March 30, 2022 – Erasing the stigma around mental health and helping students be more aware of available resources are concerns that students have continuously shared with Duval County Public Schools. Thanks to their input, the district has launched a new mental and emotional wellness initiative. GROW – which stands for Gain Resilience, Obtain Wellness […]
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March 25, 2022 – Students participating in the Future Entrepreneurs Club at John E. Ford Pre-K – 8 Montessori School had the chance to receive advice and guidance about being an entrepreneur from children’s book author and youth motivational speaker, Ty Allen Jackson this week. Jackson encouraged the group to consider entrepreneurship as another option […]
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March 23, 2022 – Duval County Public Schools is sending communications to families about the importance of safely storing guns and ammunition to help prevent accidental shootings involving children and youth suicide. Participation in a national effort to improve gun safety was suggested to the Duval County Public School Board during public comment at a […]
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March 11, 2022 – Students across the district had a chance to learn more about space exploration on Thursday through a live chat with astronaut Laura Shepard Churchley, a passenger on a recent Blue Origin space flight and the daughter of Alan Shepard the first American to fly into space. Chaffee Trail Elementary was chosen […]
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March 10, 2022 – When Duval voters approved a voluntary half-penny sales surtax in November 2020, they also launched a new body of citizens to oversee the use of the revenue and hold the school district accountable to the promises it made to voters. That body, the Sales Surtax Oversight Committee, has issued its first […]
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March 9, 2022 – Turning short stories into videos. Learning how to code. Making new creations with 3-D printers. They’re just some of the ways teachers and leaders at Loretto Elementary are making technology a way of life for students. “What we’ve done as a team, we came together to develop an action plan that […]
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March 1, 2022 — The Duval County School Board today passed a resolution to ask voters on Aug. 23 to approve a 1-mill increase in property taxes, mostly to give teachers and staff competitive pay and to improve arts and athletics programs for students. The resolution now goes to the Jacksonville City Council, which has […]
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