Junior Residents

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

Bolles students make a dream come true

Jordan Brown and Beau Trednick, both from San Marco, are part of the Bolles eighth grade class at the Bartram Campus that raised more than $3,500 through business projects to help Shawn’s dream come true. Shawn, 11, was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness nine months ago and is currently heading into remission. His dream was […]

Surratt is Bolles 2013 Valedictorian

San Jose resident Elizabeth Surratt was named the Class of 2013 Valedictorian at The Bolles School. A member of the National Honor Society and the National Spanish and French Honor societies, Surratt is a National Merit Finalist. She has been a member of the volleyball team and has devoted herself to many service and community […]

HAE students put numbers together for success

Hendricks Ave Elementary School placed third overall in three grade levels (2nd, 3rd and 5th) at the district-wide Sunshine Math competition held at Wolfson High School on May 2. The competition included contestants from 26 schools in Duval County at each grade level; awards were given to 1st through 5th place finishers. Left to right: […]

Middle school students blitz Washington, DC

San Jose Catholic Middle School was pleased to offer an enrichment field trip for students in grades 6 to 8 to Washington, DC during the month of April. A group of 76 students, parents and faculty spent time at Mt. Vernon, the Capitol, Ford’s Theater, the Smithsonian Mall, Arlington National Cemetery and attended mass at […]

Brain Brawl championship won by Junior ROTC team

Bishop Kenny High School’s Navy Junior ROTC recently won the national “Brain Brawl” championship – for the second time. The team of Alec Sharpe, Anton Whiteford, Rafael Murphy, Weston Miller and Jacob Pewitt competed in astronomy, navigation, naval history and oceanography. Last year, the team placed second at the championships. During the inaugural year in […]

Students flying high with Starbase F 15

Sixth grade students of San Jose Catholic School attended a three-day workshop in April in affiliation with the Starbase Program, which engages students through inquiry-based curriculum and hands-on learning. The students studied Newton’s Laws, Bernoulli’s Principle, nanotechnology, navigation, mapping, and rocket building and launching. They were also captivated by engineering, as they used the computer […]

Butterflies are finally freed

Butterflies are finally freed

Stella and Ruby, students at St. Johns Presbyterian Kindergarten & Preschool, enjoyed the annual butterfly release in the church courtyard in early April. The PreK classes began a science unit with 15 caterpillars in early March; 14 emerged as butterflies.

RPDS celebrates 26th Capers fundraiser

Parents, alumni, faculty, staff and administrators of Riverside Presbyterian Day School (RPDS) gathered at the Museum and Gardens on Art Museum Drive on Apr. 13 for Capers – “Bubbles and Bar-B-Que” – the school’s 26th annual auction fundraiser. Chaired for the second year in a row by RPDS parent Michelle Wright, the event featured live […]