Back to school
This handwriting on the school wall offers some words of wisdom to all students. [ Contributed ]
Finleigh and Sailor Putnal take on the fourth and second grades at Franklin County Schools. [ Contributed ]
Skyla Quinn is a second grader at the ABC School. [ Contributed ]
Tulsi Harris is a pre-Kindergartener in Franklin County. [ Contributed ]
Mya Huckeba is a senior at Franklin County High School. [ Contributed ]
Ashlynn Gay shows off her pride in being a kindergartner at the ABC School. [ Contributed ]
Ceri Massey and Jorga Fran Taylor stick close together at the Franklin County Schools. [ Contributed ]
Port St. Joe sophomore Aubrey Armstead and second grader Isaiah Farmer. [ Contributed ]
Getting ready for classes in Port St. Joe are Kylie, Baylie, Paisley, Khloee, and Corbyn Moses. [ Contributed ]
Junior Zoey Ham, fifth grader Kyleigh King and sixth grader Maddie King attend school in Port. St. Joe [ Contributed ]
Wewahitchka freshman Neela Lucas. [ Contributed ]
Wewahitchka junior Kyndall Owens, and senior Troy Owens. [ Contributed ]
Ribbons, books, bows, new shoes and books
Last week began an adventure for parents and students alike, as the schools in Franklin and Gulf counties swung open their doors to new and returning students alike.
The Star and the Times asked parents to submit photos from the first week of school, and our Facebook pages are filled with a rich assortment provided by our readers. We are providing here an assortment of these photos.
Thank you to everyone for taking part and we look forward to continuing to highlight the counties’ most precious possessions, our children, who we shape now so someday they will shape the future.
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.