Month: February 2019

Making “cents” of taxes at Ribault High School

Feb. 22, 2019 – Students at Ribault High School are giving back to their community members in dollars and cents.   Through a four-week training program available to students in the school’s Vystar Academy of Business and Finance, more than 100 students have become certified as volunteer tax preparers. The program is through  Realsense, which […]

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Students get into gear with First Lego League

Feb. 5, 2019 – They engineer robots, they complete NASA-inspired tasks, they talk with physical therapists about spine expansion in space, and…then they go to recess.  These future engineers are fifth-graders at Joseph Finegan Elementary School. They are one of the 56 elementary and middle school First Lego League teams in Duval County Public Schools. […]

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Teacher of the Year Finalist: Sarah Pasion

Feb. 4, 2019 – “I always wanted to be a teacher,” said Sarah Pasion, Teacher of the Year finalist. “It’s my destiny.”   The fourth-grade math teacher’s desire to be an educator started when she was child. She watched as her aunt, who was a teacher, got doted on by her students. She said her […]

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