank/Crawfordville: Dawn Evans (C.O.A.S.T.), Ethan Owen, Damonta Morris (Wakulla High), Cori Chaganis (Riversprings Middle), Savannah Petrandis (Medart Elementary), Aiden Stroup (Riversink Elementary) and Aubrey Trice, Nhi Hoang and Dallas Harris (Wakulla Middle).

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  • Gunnarsson performs in All State Honor Band

    Special to The News

    Mattias Gunnarsson, an eighth grade trombonists at Riversprings Middle School, performed in the MENC All State Honor Band last month.

    He was the only band representative from the county to participate.

    The Riversprings Band Program has been proud to have representatives attend this event for the past three years.

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  • 19 Students perform in district honor bands

    Special to The News

    On Jan. 28, 19 of our most talented students performed in the Florida Bandmasters Association All District 3 Honor Bands.

    These bands, high school and middle school, are comprised of only those students who successfully passed rather difficult audition requirements. They also had only three rehearsals to learn and perform up to five tough selections of music for their group.

    All the students handled themselves with dedication and hard work.

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  • Ecotourism classes start Monday at TCC

    The TCC Wakulla Center’s new semester of ecotourism classes start Monday, Feb. 20. Students will have an opportunity to share their passion for ecology and love of nature with others by getting a Green Guide Certification from TCC.
    The ecotourism program provides students with hands on experiences through nature-based classes and field-trips throughout Big Bend’s rural areas.

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  • New FCAT cut scores released

    By BETH O’DONNELL
    Assistant Superintendent for Instruction

    In the spring of 2011, Florida public school students in grades three through 10 took a newer, more rigorous version of the FCAT (Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test) called FCAT 2.0.  
    When results were made available to parents in the summer of 2011, the scores were reported to them using the older version of FCAT because the cut scores had not been established yet by the state. 

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  • Chunn will attend sunshine scholars program

    The Florida Panhandle’s highest achieving science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students will join their peers from around the state Thursday and Friday in Orlando to be honored during the 2012 Sunshine State Scholars program.
    The two-day awards and recruitment event celebrates their accomplishments and provides an opportunity for colleges and universities to recruit their talents.
    Each school district selects and names one 11th grade scholar based on established criteria. Jonathan Chunn will represent Wakulla County.

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  • Crawfordville Elementary School thanks community for support

    Special to The News

    Crawfordville Elementary has been hosting a festival for many years.
    In order for these festivals to be successful, the community simply must support them through donating items or agreeing to be a festival sponsor.

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  • NJROTC take first place at field meet

    By ZACHARY AZZARITO
    Public Affairs Oficer

    As students returned to school at the beginning of 2012, the War Eagle Navy didn’t waste any time getting prepared for the FAMU field meet which was held Jan. 28.

    The variety of different competition teams practiced every day to prefect their drill routines, knowledge and athleticism. Over the course of the month, the seniors made sure the uniforms were in top shape, captain and lieutenant quizzed the platoons on their military knowledge and the unit worked on making sure the Personnel Inspection was practiced.

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  • Local author visits Wakulla Middle

    Special to The News

    Wakulla Middle School was extremely excited to have a guest author on Wednesday, Jan. 25, during Celebrate Literacy week.
    Local writer Leo Lovel was interviewed by Principal Mike Barwick on the morning announcements and also visited classrooms to read a selection from one of his books and answer questions.
    Lovel is the owner of Spring Creek Restaurant and the creator of “The Spring Creek Chronicles” and the “All Florida Reader.”

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