Friends of Hendricks host annual walkathon with $50,000 goal
Students at Hendricks Avenue Elementary School have a special challenge this year for the sixth annual walkathon. If students walk 750 miles (6,000 laps around the track) collectively, Principal Mindy McLendon agreed to become a student for a day. McLendon is the new principal for the 2017-2018 school year, but had served as assistant principal […]
Teen beauty queen makes breast cancer awareness her platform
Brookie Brown, newly crowned Miss River City Outstanding Teen, confessed she originally thought beauty pageants were about wearing pretty dresses and getting your makeup done. When the junior at Christ’s Church Academy realized there was scholarship money to be won and an opportunity to promote her platform of educating young people about breast cancer she […]
Historic pitch on Opening Day
Opening day kicked off Feb. 24 at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station, as the ceremonies for the Navy Ortega Lakeshore’s (NOL) debut games and opening action began its 58th season. With the ceremonial first pitch, NAS Jax Executive Officer Capt. Michael Connor threw out a pitch that made history. It was the first opening day […]
Initial project snafu teaches Eagle Scout big lesson
Although an unexpected hitch derailed his first final project, San Marco’s Parker Joyce was able to begin again, learning valuable business lessons on his way to becoming an Eagle Scout. Prior to his 18th birthday, Joyce, a senior at the Episcopal School of Jacksonville, earned the Boy Scouts’ coveted Eagle Scout rank and admission into […]
Teen singers perform for Pope at Vatican
Teenagers from Jacksonville helped Pope Francis ring in the new year when members of the Jacksonville Children’s Chorus Touring Choir (JCC) joined with the Upper School Chorale and Honors Chorale from the Episcopal School of Jacksonville to perform during the Papal Mass at the Vatican Jan.1. Jacksonville’s historic neighborhoods were well-represented in both choral organizations […]
Former Bolles baseball player heading for NFL
Hayden Hurst, 24, is going pro and his father, Jerry Hurst, hopes his son gets drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers next April. Although that’s considered heresy in a town that flaunts teal and gold, Hurst the father was born in Pittsburgh and lived there until his father was transferred to Jacksonville. “I bleed black and […]
Childhood friends wear crowns at rival colleges
Emily Galant, of San Marco, and her lifelong friend, Devon Leasure, met in Sue Rosner’s kindergarten class at Assumption Catholic School in 2001. After graduating from the St. Nicholas-based grade school, Galant headed to Episcopal School of Jacksonville and Leasure to Stanton College Preparatory School, both graduating in 2014. The childhood friends were each crowned […]
Magnet school students show off knowledge with museum exhibit
Ortega Elementary School, a museum magnet school since 2011, held its annual Museum Exhibit Night Dec. 7 when students proudly showed off their knowledge in many subjects, including science, social studies, biology and geography. The 94-year-old neighborhood school transitioned seven years ago to a magnet when the Duval County Public School District used a $1.2 […]
