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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April 14, 2022 – With her gospel-infused voice, Alisha Felk leads a group of delighted and dancing first graders in one of their favorite songs: “Oh 3D Shapes.” Students sway to the tune of the song, which mirrors “Oh Happy Day,” and helps them grasp the concept of 3D shapes, like cones and spheres and […]
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April 14, 2021 – Cheryl Hartley says she didn’t choose her job. It chose her. The Crown Point Elementary School paraprofessional started out as a crossing guard at the school, hoping to get her foot in the door in a law enforcement career. But she ended up getting her foot in the door into the […]
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May 19, 2020 – Congratulations to Julia “Monique” Menefee who was recently announced as the 2019-2020 School- Related Employee of the Year for Duval County Public Schools. A data entry clerk at Rutledge Pearson Elementary School, Menefee said she was shocked when she learned she had been selected. “I dropped my phone, and I was […]
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