July 23, 2019 – Moving to a new country and learning a new language isn’t easy. Just ask Anne-Victory Veillard, a Haitian immigrant who has only been in the United States since February. “When I (came) to Florida, I was so scared,” recalls the Englewood High School senior. Despite her initial fears, Veillard quickly found […]
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May 21, 2019– Reading and Math Florida Standards Assessments, Geometry End of Course Exams, AP Biology Exams and IB Spanish II Exams. As they take final exams for their courses, it is common for students to feel the pressure build. Team Duval News recently sat down with Katrina Taylor, Director of School and Behavioral Health, […]
Read MoreMarch 18, 2019 – The Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) can be nerve-racking for a lot of students. Here are some tips from our department heads, Brandie Barry and Shawn Wigg, to help you succeed on the big test likely starting April 1. When studying Take the practice test. The FSA website contains practice tests that […]
Read MoreMarch 13, 2019 – Decreasing attendance and increasing behavior issues. That’s what Principal Tammy Haberman and School Counselor Joshua Nelson noticed three years ago as R.L. Brown was transitioning from a neighborhood school to a dedicated magnet school. The two began brainstorming to find a creative way to address their issues. Their first brainchild was […]
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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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Jan. 28, 2019 – Rachel Duff points to a vocabulary word on the board and enunciates it slowly for her students to repeat. She does this two more times before motioning with her hands and repeating the word for them again. This is the DuPont Middle School ESOL teacher’s strategy for teaching her students […]
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[KGVID width=”640″ height=”360″]https://vimeo.com/352316790[/KGVID] Aug. 20, 2018 – “I was a teacher, and I’ll never forget what it’s like to be a teacher,” reflected Duval Superintendent Dr. Diana Greene as she sat down with the Communications Video team in the district-produced “Going Greene” video. In “Going Greene,” the 33rd superintendent discusses how every role she […]
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