Two from San Marco help redesign girls’ locker room at Bolles
Four senior student athletes – two from San Marco – had a hand in redesigning the new girls’ locker room on the Bolles Upper School campus in San Jose. This summer, several cross-country runners met with the Bolles’ maintenance office to discuss opportunities to improve the girls’ locker room. Prior to this school year, the […]
Wolfson High converts media center into relaxed ‘living room’ setting
New signage and an electronic marquee outside, as well as a fresh new look for its media center, show evidence that subtle transformations are occurring at Samuel Wolfson School for Advanced International Studies and Leadership since it became a dedicated magnet last fall. Gone are 50 desktop computers and the old, well-worn furniture that made […]
School club hopes to lure bluebirds with nesting boxes
The bluebird population in San Marco and elsewhere in Jacksonville might be on the rise this spring. In December, students from The Bolles School installed nesting boxes in Alexandria Oaks Park and River Oaks Park in San Marco, and on the school’s Ponte Vedra and Bartram campuses. Bluebirds are easy to spot. The males are […]
Landon’s new most popular subjects: band and chorus
Music is back in full force at Julia Landon College Preparatory School. Over the past two years, band and chorus have been added to Landon’s curriculum, allowing its students to once again learn the intricacies of harmony and melody. For the past several years, only music appreciation – where listening was the only option – […]
Ortega exhibits show student ingenuity, creativity
Parents of Ortega Elementary Magnet School students enjoyed a holiday concert Dec. 8 of songs and pieces by the Ortega Steel Band before touring science projects and museum exhibits displayed through-out the school. A few of the displays featured an emphasis on Greece, including an exhibit on Greek Inventions – Then and Now, and another […]
Leadership class takes ‘at risk’ students into ‘as hope’
Alan McCullough, a 10th grade student at Robert E. Lee High School, was one of 26 young people selected nationwide from over 200 applicants for the Harvard University Advisory Board, a project of the Graduate School of Education called Making Caring Common. The Board advises on strategies for exploring the ethical and moral issues of […]
Home from Capitol Hill
It is an unheard-of breach of protocol to interrupt a congressman who has the floor at the U.S. House of Representatives while in the middle of closing arguments for a bill. When proceedings were halted July 8, 2016 so the entire U.S. Congress – Democrats and Republicans alike – could give Rep. Ander Crenshaw a […]
Local University Women celebrate 90 years
San Jose author Dorothy Fletcher was the keynote speaker during the 90th Anniversary Celebration of the Jacksonville Branch of the American Association of University (AAUW) Women Dec. 10 at Bistro Aix in San Marco. Fletcher, who has published seven books and has had poetry appear in more than 80 literary magazines, spoke about the history […]
