School-Related Employee of the Year Reception 2016
School Related Employee of the Year 2016
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School Related Employee of the Year 2016
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The Northeast Florida MathCounts competition was held Friday, February 26, at University of North Florida. It is the largest competition in the country and St. Johns County had six middle schools participating including Fruit Cove Middle School, Alice B. Landrum Middle School, Liberty Pines Academy, Patriot Oaks Academy, Sebastian Middle School, and Switzerland Point Middle School.
All St. Johns County middle schools competing placed in the top 40% of teams. Switzerland Point Middle School placed fourth overall and is advancing to the state competition held in Orlando on Friday, April 1.
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Roughly 100 students participated in the 4th Annual St. Johns County History Fair in February. Award winners were recognized at a ceremony held at First Coast Technical College on Wednesday, February 24, 2016.
Individual website
1st – Kason Ancelin, Switzerland Point Middle, “Louis Pasteur’s Fight Against Disease”
2nd- Jennifer Balestra, Alice B. Landrum Middle, “Nelly Bly and Her Exploration of Americas Insane Asylums”
3rd – Joshua Jacobs, Fruit Cove Middle, “Expensive Explorations”
Group website
1st – Nathaniel Duck, Colin Ngin and Daniel Goodrich, Switzerland Point, “Challenger”
2nd – Jordan Sabo and Lindsey Sabo, Switzerland Point, “Encounter of the Solanas: Influence on Florida”
3rd – Mohit Ballikar, Deven Ellis and Joshua Prohofsky, Fruit Cove, “What went wrong between Andrew Jackson and the Cherokee Nation”.
Individual performance
1st – Nima Goodman, Landrum, “Exploration of the Life of Pocahontas”
Group performance
1st – Ethan Grunow-Drew and Alan Michael, Switzerland Point, “Fibonacci”
2nd – Ainsley Wiechens and Kayla Wiechens, Switzerland Point, “Ruth Wakefield”
3rd – Philip Baratelli, Lucas Comparato, Brady Teichman and Jude Howell, Fruit Cove, “Sparta’s Encounter with Romans”
Individual documentary
1st – Elliot Kantor, Landrum, “The Silk Road”
2nd – Jenna Forcier, Fruit Cove, “Juan Ponce De Leon and the Myth of the Fountain of Youth”
3rd – Wade Miller, Switzerland Point, “Space Race”
Group documentary
1st – Lauren Donalson and Kaitlyn Rouzie, Switzerland Point, “The Cubo Line and City Gate Protection and Security to the Nation’s Oldest City”
2nd – Alia Farooque and Camille Aguilar, Switzerland Point, “Small Pox”
3rd – Marina Mechetti, Carolina Mechetti and Lily Quick, Landrum, “The Exploration of Flight”
Individual exhibit
1st – Veronica Czajkowski, Patriot Oaks Academy, “Black Death”
2nd – Taylor Hampson, Fruit Cove, “King Henry VIII, his Influence of the Protestant Reformation, and the Motives of Pligrimages and Exploration to the New World”
3rd – Remington Chenore, Landrum, “The Radioactive Lady: Marie Curie”
Group exhibit
1st – Julia Martin and Caroline Rice, Fruit Cove, “Exploration of How Greek Mythology Affects Society”
2nd – Ava Nelms and Sophia Peake, Sebastian Middle, “Lewis and Clark”;
3rd – Lauren Alexis Edmonds and Addison Bullen, Switzerland Point, “Lost Ships of St. Augustine”
Research paper
1st – Angela Ramsey, Switzerland Point, “Genghis Khan”
2nd – Hanna Do, Patriot Oaks, “Triangle Factory Fire”
3rd – Ashton Monk, Landrum, “Little Boy and Fat Man”
Individual website
1st – Danielle Haddock, Creekside High, “Can you Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street?”
