At Seaside Neighborhood School, we strive to provide all students with an opportunity to realize
their full potential in a setting that is safe, orderly, and small enough that students feel
recognized and nurtured. The school accomplishes this goal by offering a balanced and flexible
curriculum. The success of Seaside Neighborhood School is due to its innovative educational
program spearheaded by a certified professional faculty.
Keys to Charter School Success:
- Curriculum that is developmentally responsive, performance-based, and inter-
disciplinary.
- Instruction delivered through personalized education plans & flexible grouping.
- Team planning and teaching.
- Hands-on learning experiences.
- Integration of technology into daily learning experiences.
- Community faculty involvement.
- School-sponsored radio station, 30-A Radio
- Parental involvement through membership in an oversight board and an active PTO.
- Accelerated Reader program accompanied by a silent reading program.
- Low students-to-teacher ratio.
- Faculty commitment to after-school tutoring in all subject areas.
- Extracurricular activities that include academics, the arts, and sports.
About Our School
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About thirteen years ago, a group of concerned parents and
other community members began meeting informally to discuss
improving the quality of education in Walton County. Meetings
continued every six to eight weeks with participation from
individuals in Seagrove, Seaside, Grayton Beach, Destin,
Freeport, and Niceville, among other places. The message was
clear: quality education is a top priority of many citizens (and would-be citizens) of our Northwest
Florida neighborhoods. Over time, the discussion began to focus on the desirability of
developing a small population neighborhood school to serve young people in grades six, seven,
and eight.
Our vision of a "neighborhood" school is that schools should be sized and located to enable
children to walk or bicycle to them. Our students' safety and sense of community are supported
by this arrangement.
Through the use of technology as an educational tool as well as the use of the surrounding
pristine physical environment for certain learning experiences, our students are encouraged to
search for knowledge beyond the limits of the school buildings.
Granted charter school status in 1995, the Seaside Neighborhood School started with 50
students in modular classrooms. Its permanent home, on the Lyceum lawn, just off Seaside's
Central Square, was designed by architect Richard Gibbs and dedicated on March 16, 1998.
Location fees from "The Truman Show," donated by Robert and Daryl Davis and the Town
Council of Seaside, paid for this building. A second school building was completed recently; its
auditorium doubles as an assembly hall for the town.
other community members began meeting informally to discuss
improving the quality of education in Walton County. Meetings
continued every six to eight weeks with participation from
individuals in Seagrove, Seaside, Grayton Beach, Destin,
Freeport, and Niceville, among other places. The message was
clear: quality education is a top priority of many citizens (and would-be citizens) of our Northwest
Florida neighborhoods. Over time, the discussion began to focus on the desirability of
developing a small population neighborhood school to serve young people in grades six, seven,
and eight.
Our vision of a "neighborhood" school is that schools should be sized and located to enable
children to walk or bicycle to them. Our students' safety and sense of community are supported
by this arrangement.
Through the use of technology as an educational tool as well as the use of the surrounding
pristine physical environment for certain learning experiences, our students are encouraged to
search for knowledge beyond the limits of the school buildings.
Granted charter school status in 1995, the Seaside Neighborhood School started with 50
students in modular classrooms. Its permanent home, on the Lyceum lawn, just off Seaside's
Central Square, was designed by architect Richard Gibbs and dedicated on March 16, 1998.
Location fees from "The Truman Show," donated by Robert and Daryl Davis and the Town
Council of Seaside, paid for this building. A second school building was completed recently; its
auditorium doubles as an assembly hall for the town.
