Craig Creek gets a cleanup
Elizabeth Beehner and Gabbi Kiernan organized the first ever Craig Creek Clean Up at River Oaks Park on Saturday January 8, 2022. They invited all the kids in the neighborhood to help clean up trash along the creek bank and even some trash in the water. A dozen “trash grabbers” where given to the kids […]
Avondale teen to launch Perspective app
Lyman Starmer plans to release the beta platform of his Perspective application this month with approximately 1,600 people on it. A desktop iteration will follow and then a mobile version after that. Starmer projects to have millions of users by 2023. The Avondale-based tech developer is a senior at Wolfson High School. Perspective is the […]
Bishop Kenny Head Boys Basketball Coach Marks 300th Win
For the past sixteen years Coach Jerry Buckley has been the face of Bishop Kenny High School boys’ basketball. Recently Coach Buckley reached a significant milestone in his career earning win number 300 in a game against a very strong Bolles team. When asked about the win Buckley said, “I was very excited and feel […]
Girl Scouts visit Florida Capitol
Girl Scouts of Gateway Council headed to Tallahassee last month for the third annual Girl Scout Day at the Capitol to raise awareness of their mission, impact, and advocacy work among the state’s legislators, a few of whom were pinned as honorary Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts, volunteers, and staff members from each of Florida’s six […]
Stockton Elementary students give back
Fourth and fifth grade students participating in the Stockton Elementary School’s Anchored4Life leadership program have started a “Kindness Campaign” in which they suggest different ways that students can show kindness in the school and throughout the community, according to Jennifer Norton, a teacher at Stockton Elementary and one of the program’s sponsors. Filled with the […]
Seniors Commit to Play at Collegiate Level
10 members of the Episcopal School of Jacksonville Class of 2022 have committed to play a sport in college next year. Special signing ceremonies were held for them by the Athletic Department as they made their commitment. Rowing: Allie Alton – University of Texas Girls Lacrosse: Sofia Chepenik – Clemson University Keely Cleland – Arizona […]
Egg-Streme Parachuting Teaches Newton’s Second Law of Motion
Episcopal seventh grade STEAM students taught by Brian Francois recently conducted a design challenge on Egg-Streme Parachuting on the Munnerlyn Campus. Students were required to design and construct a parachute that could carry an egg safely to the ground from a height of five meters (16 feet). Each collaborative group examined the influence of a […]
Cucoranu Earns Wide Acclaim With Downtown Jacksonville Project
A first semester Capstone Project by junior Alida Cucoranu from Bolles was selected as one of Global Online Academy’s 20 exemplary works and was published in the nonprofit academy’s 2021 public showcase. Cucoranu’s project, “How can we promote Downtown Jacksonville’s economic development while supporting local businesses and the environment,” was chosen from more than 270 […]
