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
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 […]
Girl Scouts give St. Paul’s garden a makeover
Daisy Troop 543 and Leader Adrienne Baldwin recently gave the Girl Scout garden at St. Paul’s Catholic School a much-needed makeover. Plants were selected by Quana Register, a Girl Scout parent who happens to be a butterfly expert. Milk weed, lantana, midnight violet and some herbs will attract and serve as a home for the […]
Children’s Enrichment Workshop holds awards banquet
Students from Central Riverside, West Riverside and Fishweir elementary schools played a lot of basketball in the Children’s Enrichment Workshop basketball program during the 2012-13 school year. Former CEW participants, who now attend middle and high schools such as Lee and Lakeshore, enjoyed the environment and team coaching so much they return every year. Michael […]
Preschool fundraiser a good time for all
Southside United Methodist Preschool held its annual fundraiser dinner and auction at the River Club in downtown Jacksonville on Apr. 12. Co–chaired by Heather Hodgett and Sarah Baird, the evening was filled with delicious food, great conversation and amazing auction items. Many local businesses contributed donation items and gift cards to the silent and live […]
Residents honor founder in Grace Episcopal dedication
Jan Burton, formerly of Orange Park, was ahead of her time when she established the Grace Episcopal Pre-School and Kindergarten of Orange Park in 1950. Since then the school expanded in 1995 adding elementary classrooms and again in 2010 to add middle school grades. At the Apr. 3 dedication of the Jan Burton Transition Five […]
