Messy fun part of Mud Day celebration
Students at St. Johns Presbyterian Preschool got their hands dirty with a distinctive summer celebration. In honor of International Mud Day, the children helped create a slimy mess on the school play yard and even shared commemorative mud pies.
Meet your new principal!
This summer, the principal leadership changed at three of the neighborhood’s largest public middle and elementary schools — including Hendricks Avenue Elementary School, Alfred I. duPont Middle School and Julia Landon College Preparatory and Leadership Development School. We touched base with the new heads of these fine community schools and learned how excited they are […]
San Marco student wins crown
Jennifer Stehlin, a rising Stanton College Preparatory High School senior who lives in San Marco, was crowned Miss Florida Outstanding Teen 2012 last month in St. Petersburg. During the pageant, Stehlin performed a musical theater jazz routine to The 20th Century Fox Mambo. Her platform was the March of Dimes: Working Together for Stronger, Healthier […]
Local poets honored
Local students were honored at the winner’s ceremony of the 2012 Deputy Superintendent’s Published Poets Contest this summer. Taylor T., a second-grader at Spring Park Elementary School, and Dwight J., an eighth-grader at Alfred I. duPont Middle School, were among 12 students selected as winners. The contest, which encourages students to both read and write […]
Get ready to Eat Up Downtown!
Don’t ruin your appetite — save room to support the many restaurants in Downtown Jacksonville next month during Eat Up Downtown. And why not, since Downtown is a key area to the success of the historic neighborhoods to its south. Organizers announced 23 restaurants in Downtown Jacksonville — and several in the San Marco/Southbank area […]
Rotary Club honors Drewa
The Rotary Club of South Jacksonville awarded its annual Frank Sherman Award to longtime Jacksonville healthcare executive and Rotarian, Marcus Drewa. The award was established to honor Frank Sherman who founded the Southside Rotary Club in 1955. Sherman was a pioneering businessman who started American Bank in his south bank grocery store and who was instrumental […]
Pet adoption event largest ever for city
The Mega Pet Adoption Event at the Jacksonville Fairgrounds helped 950 dogs and cats — 96 percent of the available animals — find forever homes. Organizers said it was the largest pet adoption event ever held in Jacksonville, attracting more than 10,000 potential adopters. The three-day event was a collaborative adoption effort between First Coast […]
Sidewalk proposed for Arbor Lane
By Susanna P. Barton Through a Safe Routes to School program, the state Department of Transportation seeks to install a sidewalk on Arbor Lane that could provide more secure neighborhood passage for children heading back to school this fall. But lack of community outreach has some local residents calling for a curb to the […]
District 3 school board candidate files suit
By Susanna P. Barton District 3 School Board candidate Jack Daniels has filed a lawsuit against Jerry Holland, supervisor of elections for Duval County, alleging signatures on the petitions of fellow candidates Ashley Smith-Juarez and Andrew Cordek were not properly verified. When reached by phone in mid-July, Holland said the city filed a motion to […]
