Scouts to the rescue, Troop 2 helps save Luminaria
Boy Scouts Troop 2 of St. Johns Presbyterian Church saved the 2021 Luminaria event by helping to bag thousands of bags of sand. The annual Luminaria hosted by Riverside Avondale Preservation (RAP) had originally been scheduled for December 19 but had to be moved up a week to avoid conflicting with a Jaguars home game. […]
Bolles freshman wins America’s Top Young Scientist Award
Bolles freshman Sarah Park has won the $25,000 grand prize in 3M’s Discovery Education Young Scientist Challenge for her Spark Care+ music therapy treatment project. Spark Care+ is a personalized music therapy treatment for mental health disorders that uses artificial intelligence, galvanic skin response and photoplethysmography. Park is an accomplished violinist who has performed in […]
SJEDS Student help outreach ministry
San Jose Episcopal Day School’s 2nd Annual Friendly Food Competition Collection amassed an amazing 3,110 food and necessity items to benefit the Food Pantry, an outreach ministry of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. Sixth-grade managed the project under the direction of their teachers, Katie Foster and Natalie Inclan. During the week-long event, all homeroom classes vied […]
Bishop Kenny boys swim team win State Title
The Bishop Kenny Boys’ Swim team won the FHSAA Class 2A state title at the 2021 Swimming & Diving State Championships held on November 5 in Stuart, Florida. The combined results of individual and relay performances of the swimmers secured the title for the team. Head Swim Coach Laurel Valley commented, “I couldn’t be prouder […]
Teens raise $11k for Ronald McDonald House
As chapter heads of The Power of Blue (POB), Jessie Pearson and Ava Allen, Bolles students, held a successful spike ball tournament to benefit the Ronald McDonald House. With the help of 15 local high school POB ambassadors, the group raised over $11k for the cause. “I chose the Ronald McDonald House because I enjoyed […]
Local teen featured in film and magazine
Taylor Richardson, also known as Astronaut Starbright, is a teenage speaker and philanthropist, a Bolles student set to graduate in 2022 who aspires to someday visit Mars. In the meantime, she’s visiting movie sets and magazine pages. Richardson is considered a global game-changer who is shifting culture. She was selected as one of the 40 […]
Bishop Kenny students raise money for Hurricane Ida victims
The Bishop Kenny student body and its Campus Ministry Department held a drive to collect money for the New Orleans victims of Hurricane Ida. Over three days, from September 8-10, the school was able to raise $4,802.90, all of which was sent to the New Orleans Saints: Hurricane IDA Storm Relief Efforts. “It is a […]
Bittersweet celebration for teacher battling cancer
It was a morning full of encouragement and inspiration for a strong recovery, as little smiles and waves of fondness, devotion and love were felt by one teacher fighting for her life. Cecelia Futo, a longtime music and dance teacher in the community is currently facing a battle with breast cancer, one that she knows […]
