Shakespeare is “To Be” at Bolles
Eighth grade students on the Bolles Middle School Bartram Campus donned their best period costumes on March 7 for Shakespeare Day, an annual rite of passage filled with on-stage prose and friendly competitions between bitter rivals House Capulet and House Montague. English teachers Deborah Carney, Tim Creter and Morgan Teichert organized the event, which, in […]
Students Advance in Science Competitions
Sixteen students from The Bolles School competed at the Northeast Florida Regional Science and Engineering Fair (NEFRSEF) Feb. 12-14 at Episcopal School of Jacksonville with five advancing to the State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida April 2-4 in Lakeland: Christina Dovellos, Simran Naval, Sarah Park, Krish Patel and Dylan Schwartz. Naval and Park were […]
Remembering Finley: Webb Family holds third annual Finley’s Fast Feet Walk/Run
Friends, family members and the community gathered at the Webb family home to kick off the third annual Finley’s Fast Feet Walk/Run on Saturday, March 16. Held in honor of Finley Webb, who passed away four years ago, the event raises funds for the SUDC Foundation. This nonprofit organization “is the only organization worldwide whose […]
Easy as Pi
On March 14, famously known as Pi Day, Assumption Catholic School students marked the occasion by taking part in an interactive physics experiment by affixing their science teacher, Bill Hawthorn, to a wall using duct tape to demonstrate force, pressure and the concept of the center of gravity. This distinctive exercise not only made physics […]
Striding Support for Eagles Education
Friends of Hendricks hold annual Walkathon fundraiser Families, friends and community members showed up in full force to support Hendricks Avenue Elementary School for the 12th annual Friends of Hendrick Walkathon on Saturday, Feb. 10. According to Friends of Hendricks (FOH) Board Member and Walkathon Chair Kate Turpin, participants completed more than 7,000 laps around […]
Douglas Anderson Students Win YoungArts Awards
Four local Douglas Anderson School of the Arts (DA) students were among the nearly 700 visual, literary and performing artists named as 2024 YoungArts award winners. Maurice Chakour (Jazz/Guitar), Ayanna Nelson (Voice/Jazz) and Ayviana Singh (Theatre/Spoken) were selected as competition winners. Kierra Reese (Visual Arts) was listed as a notable Winner with Distinction. These students […]
Historic Firsts for Miss Wolfson Competition
Sofia West was all smiles as she was crowned Miss Wolfson 2024 during the “Saturday Night Fever”-themed annual pageant at Samuel Wolfson School for Advanced Studies on Jan. 27. The competition was the closest ever in the pageant’s history, as there was a tie for first runner-up between Ella Hutsell and Skye Mason-Raper, with both […]
Olympian Speaks on Mental Health for High-Achieving Children
Olympic gold medalist Samantha Arsenault Livingstone visited the Bolles Upper School San Jose Campus Jan. 24-25 for a series of presentations centered on mental health, the dangers of perfectionism and finding balance for high-achieving kids. The world-renowned swimmer is a high-performance consultant, speaker and mental health activist. Livingstone founded Livingstone High Performance (LHP) in response […]
