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School Zone
Points of Pride
Best Buy
Bucks
Annie R. Morgan Elementary School Media Specialist Cyndi
Polkey applied for a grant through Best Buy, and the
school received $2,500 to help enhance the closed
circuit department at the school. With the enhancement,
students will be able to create science-related
commercials and infomercials.
“Colossal”
Victory for Sabal Palm Elementary Student
Fifth grade Sabal Palm Elementary Student Avery Garrett
won a spot in the The Florida Times-Union
Regional Spelling Bee by correctly spelling the word,
colossal, beating fifteen other students. Avery
will compete on February 24 against 15 county champions
for a chance to participate in the Scripps National
Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Good luck, Avery!
That’s G-O-O-D L-U-C-K!
Duval
County Home to First
Coast Regional Envirothon Winners
Students from three Duval County public schools earned
honors
in the First Coast Regional Envirothon competition. The
competition covered five categories: aquatics, wildlife,
forestry, soil, and a current topic of
alternative/renewable energy.
High school teams from public
and private schools in Duval and Nassau counties worked
together to tackle essay and multiple choice questions.
Paxon School for Advanced Studies won first place overall, after also winning first place in the forestry and
alternative/renewable energy categories. Fletcher High
School captured third place overall, and Mandarin High
School won in the soils category. The Paxon students:
Matt Hurlbert, Miles MacEachern, Het Patel, James Shupe,
and Jeremy Thurne, with Austin Saffer as an alternate,
will compete in the Florida Envirothon on Saturday,
April 14.
Florida’s
Biology Teacher of the Year
Congratulations to Biology Teacher Sarah Whitcomb from
Mandarin High School for being selected Florida’s
Biology Teacher of the Year. Each year, the National
Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) identifies a
biology teacher from each state who illustrates
excellence in teaching abilities and experience,
cooperativeness within school and community,
inventiveness, initiative, and student/teacher
relationships.
"Beary"
Good Deeds by DCPS Employees and Students
 Duval County Public Schools’ Exceptional Education and
Student Services (EESS) Department hosted a Buddy Bear
Drive where staff collected more than 200 bears in just
two weeks to donate to cancer patients. Since everyone
in the department has been directly and indirectly
affected by cancer, the staff decided to participate in
First Coast News' Buddy Bear
Drive. Other caring Duval County Public Schools’ staff
joined in the EESS Department’s bear-collecting mission
including the Title 1 office, K-8 and high school
cluster offices, and Alden Road Exceptional Education
Center.
The EESS Department wasn’t
the only one with a giving spirit. Forrest High School
Diversified Career Training (DCT) students, with the
help of administrators, faculty, students, and business
partners, also donated more than 200 stuffed bears to First
Coast News' Buddy Bear Drive.
The students’ goal was 100 bears, but they surpassed
their goal at 220 bears. And, they are still receiving
donations. Some of the students traveled with
Jeannie Blaylock and a news camera crew to
deliver the bears to grateful recipients. The students,
and the bears, were welcomed with open arms.
A. Philip
Randolph Students Win in HOSA Competition
A. Philip Randolph Student Rachael Stone won two first
place awards at the Regional HOSA Competition. She won
first place in the categories of Administrative Medical
Assisting and Chapter Newsletter. Rachael is a senior
in A. Philip Randolph’s Health Science Academy and
president of the local chapter of HOSA.
Congratulations, Rachael!
Congratulations to the
following A. Philip Randolph students who also placed in
the competition.
- Jocelyn Burton won first
place in the category of medical photography;
- Linnie Crudup won fourth
place in the category of job seeking skills;
- Tanika Delifus won second
place in the category of medical spelling;
- Jeannie Gonzalez won fifth
place in the category of medical terminology;
- Rachelle Ignacio won first
place in the category of dental terminology;
- Jasmine Sanchez won second
place in the category of job seeking skills;
- Reginald Thomas won third
place in the category of dental terminology;
- Corey Thomas won third
place in the category of job seeking skills; and
- Charlesa Verdell won
second place in the category of administrative medical
assisting.
Thanks for working so hard
and making us all proud!
Stanton
College Preparatory School Students Excel
Congratulations to the hardworking students and
dedicated staff at Stanton College Preparatory School.
Principal Debra Lynch provided School Zone with a
report of several impressive statistics and
achievements. The following information serves as proof
that Stanton’s teachers and administration are making
strides with students and becoming a leading school.
- Eighteen of the nineteen
Stanton seniors who were named National Merit
Semifinalists in September have advanced to finalist
status in the competition for Merit Scholarship
Awards. These students are Moira Balangue, Blair
Brown, Lisa Fox, Louis Frezza, Bing Han, Erin Heaney,
Yunzhong Hou, Jenny Jiang, Mingjue Jiang, Sara John,
Lauren Kendrick, Joanna Lee, Marina Mityul, Samantha
Perera, Katherine Saunders, Sejal Shah, John Song, and
Abigail Strickland.
- Six of seven Stanton
students are finalists in the Achievement Scholarships
Competition. These awards are offered to outstanding
African-American students. The finalists are Andreas
Bell, Gabrielle Hall, Jaleesa Jackson, Sean Johnson,
Bridgette McMillan, and Velencia Witherspoon.
- In the College Board’s
2007 Advanced Placement Report to the Nation,
Stanton College Preparatory School is recognized for
leading the nation with the widest segment of its
total school population achieving exam grades of three
or higher in AP European History.
- Stanton is recognized as
number one in the large size school (800+) category
for the third year in a row.
- Stanton is recognized as
the school with the largest number of African-American
students scoring a three or higher on the AP European
History exam. This is the second time Stanton has
been recognized for this achievement.
- Stanton Junior Chris
Perera scored a perfect 2400 on the new SAT.
We know that there are many other examples of
outstanding student achievement throughout our schools.
Please share your success stories!
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