April 14, 2023 – Congratulations to Sandalwood High on being recertified as an AVID National Demonstration School, making them the only high school in Northeast Florida to receive this distinction. AVID, which stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination, is a national college readiness program that uses research-based strategies and course work to equip students with […]
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(Editors Note – This story has been updated. While the deadline has passed for paper applications, the deadline has been extended for online applications in FOCUS. That new deadline is Friday, Dec. 23, 2022.) Nov. 21, 2022 – A form that takes five minutes to fill out can generate thousands of dollars for textbooks, hiring staff […]
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October 18, 2022 – Alumni, staff, students, and district leadership recently celebrated the unveiling of Riverside High School’s new artificial turf field. The Generals are the first Duval County Public School to have their field upgraded to an AstroTurf playing surface. The installation project has been in the works for several years. The new field […]
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Sept. 19, 2022 – Congratulations to the 33 Team Duval seniors who have been named Semifinalists in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program. Representing Douglas Anderson, Fletcher, Paxon, Stanton, and Wolfson high schools, these academically talented students are among 16,000 semifinalists who will compete for about 7,250 scholarships worth more than $28 million dollars. […]
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Aug. 19, 2022 – Congratulations to Westside High teacher, Daniel Flint, who has been named the “2022 Florida History Teacher of the Year” by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, a national nonprofit. The award highlights the importance of history education by honoring exceptional American history teachers in grades K-12 from across the country. […]
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May 16, 2022 – New opportunities for students are taking flight at Frank H. Peterson’s aviation academy thanks to the donation of new aerial technology from CSX Transportation, Inc. The transportation company recently donated six drones to the school’s aviation academy. With this donation, Frank H. Peterson will be expanding their emerging technologies and robotics […]
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April 20, 2022 – Students at John E. Ford K-8 are learning how to be their own boss thanks to the school’s Entrepreneurship Club. Through sessions on production, marketing, pitching, and financing, students learn how to develop a product for the marketplace. For example, they are now working to produce friendship bracelets that can be […]
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March 25, 2022 – Students participating in the Future Entrepreneurs Club at John E. Ford Pre-K – 8 Montessori School had the chance to receive advice and guidance about being an entrepreneur from children’s book author and youth motivational speaker, Ty Allen Jackson this week. Jackson encouraged the group to consider entrepreneurship as another option […]
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March 11, 2022 – Students across the district had a chance to learn more about space exploration on Thursday through a live chat with astronaut Laura Shepard Churchley, a passenger on a recent Blue Origin space flight and the daughter of Alan Shepard the first American to fly into space. Chaffee Trail Elementary was chosen […]
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Feb. 18, 2022 – Students across the district were on an out-of-this world mission this week as they put their design and engineering skills to work to build a space mailbox. About a dozen student teams from various grade levels competed in the district-wide Space Mailbox competition, which required them to design a concept and […]
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