All you need is love
Preschool children at St. John’s Presbyterian Kindergarten and Preschool put their love into action for Valentine’s Day, making four dozen valentines with lollipops attached for children at Trinity Rescue Mission. School administrative assistant Michele Pelham and her daughters delivered the gifts, and spent time reading to the children and sharing a Veggie Tales movie with […]
Riverside resident finalist in two scholarship programs
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has named Episcopal School of Jacksonville senior Sid Yarlagadda a National Merit Finalist. Yarlagadda has been named a finalist for the University of North Carolina’s Morehead-Cain Scholars Program also. Nationwide, only 8,500 high school seniors are selected as Merit Scholarship winners, from 15,000 finalists.Winners of Merit Scholarship® awards are announced […]
Baseball leagues bring out the best in players
Focus is on attitude, not amenities In baseball it may be one, two, three strikes you’re out, but at neighborhood ballparks, kids are all in for the fun and friendship that makes the experience a true winner. Children living in the neighborhoods of San Marco, St. Nicholas and San Jose mark the arrival of spring […]
Nearly 500 pounds of citrus collected for the hungry
Just in time before last month’s freezing spell, kindergarten students at St. Mark’s Episcopal Day School collected citrus fruit for the Second Harvest Food Bank, while learning the importance of giving to hunger relief. Last fall the kindergarten students studied how fruits and vegetables grow, while learning valuable lessons about need and hunger. As a […]
Never too early to learn how to save
Ten high-energy boys and girls barreled into quiet TD Bank on San Juan Avenue last month and were welcomed by store manager DeAnn McNeil. The after-school students at Sanctuary on 8th were anxious to see how much money they would put into a new savings account. “The children have been learning how to save money. […]
Students give Heart Art quilt to benefactor FIS
To commemorate the first Show Us Your Heart art program, sponsored by FIS and facilitated by the American Heart Association-First Coast, the students of KIPP Impact Middle School last month presented a handmade quilt to Frank Martire, Chairman and CEO and Gary Norcross, President and COO, of Riverside-based financial technology company FIS. The quilt was […]
Scouts serve others, earn Eagle Scout award
Four Boy Scouts from Troop 2 recently received their Eagle Scout awards for having organized over 750 combined volunteer hours benefitting four different organizations. The young men received their awards in a Court of Honor on Jan. 5 at St. Johns Presbyterian Church, according to Alan Wilson, Scoutmaster. Ortega resident Dave DeStephano chose Camp I’m […]
St. Paul’s student competes in county spelling bee
St. Paul’s Catholic School held its annual spelling bee in December for grades two through eight. Fifth grader Eve Holzbaur won first place in the spelling bee and went on to compete in the Duval County competition last month.
