West Riverside Elementary School Brings Its “A” Game
West Riverside Elementary School (WRES), Florida’s oldest operating elementary school, entered this 2022-2023 school year as an A-rated school. Located in the heart of the historic district, on Herschel Street, WRES is a Dual Language Magnet School with a neighborhood general education tract. Talya Taylor, the school principal, asserted that the factors that led to […]
West Riverside students win recycling contest
Ms. Baron’s 5th grade dual language class at West Riverside Elementary recently won a recycling contest sponsored by T-Mobile and the Jacksonville Zoo. The students collected 76 devices, which included both old cell phones and tablets. According to the Zoo, “Coltan is a mineral ore used in the production of small electronics, but mining for […]
Teamwork pays off at West Riverside Elementary
Families and Faculty of West Riverside Elementary School met on a Saturday to get to work and make some improvements around campus. Aside from general grounds cleaning, a few special projects were the focus. First and foremost, the student garden area, which had become more of a weed forest during the pandemic, was completely cleaned […]
School PTA thanks generous donors
Letters to the Editor are submitted as OPINION. The Resident Community News does not stand behind these statements as accurate or factual. Dear Editor: West Riverside Elementary School’s Parent Teacher Association (PTA) would like to thank four of its major sponsors, VyStar Credit Union, Coldwell Banker Vanguard (CBV) CARES of Avondale, Cowford Realty & Design, and […]
