Students learn leadership by serving others
Sixth graders at Riverside Presbyterian Day School completed more than 550 hours of community service around Jacksonville during October, as part of a year-long Project LEADS program. Community programs touched by the hands and feet of sixth grade students included Catholic Charities, The City Rescue Mission, Family Promise, Feeding NE Florida Food Bank, MaliVai Washington […]
New library keeps learning going after hours
Students at Fishweir Elementary School have their own Free Little Library, which was officially opened Oct. 20 with a ribbon cutting. Even when school is not in session, students may choose books from the Little Library and return them to exchange for a new one when they have finished reading it. The library was created […]
Middle schoolers named as semifinalists in Broadcom Masters Science Competition
A.J. Horkan of San Jose Catholic School and Blake Caven of Julia Landon College Preparatory School have been named as semi-finalists in the nationwide Broadcom MASTERS Science Competition for Middle School students. Both boys were winners at the Northeast Florida Regional Science and Engineering Fair (NEFRSEF) and qualified by being among the top 10 percent […]
Two local junior sailors qualify for 2017 team trials
The Florida Yacht Club, in conjunction with the City of Jacksonville, hosted the 2016 USODA Southeastern Championship Sept. 16-18. The regatta featured 165 Optimist class boats, which raced the St. Johns River to the delight of more than 200 visitors and spectators from around the globe. Wes Myler and Patrick Kunz, representing Florida Yacht Club, […]
Bishop Kenny students support International Bowls project
Bishop Kenny students, faculty and staff joined forces with the school’s art club to create empty ceramic bowls in support of the International Empty Bowls project in the art room on Sept. 20. The bowls serve as reminders of all the people in the world who do not have enough to eat and will be […]
Local Olympic Games enthrall neighborhood kids
For Olympic competitors and their fans, there’s probably nothing more thrilling than hearing the iconic words “Let the games begin!” For nearly two dozen Avondale children, those same words – and the lighting of the Challen Avenue Olympic torch – kicked off an evening of fun Aug. 14. The brainchild of Judge Emmet Ferguson, the […]
Riverside dancer’s tenacity pays off in a big way
At 18, Pamela Litz has a world of opportunities before her, but the journey has not always been easy for the young dancer and scholar. While a student at LaVilla, her parents divorced when she was 14. Litz’ normally cheerful demeanor changed and her academic studies suffered. The one constant in her life was her […]
Local student gathers friends, shoes for impoverished
With a heart for those in need, high school student Christian Glover is not only running hard for the Bolles Cross Country team, but running his own campaign to shoe the shoeless. Glover, a senior at The Bolles School, wanted to help raise awareness and deliver on a higher purpose outside of the typical preseason […]
