Junior Residents

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

Bishop Kenny students support International Bowls project

Bishop Kenny students support International Bowls project

Bishop Kenny students, faculty and staff joined forces with the school’s art club to create empty ceramic bowls in support of the International Empty Bowls project in the art room on Sept. 20. The bowls serve as reminders of all the people in the world who do not have enough to eat and will be […]

Local Olympic Games enthrall neighborhood kids

Local Olympic Games enthrall neighborhood kids

For Olympic competitors and their fans, there’s probably nothing more thrilling than hearing the iconic words “Let the games begin!” For nearly two dozen Avondale children, those same words – and the lighting of the Challen Avenue Olympic torch – kicked off an evening of fun Aug. 14. The brainchild of Judge Emmet Ferguson, the […]

Riverside dancer’s tenacity pays off in a big way

Riverside dancer’s tenacity pays off in a big way

At 18, Pamela Litz has a world of opportunities before her, but the journey has not always been easy for the young dancer and scholar. While a student at LaVilla, her parents divorced when she was 14. Litz’ normally cheerful demeanor changed and her academic studies suffered. The one constant in her life was her […]

Local student gathers friends, shoes for impoverished

Local student gathers friends, shoes for impoverished

With a heart for those in need, high school student Christian Glover is not only running hard for the Bolles Cross Country team, but running his own campaign to shoe the shoeless. Glover, a senior at The Bolles School, wanted to help raise awareness and deliver on a higher purpose outside of the typical preseason […]

High school entrepreneurs head off to college

High school entrepreneurs head off to college

Come August, when Jesse Evans and Chris Prattos head off to college, San Marco dog owners may be hard pressed to find a pet sitter. Evans and Prattos are Miramar neighbors who became entrepreneurs after founding Happy Hounds Dog Walking and Pet Sitting Service, when they were in eighth grade. On the cusp of heading […]

Mentors return to teach baseball, grow mission

Mentors return to teach baseball, grow mission

Jacob Svejkovsky, 23, of Riverside, knows what it means to have a good mentor and strives to be one. The Robert E. Lee High School graduate and employee at the Timuquana Country Club could be the oldest member of the 16-year-old RBI Camp held every summer in Murray Hill Park. “My first year we had […]

Detergent provides object lesson for summer art camp

Detergent provides object lesson for summer art camp

Annie Pajcic’s annual summer art camps could be called famous among the circles of tween and teen girls in Jacksonville. Nearly 500 local girls attended one of the three one-week camp sessions in July, held at St. Johns Presbyterian Church. “ThouArtExalted started when my daughter was going into fourth grade. I very quickly realized that […]

Teen creates photo book to overcome phobia

Teen creates photo book to overcome phobia

Ever since she was chased by a Dalmatian named Smiley at the tender age of five, Carly Gare has been afraid of dogs. A year ago, the 16-year-old used her iPhone to help conquer her fear, and the small picture book, “San Marco Dogs,” was born. Gare, a Mandarin resident who spends many hours visiting […]