Local school stands test of time; celebrates 100 years in education
It’s not every year that a school gets to celebrate a centennial anniversary. Those words from Dinah Stewart, principal of Central Riverside Elementary School, kicked off a day-long celebration on May 19, beginning with posting of the colors at 9 a.m. on the school lawn. After acknowledging distinguished guests, which included former principals and teachers, […]
Bolles Freshmen, competition is the tie that binds
Perhaps the reason Charles Hicks and Chase Rivera became such fast friends is that few in a race can keep up with them. As freshmen, the Bolles’ duo are tops both on the track and cross country trails as well as in the classroom. On top of that, academically, both are straight A students enlisting […]
Generous donation transforms computer lab
In the 1990s, when their granddaughter, Jennifer, was in school, Neil and Kiki Rood donated the funds to establish the Rood Family Computer Lab at San Jose Episcopal Day School. Since then, the world of computers has changed. Desiring their great-grandchildren to have access to up-to-date technology while at school, the Roods have donated $86,000 […]
Rowing Club benefit honors founders
When her daughters, Phoebe and Poppy, were students at Stanton College Preparatory High School, biology teacher Tess Durant didn’t realize for the next 25 years her resume would include the title Owner, Stanton River Bank Rowing. At the time Stanton High School was established as a magnet school, there would be no sports, by design. […]
Episcopal rowers dominate invitational
Not a ripple spoiled the calm, clear waters of the Ortega River early in the morning Feb. 27 as crews from four schools competed in the 2016 Stanton River Bank Invitational. Joining the Stanton River Bank Rowing Club in the competition were crews from The Bolles School, The Episcopal School of Jacksonville, and Hilton Head […]
Middle school students create, perform opera
Full-length opera makes history as first in country Art may imitate life, but for students at LaVilla School of the Arts there is no replicating the production of the full-length opera titled, “Jared: A Tale of Freedom, Control and Choice.” Indeed, every word and every note of the production is the outcome of collaboration between […]
St. Paul’s students play Tom Sawyer for a day
Mark Twain’s character Tom Sawyer may have had the right idea to enlist help whitewashing his Aunt Polly’s fence, but he had nothing on the students at St. Paul’s Catholic School. After participating in the school’s annual Jog-a-Thon, students cooled down with a painting session at a 60- by 6-foot white picket fence on the […]
Distance runner races to support sister with cancer
Connor Vaughan, a Wolfson High School distance runner who won the 1- and 2-mile state championship races, is now a distance cross-country and track runner for the University of Florida. Vaughan returned to Jacksonville on Jan. 30 to run in the Wolfson Children’s Challenge in support of his 15-year-old sister, Gillian, who was diagnosed with […]
