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The older upper portion of the School now known as the Marine
Science Education Center Center was built in 1926-27 to replace an old wooden framed
3-room school house which was located where the newer portion of the Marine Science
Education Center now stands. This new brick structure had three or four classrooms for
grades 1 through 8. In 1949 to 1950 the lower extension to the building was built to add 4
more classrooms and a lunchroom. School #32 was called Ribault Elementary from 1926 until
1964. It was named for the French explorer, Jean Ribault, who discovered this area in 1562
and claimed it for France.
From 1964 to approximately 1968 this building was used as an
annex to Mayport Elementary which was opened in 1964 and supposed to replace Ribault
Elementary.
In 1968, school #32 reopened as"Title III ESEA Federal
Project" and was called the Marine Science Education Center. In 1971, the Marine
Science Education Center once again became school #32 in
the Duval County School System (City of Jacksonville) and has remained as such to the
present date.
Elementary Program
The Center’s elementary program services fifth grade students
in the Duval County Public Schools. Following the completion of an oceanography unit at
school, students come to the Center for a day of marine lab and field activities related
to the fifth grade science program.
Half the day is spent in labs. Their classroom teacher conducts
labs on plankton, conductivity, distillation of seawater, identifying minerals in our
local sand, classifying and adaptations of marine animals. The afternoon is spent on the
beach studying the dune systems, identifying forms of pollution, and collecting fossils
and shells.
Elementary School Schedule for
2008/2009
5th
Grade
Workshop Schedule for 2008/2009
and Registration
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Teacher Field Trip Check List
Fill out form online and Print
Download
The 2008/2009A Student Permission
Slip
Vocational Program
The commercial fishing program at the Marine Science Center is
open to full time students. The typical student is behind in school, 16 to 19 years of
age, likes fishing, thinking of dropping out of school or a student who has already
dropped out and has decided to return to school. Their day is broken into two parts,
commercial fishing and academic components. Students completing the program will receive a
completion certificate for their commercial fishing and a standard diploma from
the Duval County School Board.
1347 Palmer Street
Mayport, Florida 32233
Phone (904) 247-5973 Fax
(904)-247-5976
Webmaster.......B.J.
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updated May 30, 2007
