PAULA MERCER OF KWHS IS KEYS’ TOP TEACHER
Key West High School teacher Paula Mercer is the Monroe County School District’s 2025 Teacher of the Year. Darren Pais of Key Largo School...
MONROE COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE REVERTING TO AN OLD, EFFECTIVE TOOL
Monroe County schools are reverting to an old, effective tool in phonics programs, said Heidi Roberts, literacy coordinator for the district.
During a Nov. 18...
WOLTANSKI FILES FOR RE-ELECTION TO THE MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD
Dr. Sue Woltanski has filed for re-election to the Monroe County School Board, District 5.
First elected in 2018, Woltanski has been a steady,...
SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL RENOVATE REYNOLDS SCHOOL
An old school will get a new look and a renewed mission in the coming months, as the school district readies Reynolds School for...
RETIRING SUPERINTENDENT THERESA AXFORD RECALLS 48 YEARS IN KEYS SCHOOLS
In 1976, a young school teacher from Philadelphia arrived in Key West, where she had accepted a job teaching English at a Catholic school...
SUGARLOAF ROBOTICS TEAM WINS WORLDWIDE COMPETITION
Robots that swim, robots that think and robots that bend time: Monroe County schools have them all. Competitive robotics teams in the district’s middle...
SCHOOL BOARD SELECTS ED TIERNEY AS SUPERINTENDENT
The school board’s five-month search for its next superintendent ended this week, with the selection of Ed Tierney for the school district’s top job.
The...
KEY LARGO’S MARINELAB JOINS BLUE STAR OPERATORS
MarineLab Environmental Education Center recently joined the network of Blue Star operators organized by NOAA’s Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Blue Star operators are committed...
FLORIDA KEYS’ ONLY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL OPENS JAN. 6
For the first time in nearly 40 years, Key West has a Catholic high school housed in its own building, complete with a state-of-the-art...
SCHOOL BOARD TALKS STEM & BUS CAMERAS
Monroe County school board members were briefed on science technology engineering and mathematics (STEM) and career technical education (CTE) programs during a Dec. 10...
