Clean up and green up at Fishweir
A small but devoted group of moms and dads were on hand (and knee) last month as they cleaned up the portable classrooms and planted flowers in the center courtyard of Fishweir Elementary School. Fishweir Dads, as they are known, prefer to spend more time doing and less time sitting in parent-teacher meetings so one […]
Drawing talents scores
St. Mark’s Episcopal Day School student Kevin McAfee (second from left) won second place for the 3rd-5th grade group in the 2014 Regional Poster Contest for National Poison Prevention Week. He is shown with Florida/USVI Poison Information Center (Jacksonville) staff members Dr. Jessica Rivera (left) and Phyllis Bell-Davis, M.Ed. (far right), along with other winners […]
Bolles Spanish students take close second
Missing first place by just four points, 16 Bolles Spanish students earned a second place finish at the Florida State Spanish Conference in March. Competing in impromptu speaking and presenting a play, Sempronio, the students earned a score of 453 points, according to Bolles Spanish teacher Cathy Soud. High school freshman Annie Pentaleri, an Ortega […]
Avondale 8th grade student knows his geography
By Kate A. Hallock Resident Community News Walker Miller knows countries in the farthest reaches of the world. The 8th grade student at James Weldon Johnson Middle School also knows about those countries’ natural resources, crops, weather, religions, monuments and land formations. “I have always liked geography and in the fourth grade, I participated in […]
Eleanor Smith
By Susan D. Brandenburg Resident Community News Eleanor Smith moved to a house on Jasmine Place when she was nine years old and, with the exception of three years when she and her husband, Lawton, lived in Jacksonville Beach, she has been a resident of Murray Hill. Eleanor and Lawton met at a Halloween Carnival […]
Land of the Tiger fitting venue for gala
Guests of the 19th annual ExZOOberation fundraiser mingled – safely – with leopards and tigers for a night of roaring good fun as they bid and outbid each other for rights to name and adopt a giraffe, a zebra and leopard cubs among other animals at the Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens. The Apr. 12 Tigers […]
Vegas-style fun nets proceeds for Jacksonville Autism school
The Ante Up for Autism Gala was a night of fun and excitement at the Deerwood Country Club on Apr. 5. Friends and families in support of children with autism turned out to spin the roulette wheel and throw the dice to raise funds for the Jacksonville School for Autism. Live and silent auctions included […]
Gala raises benchmark for heart disease research
Early last month the American Heart Association-First Coast raised more than $500,000 to support the organization’s efforts to fight cardiovascular disease and stroke. Chaired by Rick Cox, Fidelity National Financial, the 6th annual Tuxes and Tennis Shoes Heart Ball, held at TPC Sawgrass was the most successful gala in the local organization’s history. The evening […]
