Jan. 31, 2019 – Graham Glasheen calmly walked up to the microphone after being asked to spell a word meaning “intended to teach.” D-I-D-A-C-T-I-C. Didactic. It was that moment the Hendricks Avenue Elementary fifth-grader won the county-wide Scripps Spelling Bee — a feat he was unsure he would be able to achieve. “I […]
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Jan. 23, 2019 – George Pratt just got one step closer to his ultimate dream of becoming a United States senator. The Paxon School for Advanced Studies senior is one of two students statewide to be selected to participate in the prestigious 2019 United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP). As part of the […]
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Dec. 20, 2018 – Duval County Public Schools has set a new record for the district’s graduation rate. Now at 85.1 percent, schools in 2018 bumped the district’s average by more than 4 percentage points compared to 2017. The results released Wednesday by the Florida Department of Education include other important records in […]
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Oct. 26, 2018 – Duval County Public Schools’ Nongongoma Majova, principal of Stanton College Preparatory School, is one of 11 recipients of the 2018 Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership. In addition to her school being titled a National Blue Ribbon School for 2018, Principal Nongongoma Majova will be receiving the award […]
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Oct. 16, 2018 – Duval County Public Schools was one of 26 school districts in the United States and Canada to be awarded the 23rd Annual Achievement of Excellence in Procurement award. This honor from the National Procurement Institute, Inc. (NPI) is the highest award given by the organization. The national award recognizes school […]
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Sept. 12, 2018 – Duval County Public Schools is proud to announce that 17 Stanton College Preparatory students are among approximately 16,000 seniors nationwide selected as semifinalists in the 64th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The semifinalists were selected from out of more than 1.6 million students in about 22,000 high schools across the […]
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Sept. 11, 2018 — Congratulations to the 182 outstanding educators who were just announced as their school’s 2019 Teacher of the Year. The announcement was made on Monday by the Jacksonville Public Education Fund (JPEF), which facilitates the Teacher of the Year awards. “This is a huge honor. These teachers are selected by […]
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Sept. 3, 2018 – With their bright red ties freshly tied, 24 First Coast High School students recited an oath and became the first group of students this year to be inducted into the district’s 5000 Role Models Program. The tie-tying ceremony took place on Friday, Aug. 21 at First Coast High School with […]
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Aug. 14, 2018 – A 16-year veteran of education, Mayport Coastal Sciences Middle School’s Chris Koek has held a number of titles, ranging from math teacher to Assistant Principal. But now, the Duval County Public Schools administrator can add another title to his resume – “life changer.” The National Life Group Foundation announced that Koek […]
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June 27, 2018 – Duval County Public Schools inched ever closer to becoming an “A”-graded school district this year, gaining 14 overall points compared to last year. With these gains, Duval remains a “B” district but is just one percentage point away from “A” status. “We continue to improve and move forward,” said Superintendent Dr. […]
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