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Archive for: January, 2018

Author Watt Key speaks to JHS

Jay High School- As part of Celebrate Literacy Week!, on Wednesday, Jay High School had author Watt Key speak to the JHS student body (including JES’ 6th grade). Watt Key has wrote many popular books including Deep Water, Terror at Bottle Creek, Alabama Moon (which was a motion picture in 2009 starring John Goodman), Hideout, […]

Living With Purpose (Boys Edition)

    A little polish will make things look very different in this world. Wax and polish will make an old car vastly more attractive. Polish on a pair of dusty shoes will change them from ugliness, to something neat and respectable. I can remember as a child watching my Dad polish and shine his […]

Celebrate Literacy Week at JHS a major success!

Celebrate Literacy Week in Florida! is going on this week (January 22-26) and Jay High School has had activities going on everyday to get students excited about reading. Celebrate Literacy Week in Florida! is a state initiative that has been in place for many years now. The Florida Department of Education’s goal through this week is to […]

 SANTA ROSA TEACHER OF THE YEAR

 Santa Rosa County – Santa Rosa Superintendent of Schools Tim Wyrosdick, Santa Rosa School Board Members, and members of the Santa Rosa Education Foundation Teacher of the Year Selection Committee announced Erin Cosky as the Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year 2019 during a surprise visit to her classroom this morning. Erin teaches earth and […]

Royals drop home game to Warriors

@ Jay- On Friday the Royals hosted P.C.A. and could not get the win. Towards the end of a very low scoring first half, the Warriors hit a 3 point shot on tbe buzzer to take a 19-14 lead at the break. In the second half, both teams shot tbe ball much better, but towards […]

YOUTH BASEBALL REGISTRATIONSThe City of Milton is now accepting sign-ups for youth baseball.

Baseball is for children ages 5 to 14 years of age broken down into T-ball (5-6), coach pitch (7-8) and kid pitch leagues (9-14).Registration will continue until Feb. 28th, unless the league reaches the maximum capacity of players or before then. The registration fee is $90 per child. Free registration is available to those families […]

Jay wins High School Math Tournament

@  Coastal Alabama (formerly Jefferson Davis CC)-On Thursday, nine schools were represented in the annual Tedder Math Tournament. The students from JHS represented the school well as they were crowned champions of the event. The way the competition works is every student takes an exam ( roughly 200 students from 9 area schools). After lunch, […]

Lady Royals beat Crusaders

@ Jay- On Thursday, Catholic High School made the trip to Jay. They went back to Pensacola with a loss as the Lady Royals used a big second half to take care of the visiting Crusaders. JV Jay 37 Carholic 19 Varsity Jay 44 Catholic 22

Book Sale at St. Mary’s Milton

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church is hosting a book sale Jan. 27 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Jan. 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The sale will be held in the church parish hall at 6849 Oak St. in Milton, Fla.  Books from three households have been donated to St. Mary’s for this […]

Living With Purpose (Girls Edition)

    I recently read a story about a young woman who was mesmerized by testimonies about faith healing. She was a noble, educated, and cultivated woman, but she was born with several birth marks that covered half of her face. They were so pronounced they could not possibly escape the attention of anyone. Every […]