San Marco chess coach endeavors to teach more than a game
George Foote of San Marco can’t pinpoint exactly when he started teaching chess after school to students at Hendricks Avenue Elementary, but suffice it to say it has been more than 20 years. In the intervening years, Foote’s chess club has grown so it now incorporates 90 children at four levels – experienced, kindergarten, grades […]
Lemonade War teaches economics to HAE third grade
This year Wolfson Children’s Hospital was the beneficiary of what has become a right-of-passage for all third graders at Hendricks Avenue Elementary School. On June 1, Alex Osbourne, development coordinator for Wolfson Children’s Hospital, was presented a check for $1,557.02 from third grader Katherine Cumbow, the spoils earned from the students’ annual “Lemonade War,” which […]
Lee High School EVAC students win national challenge
In order to foster kinder and more empathic communities, the KIND Foundation and Making Caring Common, a project of Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, launched the KIND Schools Challenge. Dozens of middle- and high-school students across the country developed ideas to foster kindness and inclusivity in their school communities. Of those, 10 entries – from […]
Scouts scrub down furry friends for Jax Dog Café
Despite sweltering heat, Girl Scout Troop 1080, based at Ortega United Methodist Church, gave baths to 14 dogs in two hours June 17 to raise $150 for the Jacksonville Dog Café. The seven Scouts were working toward their Bronze Award and Power of Community Badge. This was the second dog washing event the Troop held […]
Arts magnet school hosts Centennial Celebration
It was standing room only in the Fishweir Elementary School auditorium May 19 as alumni sat elbow to elbow with current students, faculty and supporters in celebration of the 100-year-old neighborhood school. After Principal Kimberly Dennis opened the program, a Mayoral Proclamation was delivered by Dr. Charles Moreland, director of community affairs. The Dance and […]
Boy Scouts retire old flag in Historic St. Nicholas Cemetery
It was out with the old and in with the new as members of Boy Scout Troop 106, which is sponsored by Assumption Catholic Church, gathered May 6 to retire the old American flag in Historic St. Nicholas Cemetery and replace it with a new flag, which had previously flown over the United States Capitol […]
Drama company puts new twist on old fairy tale
In an adaptation of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, playwright Jeff Hess of Avondale takes the bears on a family vacation to the Caribbean, where they encounter “a pesky intruder, a trio of zealous designers, a capricious TV judge, and a bumbling animal researcher.” “It’s fairy tale meets reality TV – all G-rated, of course, […]
Miracle babies beat odds, now college bound
Born prematurely at 28 weeks the day before Thanksgiving in 1997, Ortega triplets Jake, Caroline and Robert Still graduated from The Episcopal School of Jacksonville last month having beaten the early odds of survival nearly 20 years ago. “They truly are our miracle babies, born on Nov. 26, 1997 at just over 2.5 lbs.,” said […]
