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School Zone
Points of Pride
Englewood’s Interact Club
Helps Make “Dreams Come True”
Englewood High School’s Interact Club raised $3,000 to
help make a young woman’s dream come true. The young
woman has a brain tumor, and she has always dreamed of
traveling to New York City for a shopping trip.
Englewood’s Interact Club and the Jacksonville Rotary
Club joined forces and raised $3,000 to help make this
dream a reality.
Englewood’s Interact Club is
a Rotary-sponsored service club for young people ages 14
– 18. The program gives young people an opportunity to
participate in fun, meaningful service projects while
developing leadership skills and meeting new friends.
Englewood’s Interact Club will host a “Celebration of
Life” party on Wednesday, March 14, in which the
students will meet the young lady whose dream they
helped make a reality.
Stanton’s Brain Brawl Team
Places First
Stanton College Preparatory School’s brain brawl team
placed first in the 2006/2007 Brain Brawl Academic
Competition. Mandarin High School’s team placed second,
and the Paxon School for Advanced Studies team placed
third. Congratulations to each of the winning teams!
Money Wasn’t the Goal, but
These Students Received a Surprise
Congratulations to the following students, who through
their participation with College Goal Sunday, won
scholarships to local colleges and universities:
- Elizabeth Cross, Robert E.
Lee High School, $1,000 for the University of North
Florida
- Lexington Curry, Wolfson
High School, $1,000 for the University of North
Florida
- Tanika Delifus, A. Philip
Randolph Academies of Technology, $250 for Florida
Community College at Jacksonville
- Ravi Patel, Sandalwood
High School, $500 for college of student’s choice
- Nabila Rahman, Robert E.
Lee High School, $1,000 for Florida Community College
at Jacksonville
- Makhymia Salako, Wolfson
High School, $1,000 for the University of North
Florida
- Richard Stewart, First
Coast High School, $1,000 for the University of North
Florida
College Goal Sunday is an
annual, statewide volunteer program which provides
financial aid application paperwork assistance to
students and families who are interested in
post-secondary education. Duval County Public Schools
partnered with Florida Community College at
Jacksonville, University of North Florida and
Jacksonville University to host the event. Lily
Endowment, Inc. and Lumina Foundation for Education
provided funding for the event.
Check Mate—Scholastic
Chess Championship Winners
Many Duval County Public Schools students competed and
placed in the Jacksonville City Scholastic Chess
Championship on February 10. The competition is in its
third yearand open to students from local public,
private and home schools. A little less than 100
students participated in the competition.
Congratulations to the following winners:
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Santora Jackson, Atlantic
Beach Elementary, third place in the K – 2 grade
division
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Carter Meyer, Hendricks
Avenue Elementary, second place in the 3 – 5 grade
division
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Alex Molenaar, Hendricks
Avenue Elementary, third place in the 3 – 5 grade
division
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Paul Kaczarowski, Mandarin
High, first place in the 9 – 12 grade division
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Dan Eddins, Mandarin High
School, third place in the 9 – 12 grade division
There were several team
winners, as well. They include:
- Hendricks Avenue
Elementary team, second place in the K – 2 grade
division
- Atlantic Beach Elementary
team, third place in the K – 2 grade division
- Hendricks Avenue
Elementary team, first place in the 3 – 5 grade
division
- Beauclerc Elementary,
third place in the 3 – 5 grade division
- Mandarin High team, first
place in the 9 – 12 grade division
- Wolfson High, third place
in the 9 – 12 grade division.
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