Junior Residents

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

Striding Support for Eagles Education

Striding Support for Eagles Education

Friends of Hendricks hold annual Walkathon fundraiser Families, friends and community members showed up in full force to support Hendricks Avenue Elementary School for the 12th annual Friends of Hendrick Walkathon on Saturday, Feb. 10. According to Friends of Hendricks (FOH) Board Member and Walkathon Chair Kate Turpin, participants completed more than 7,000 laps around […]

Douglas Anderson Students Win YoungArts Awards

Douglas Anderson Students Win YoungArts Awards

Four local Douglas Anderson School of the Arts (DA) students were among the nearly 700 visual, literary and performing artists named as 2024 YoungArts award winners. Maurice Chakour (Jazz/Guitar), Ayanna Nelson (Voice/Jazz) and Ayviana Singh (Theatre/Spoken) were selected as competition winners. Kierra Reese (Visual Arts) was listed as a notable Winner with Distinction. These students […]

Historic Firsts for Miss Wolfson Competition

Historic Firsts for Miss Wolfson Competition

Sofia West was all smiles as she was crowned Miss Wolfson 2024 during the “Saturday Night Fever”-themed annual pageant at Samuel Wolfson School for Advanced Studies on Jan. 27. The competition was the closest ever in the pageant’s history, as there was a tie for first runner-up between Ella Hutsell and Skye Mason-Raper, with both […]

Olympian Speaks on Mental Health for High-Achieving Children

Olympian Speaks on Mental Health for High-Achieving Children

Olympic gold medalist Samantha Arsenault Livingstone visited the Bolles Upper School San Jose Campus Jan. 24-25 for a series of presentations centered on mental health, the dangers of perfectionism and finding balance for high-achieving kids. The world-renowned swimmer is a high-performance consultant, speaker and mental health activist. Livingstone founded Livingstone High Performance (LHP) in response […]

Douglas Anderson Student Magazine Wins Highest Honors

Douglas Anderson Student Magazine Wins Highest Honors

Élan, an international student literary magazine published by the Creative Writing department at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, won highest honors in the 2023 REALM national contest from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). REALM, which stands for Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines, awarded Élan its First Class distinction, bestowed […]

New AI Policy Changes Address the Good, Bad

New AI Policy Changes Address the Good, Bad

Episcopal School of Jacksonville’s (ESJ) division heads and Student Life office recently worked to develop a new policy for grades six through 12 regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the classroom, balancing its frequent misuse with the need for graduates to work within technological advancements such as AI. ESJ’s new policy reads: “Our […]

Brown Wins Essay Contest

Brown Wins Essay Contest

Aria Brown, a senior at Wolfson High School, was recognized on Dec. 6 as the third-place winner in the 2023 High School Essay Contest, sponsored by the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division. Brown’s essay focused on the Constitution’s 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the […]

A New Castle for Assumption Knights

A New Castle for Assumption Knights

Students at Assumption Catholic School celebrated the installation of brand-new playground equipment in a ribbon cutting ceremony on Jan. 23. This new playground equipment cost nearly $250,000 and Principal Maryann Jimenez said it took two cycles of the school’s annual fundraisers to fully fund. The school selected New York-based Play By Design – the same […]

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