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School Zone
Points of Pride
DCPS
Budget Services Donated to Hubbard House
Instead of exchanging gifts within the budget services
office, the staff decided to give back to a local
non-profit, Hubbard House. They collected three, full
bags of toys, school uniforms, toiletries and other
much-needed supplies.
Joseph
Stilwell Middle School Students Shared Holiday Spirit
Communities in Schools’ students at Joseph Stilwell
visited Nemours Children’s Clinic and the Towers of
Jacksonville on December 19 to spread holiday cheer and
greetings. The students distributed personalized
holiday greetings, sang holiday songs and exuded love
and compassion to the patients and residents during
their visits. The students are committed to reaching
out to the community in a positive way.
The students’ next endeavor
includes planning a “Sock-it-to-me” sock drive. They
are collecting new socks to donate to the residents of
the Towers of Jacksonville. Principal Lawrence Dennis, Communities in Schools’ teacher, Gloria Foster
Lawrence, and program manager, Rachel Kaltenberg, should
be commended for their support of these wonderful
outreach efforts.
Students’
Work Published in Local Newspaper
Joseph Bolling from James Weldon Johnson Middle School
won the Florida Times-Union’s
Short Story Contest. Joseph’s short story was
published in the Christmas morning edition of The
Florida Times-Union. If you would like to read
Joseph’s story,
click here.
In addition, another James
Weldon Johnson student’s work was also published in the
Florida Times-Union. Geoffrey Finn created an
illustration to accompany the holiday classic poem, “Twas
the Night Before Christmas,” which appeared in the
December 9 edition. To see his illustration,
click here.
Students
Win Essay Contest Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Two Duval County students participated in the Willie
Gary/Martin Luther King, Jr. Essay Contest and won.
Tyrone Morgan, a fifth grader at R.L. Brown, and Obioma
Ezinwa, an eighth grader at James Weldon Johnson, both
won the contest for their essays honoring Martin Luther
King, Jr. As part of their award, they will attend the
Fourth Annual Willie Gary/Martin Luther King, Jr.
Luncheon on Tuesday, January 9 to read their essays on
stage as part of the luncheon’s program.
Teacher
Wins Toyota Honorarium
Sheree Kearns, teacher and commander for the Challenger
Learning Center at Kirby Smith Middle School, won an
honorarium for a lesson she wrote called, “Danger!
Ground Zero at Watubu!” In addition to the honorarium,
Kearns’ earth science lesson has been distributed to
each of the 54 Challenger Learning Centers throughout
the United States for other teachers to utilize.
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