Junior Residents

All the latest news and stories about our neighborhood’s junior residents.

Bolles teacher goes back to school

Mark Hoey, a longtime Bolles mathematics teacher and golf/lacrosse coach, went to summer school at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. He took an innovative course called “The Future of Learning,” a three-day class that explored a wide range of topics, including how “societal changes and technological advancements in the early 21st century affect educational practice […]

Eagle Scout project provides a much needed break area to Pine Castle

On June 8, Paul Adair (front, center) led a group of 30 Boy Scouts and Scoutmasters from Troop 473 in performing his Eagle Scout Service Project for Pine Castle. Adair raised money to buy four picnic table sets, which the group assembled, sanded, waterproofed and placed in a beautiful shaded area for Pine Castle program […]

Aquatic Director a world-class coach

He has been called “the hottest name in swim coaching” by national swim magazines, leading some to wonder “what’s in the water at Bolles?” Bolles Head Coach/Aquatics Director Sergio López Miró traveled to the Barcelona 2013 15th FINA World Championships last month with Bolles Sharks swimmer Charlie Houchin, who earned a spot on the Team […]

Episcopal grads pole vaulting for Air Force Academy

Paige Shirley, San Jose, Episcopal Class of 2010, will be pole vaulting for the Air Force Academy next year. Shirley has been attending the Air Force Academy since her freshman year, and will complete her senior year in 2014. While in high school at Episcopal, Shirley and Emily Smithwick (Ortega, Episcopal Class of 2012) won […]

Camp Corky perseveres despite rain

Charles “Corky” Rogers, who has coached high school football for 41 years including alma mater R.E. Lee High School, conducted his 23rd annual football camp at The Bolles School last month, despite very rainy days. Campers at the week-long football camp lined up on the last day to get Coach Rogers to autograph their camp […]

5th Graders dedicate mosaic mural at John Stockton

5th Graders dedicate mosaic mural at John Stockton

What should have been a year-long project at the John Stockton Elementary School was fast-tracked, according to art teacher Pam Patterson, and completed in less than five months. “I’d been admiring Kate Garcia’s mosaic at the West Riverside Elementary School for some time,” said Patterson. “And when parent Angie Morales stepped up to assist with […]

Bishop Snyder student is Softball Player of the Year

Bishop Snyder  student is Softball Player of the Year

Sydney Wright of Bishop Snyder High School was chosen as the 2012-13 Gatorade Florida Softball Player of the Year. Wright is the first to be chosen from Bishop Snyder High School in The Gatorade Company’s 28th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes and is a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Softball […]

Westside boys seek national title

The Westside U14 Soccer boys will be representing the club, Florida and the Southeast as one of the final four teams in the country to compete for the 2013 National President’s Cup in Auburndale, FL July 11-14th. The boys pulled off a historic weekend last month by defeating South Texas, North Texas, Oklahoma, and North […]