On November 5, Sustainable Futures, a subsidiary of Science National Honor Society, applied for a Will Do grant to fund a solar panel installation on the school. Will Do, a philanthropic organization of women in our community, seeks to make change through giving grants to worthy causes in our community. Sustainable Futures members Addie Sims,…
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Erin Cosky: is is rocket science! 2017 Teacher of the Year
Erin Cosky, the AP Environmental Science and Earth and Space science teacher, won Gulf Breeze High School’s 2017 Teacher of the Year. She says, “It was really exciting. It was humbling to know that my peers chose me and it felt really nice.” Mrs. Cosky grew up in Chicago Illinois, and was going to go…
Latin is alive in the Breeze
Gulf Breeze High School hosted the annual Region One Latin Forum for the 21st year. Competing schools included Escambia High, Niceville High, Rocky Bayou High, and Gulf Breeze High, as well as Arnold High and Senior Classical Conversations. Pine Forest also attended. Students competed in four main categories: Academia, Arts/Creatives, Olympia, and Certamen. Academic…
HOSA wins big at state
On January 12th and 13th our very own health academy students went to PSC to compete in the regional HOSA competition. HOSA stands for Health Occupations Student Association, and it was created for middle and high school students wanting to go into the healthcare field. At the spring conference the students get to compete…
JROTC cadets earn ribbons at banquet
Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) had their semester awards night Tuesday, January 17, 2017. Awards night takes place twice a year, once at the end of each semester, to acknowledge what they have accomplished and to do the Change-of-Command. The night started with a twenty minute speech presented by Corps Commander, Jessica Lerille. One…
APUSH students take trip to Ft. Pickens
On Friday, January 27th, Ms. Parker’s APUSH students took a field trip to Fort Pickens on Pensacola Beach. Groups of three APUSH students were in charge of a student led scavenger hunt with eighth graders from Ferrypass Middle School. Along the hunt, various storytellers were placed at historical spots within the fort to inform students…
Valentine’s Day: don’t be salty on such a sweet day
Valentine’s Day: a holiday filled with roses, Cupids, chocolates, flowers, and love. For some, this is a joyful day to remind their loved ones how much they care. This is a day not only for romance, but also for friendship and family. Others, however, see this day merely as an obvious reminder of their loneliness…
Winterfest puts on a white-hot winter show
Winterfest, a festival in downtown Pensacola that celebrates all things Christmas, will be held from November 20th- December 24th. Through the magic of Pensacola’s Winterfest, the moment you walk into the Christmas Town at the Courthouse on Palafox Street, the snow begins to fall. A cup of hot chocolate and the sound of the trolley…
Ballet Pensacola Produces ‘The Nutcracker’
Ballet Pensacola is celebrating their tenth year producing “The Nutcracker” under their name. Ballet Pensacola was originally founded in 1978 as Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre and produced the first production of “The Nutcracker” in 1989. “The Nutcracker” is originally based on the story “The Nutcracker and the King of Mice” by E.T.A. Hoffman, but has been…
Navarre Game Champs
The Gulf Breeze Dolphin football team won their first district championship since 1989, and it was also their first win over Navarre since 2006. The rivalry game was settled by a score of 31-28 in Navarre territory. The game was never one sided and momentum switched constantly. Navarre struck first on their second drive of…