Category: Elementary

Grisel Fuentes reacts to the announcement that she is the School-Related Employee of the Year.

Lake Lucina ESOL paraprofessional selected as School-Related Employee of the Year

March 27, 2024 – She is an exceptional leader who goes over and beyond to remove language barriers in her school community and make her students feel validated and loved. That’s how colleagues are describing Grisel Fuentes, an ESOL paraprofessional at Lake Lucina Elementary, who was recently recognized as Team Duval’s School-Related Employee of the […]

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District to discuss possible merger of R.V. Daniels with R.L. Brown

March 14, 2024 – R.L. Brown and R.V. Daniels elementary schools are at the front of merger conversations as Duval County Public Schools continues to seek ways to “right size” campuses to improve learning environments for students. The schools, which are both dedicated magnets that house gifted and academically talented elementary students, have been faced […]

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Students pour cups of lemonade onto the school coach as part of their prize for raising the most money.

New Berlin Elementary students turn lemons into lemonade with splashy literacy challenge, cancer-fundraiser

March 4, 2024 – Literacy and lemonade made the perfect combination for New Berlin Elementary School students as they recently celebrated raising more than $2,700 through their lemonade-themed fundraiser. Each year, the school participates in a “One School, One Book” literacy challenge. But this year was different. After discovering that one of her very own […]

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Pickett Elementary external rendering

Community meeting for the new Pickett Elementary School scheduled for Feb. 27

Feb. 22, 2024 – Duval’s Northside will soon receive another state-of-the-art facility with the construction of the new Pickett Elementary School, expected to open in August 2025.  The new campus comes after the successful completion of Rutledge H. Pearson Elementary School in August 2023, and is expected to reach completion around the same time as […]

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Englewood Elementary and Spring Park Elementary Design Renderings

New schools in the works for Englewood Elementary, Spring Park Elementary; Community meeting scheduled for Feb. 26

Feb. 13, 2024 – The Master Facility Plan is well underway, with construction gearing up on the new Englewood and Spring Park elementary schools, two of five schools anticipated to open August 2025. The rebuild will result in the consolidation and rearrangement of boundaries among three schools: Englewood Elementary, Love Grove Elementary, and Spring Park […]

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District retains “B” rating under new state grading rules, number of “A” schools increases

Dec. 11, 2023 – Students in Duval County Public Schools earned the district another solid “B” grade for the 2022-23 academic year, and the percentage of district-managed “A” schools increased from 27% to 29%.  Last year’s students were tested on new state standards using new state tests, which means they cannot be compared to previous […]

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Finalists for 2024 VyStar Teacher of the Year announced

Dec. 8, 2023 – It was a day full of hugs, tears, smiles, and even drumlines! Friday morning, five stellar Team Duval educators received the surprise announcement that they were selected as a finalist for the 2024 VyStar Teacher of the Year! The finalists are: School leaders and community partners went from school to school […]

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