Category: School

Ramsey Sullivan ECB Publishing, Inc. After living in Tallahassee for a few short years, Dorian Bradley has come back to his hometown roots to serve his community. Bradley joined the Jefferson County…

Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. As you may have noticed, this year, what is generally known as the 4-H Tropicana Public Speaking Contest, or just Tropicana for short, is now known as…

Submitted by Theresa A. Sterling On this November day, every girl has logged a personal best, their fastest time so far this year as part of Girls on the Run at Jefferson…

I never intended to be a teacher. In fact, I remember thinking in college how dreadfully boring it would be working inside, doing the same thing day-after-day for an entire year. Growing…

Steve Cordle ECB Publishing, Inc On Monday, Nov. 16, Jefferson-Somerset announced their teachers of the year and employee of the year for the 2020-2021 school year. It’s an honor to receive such…

Steve Cordle ECB Publishing, Inc. It has been theorized that the average vocabulary stops growing at age 25. It has been shown that a deep or lengthy vocabulary is necessary to be…

Erin Greene is in her third year teaching Kindergarten at Jefferson Somerset “It’s amazing how ‘work friends’ can turn into people you genuinely can’t get through life without.” I am a Kindergarten…

Story Submitted Jefferson Somerset students celebrated Characters on Parade a little different this year, as they ALL wore masks. Elementary students dressed up as their favorite book character and middle high dressed…

Nothing but the Lord, that is how Brenda Wirick describes her 21 years of teaching. Wirick’s teaching experience began in 1988 when she interned at Jefferson Elementary, Bill McRae was the principal…

Submitted by: Theresa A. Sterling, M.A. ESOL Coordinator Jefferson – Somerset Charter School The pandemic has presented significant challenges for educators and students around the globe, and Jefferson County is no different….

Professional and Educational Background: I graduated from the University of North Florida in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in French. I continued at UNF for my graduate…

It takes a village to raise a child. It’s the general statement we all hear. Well, I’m here to tell you that it’s true. Teachers have the very important responsibility of shaping…

Aucilla Christian Academy announces its Honor Roll for the first nine weeks of the 2020-2021 school year. Congratulations to the students who made it. K4 (Cruce) E: Sawyer Bennett, River Cruce, Fletcher Fato,…

I have been an elementary teacher for 20 years. 18 of those years have been in beautiful Jefferson County. An important lesson I have learned in this time is the only certainty…

Theresa Sterling Jefferson Somerset Academy He spent the summer preparing for the new school year in very different ways compared to years past. Not only was he hiring new staff, examining curricula,…

Steve Cordle ECB Publishing, Inc. There are a lot of ways to honor someone. Honor can be as simple as a card or plaque thanking the recipient for a job well done…

Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. It takes a lot of people to run a school. Teachers, nurses, office staff, sanitation staff and more. But one part of the staff that is more…

Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County homeschool group has been very busy these past few months, working to establish a unique group that can provide many resources and activities to…

Submitted by North Florida College North Florida College is one of the best colleges in the nation to work for according to results released today by The Chronicle of Higher Education. This is…

Steve Cordle ECB Publishing, Inc. There are four bus drivers on the road for Aucilla Christian Academy for the 2020-21 school year. We got in touch with two of them who shared…