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Education

Registry for Schools Registry
Students registering in Bay County Public Schools for the first time must present the following:

  • One document showing proof of residency within the school district.

  • A Certificate of Immunization (HRS Form 680) which is available from private physicians or the local Public Health Department.

  • Proof of a medical examination within the past 12 months if your child is entering a Florida school for the first time.

  • Birth certificate of the Child being registered

  • Child’s Social Security Card

  • Incoming seventh grade students must have proof (HRS Form 680) of a series of immunizations that includes a second dose of Measles vaccine, Hepatitis-B (at least the first in series of three) and tetanus-diphtheria vaccine.

Curriculum
The Sunshine State Standards and Benchmarks, a listing of what Florida’s students should know and be able to do, form the basis of the curriculum offered in Bay District schools. Standards focus on seven traditional academic areas: Language Arts (including reading & writing), Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, The Arts, Health & Physical Education, and Foreign Languages. Students in pre-Kindergarten through adult education experience a varied curriculum designed to fit a wide variety of needs and interests.

Bay County Schools Elementary
Breakfast Point                                                                                         Callaway
Cedar Grove
Hiland Park
Hutchinson Beach
Lucille Moore
Lynn Haven
Merriam Cherry Street
Northside
Oakland Terrace (Visual & Performing Arts)
Parker
Patronis
Southport
Springfield
Tommy Smith
Tyndall
Waller
West Bay

Middle Schools
Everitt
Jinks
Merritt Brown
Mowat
Surfside

K-12 School
Deane Bozeman

High Schools
A.C. Mosley
Bay                                                                                                                 J.R. Arnold Rosenwald (Alternative)
Rutherford

Charter Schools
Bay Haven Charter Academy                                                                 Chautauqua Learn and Serve                                                                     Newpoint Bay

Special Purpose Schools
M.K. Lewis Center
New Horizons
St. Andrews School                                                                                       

Private Schools
Kaleidoscope School of Discovery
Panama City Renaissance School
St. Johns Catholic School
Covenant Christian

Adult/Technical Schools                                                                              Tom P. Haney Technical Center

Higher Education
FSU Panama City                                                                                         Florida State University Panama City is a full-service regional campus of one of the nation's top public universities. More than 30 undergraduate and graduate degree programs are offered at it beautiful waterfront campus along North Bay including electrical, computer, civil and environmental engineering, computer science, criminology, nursing, business, education, social work and accounting. The new FSU PC Holley Academic Center provides students state-of-the-art academic laboratories, "smart technology" classrooms, a high-tech online library and learning center, lecture hall, seminar and study rooms. In addition to flexible scheduling, small classes allow for personalized instruction from dedicated faculty.     

Florida State University Panama City is committed to the success of each student and to "Changing Lives By Degrees". Visit the FSU PC website at www.pc.fsu.edu or contact the campus at (850) 872-4750 or Toll Free at (866) 696-7872.                                            

Gulf Coast Community College (GCCC)
Since 1957, Gulf Coast Community College had provided a first class education to the citizens of Bay, Gulf & Franklin counties. With its strong emphasis on success, regardless of students' academic background, age or educational goals, the college is proud of the success of its graduates who transfer to state universities and of its occupational students who have extremely high placement rates in the careers they have chosen.

Gulf Coast faculty and staff dedicate themselves to serving students who plan to transfer to a state university, want a new career or better job skills, seek basic skills, or want to enrich their lives. Gulf Coast serves more than 7,000 students each semester and an additional 21,000 students annually in the Center for Business, Continuing & Community Education courses.

Because 75 percent of GCCC students work, classes are offered at convenient times and in convenient locations -- morning, afternoon, evening and weekend courses, in addition to courses on the Internet, on DVD and on video tape that students can view at their own pace in their own homes. In addition to the main campus in Panama City, the college holds classes at Tyndall Air Force Base, the North Bay Center and the Gulf/Franklin Center in Port St. Joe.

Because paying for college is always a concern, there are hundreds of GCCC Foundation scholarships available for both students just graduating from high school and those returning to school, in addition to student assistantships, work study grants and student loans for those that qualify through scholastic achievement or need. For more information on GCCC, please contact us at (850) 769-1551 or visit our website at www.gulfcoast.edu .

Troy University
With two locations to serve the residents of Bay County, Troy University offers a variety of educational programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels in traditional in-class settings or online through our distance learning eCampus programs. Adult students of diverse educational backgrounds and varied work schedules will find the convenient five 9-week terms provides the opportunity to pursue higher education while continuing to maintain full-time employment. With over 120 years of experience in education, Troy is regionally accredited and is focused on providing quality education one student at a time. For more information on Troy, please contact us at (850) 747-0634 or by email at panamacity@troy.edu .

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU)
The ERAU – Tyndall campus located on Tyndall Air Force Base offers degree programs in Associate of Science and Bachelor of Science in Professional Aeronautics, Associate of Science and Bachelor of Science in Technical Management, and Master of Aeronautical Science and Master of Science in Management.  Classes are conveniently offered in the evenings and via distance learning.  VA Approved.  For more information on ERAU call us 850.283.4557 or email us at tyndall.center@erau.edu. Visit us on the web at www.erau.edu/tyndall.