Oct. 28, 2022 – Congratulations to the three Team Duval students selected as winners of the district’s annual 2022 Hispanic Heritage Month Essay contest. They are: Elementary school winner: Tennyson Haas/West Riverside Elementary Middle school winner: Giannina Quinones/LaVilla School of the Arts High school winner: Sarah Robinson/Riverside High School. Each of the students were […]
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Sept. 9, 2022 – It isn’t easy being new in town and trying to navigate a new school system. But imagine that experience if you’re brand new to the country and still working to acquire the English language. That is the case for the more than 8,900 English Language Learning students and their families who […]
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July 7, 2022 — Will it sink or float? That was one of the main questions pondered by English Language Learning students in Amanda Tygart’s classroom at Beauclerc Elementary School. The students were engaged in a hands-on physics lesson involving testing different types of cubes in an aquarium. It’s one of many hands-on lessons through […]
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May 27, 2022 – Despite a lifelong struggle with visual impairment, the path to academic success has been extremely clear for Sandalwood High School soon-to-be graduate, Kai Edu. Edu, who is one of approximately 7,600 graduates in Team Duval’s Class of 2022, has exceeded all expectations as a gifted learner and has been accepted into […]
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May 19, 2022 – Just under 9,000 and counting. Ask district leaders and they’ll confirm that the number of English Language Learners, or ELLs, within Team Duval is on the rise. In fact, recent months have seen an influx of new ELLs relocating to the district from refugee countries such as Ukraine, Afghanistan, and Cuba. […]
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Sept. 27, 2021 – A public servant who paved the way for the creation of the Acosta Bridge. A pulmonary care specialist who was one of the first doctors in Florida to successfully treat a COVID-19 patient. And a grandfather, who left Puerto Rico at the age of 2, traveled the world, and went on […]
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June 29, 2021 – On any given day this summer, visitors in Griselda Eire’s summer ESOL class can hear her rising first-graders yelling a simple phrase: “Tratar, no llorar!” Or in English, “Try, don’t cry!” It is a simple message that the 18-year educator at San Jose Elementary School says hits home with her young […]
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April 29, 2021 – Alfred duPont Middle School es la escuela del año! English translation…Alfred duPont Middle School is the school of the year! The school’s commitment to bilingual and bicultural education is just one of the reasons why it garnered the top spot for middle schools nationwide in the Embassy of Spain’s 2021 “School […]
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April 20, 2021 – Team Duval is hosting a variety of programs this summer for students in Pre-K through 12. This includes a new program to help students prepare for the next grade level. Open to rising first through ninth-graders, Summer Rise is a six-week summer enrichment program that provides standards-based instruction in math, reading, […]
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Dec. 2, 2020 – With holiday season in full swing, don’t forget that school choice season is just around the corner. Beginning Jan. 1, parents will have the opportunity to apply for their children’s school of choice. This includes Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten with Duval County Public Schools. Like last school year, applications for VPK will be online […]
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