2nd – Adawe Bosworth, St. Augustine High, “Japanese Internment Camp”
3rd – Amanda Donahue, Ponte Vedra High, “Irish Immigration: A Cultural Exchange”
Honorable Mention – Adam Snowden, Ponte Vedra, “Fighting Yellow Jack: How the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission Identified the Culprit Behind the Spread of Yellow Fever”
Group website:
1st – Ben Honiker and Noah Kathe, Creekside, “The Viking Invasions of the British Isles 793-900 AD”
2nd – Elizabeth Fox, Frank Lukens and Harrison Snowden, Ponte Vedra, “Marie Tharp: Mapping the Ocean Floor”
3rd – Elliott Steele and Brighton Ancelin, Creekside, “The Space Race: US vs. USSR”
Individual documentary
1st – Shelby Brackett, Creekside, “Mabury vs. Madison”
Group documentary
1st – Ciara Boulos and Mia Andrews, St. Augustine, “Dr. Seuss: Perfectly Political”
Individual exhibit
1st – Nicholas Famularo, Ponte Vedra, “Zheng He: Admiral of the Western Seas”
2nd – Andrew Brownett, “The Young Apprentice of WWI”
Group exhibit
1st – Katherine Slava and Maia Medley, St. Augustine, “One Small Step for a Man, One Giant Leap for Mankind”
2nd – Matt Adams and Nicholas Rodgers, St. Augustine, “Midway”
3rd – Mairead “Maggie” Boylan, Taylor Noon and Aleyna Turker, Ponte Vedra, “Feminist Art and its Movement”
Research paper
1st – Charles Sherwood, Creekside, “Playing Revolution: Soviet Encounters in China from 1917-1928” (overall winner)
2nd – Rachel Barden, Creekside, “Horace Mann and the Public School Reform”
3rd – John Middleton, Ponte Vedra, “Exchanges and Encounters: Early New Spain in the North American Southwest”
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February 25th, 2016 at Liberty Pines Academy – Sparky and Rhonda Rucker take their audience on an educational and emotional journey that ranges from poignant stories of slavery and war to an amusing rendition of a Brer Rabbit tale or their witty commentaries on current events.
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Hannah Kilbride has been selected as one of six Asofsky Family Foundation’s Leaders 4 Life Fellows. This scholarship is awarded to Florida high school seniors who are in the Take Stock in Children Scholarship Program and have achieved academic excellence in coursework and exhibited strong leadership skills. As a Fellow, Hannah receives a Apple Laptop and financial assistance with all college expenses. Each summer she will also be given the opportunity to participate in the Fellow Institute which is designed to enhance job skills, explore internships and network with other scholars and business leaders. Hannah will be pursuing here college degree at Florida State University in the fall.
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Brian Morgan guides students through the do’s and don’ts of creating a STEM project.
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On May 20th through May 23rd, the Patriot Oaks Academy 5th Grade Odyssey of the Mind Team attended the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals in Michigan. It was the first time a Manatee Region Division 1 (grades 3-5) Team has ever made it to World Finals.
Odyssey of the Mind is an international educational program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students from kindergarten through college. Team members apply their creativity to solve problems that range from building mechanical devices to presenting their own interpretation of literary classics. They then bring their solutions to competition on the local, state, and world level. Thousands of teams from throughout the U.S. and from about 25 other countries participate in the program.
Since Patriot Oaks Academy first opened for the 2014-2015 school year, this was the first year the school ran the Odyssey of the Mind program. They formed three teams, two at the 4th grade level and one at the 5th grade level. Two of the teams qualified for the state competition which was held at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. There, the 5th Grade Team, which calls itself the “Odyssey Avengers,” qualified for the World Finals.
Participants in the Odyssey of the Mind include teams from Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Canada, China, Czech Republic, DoDDS Europe, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, and practically every state in the U.S. The annual Odyssey of the Mind World Finals is an event to behold. It embodies the international spirit of creativity.
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View a slideshow and photos from the Inaugural Elementary Olympics held on Wednesday, May 13, 2015.
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B.J. Novak reads his children’s story “The Book With No Pictures” to students at Durbin Creek Elementary School in St. Johns County on April 23, 2015.
Learn more about B. J. Novak’s Book With No Pictures.
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School Library Month (SLM) is the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) celebration of school librarians and their programs. Every April school librarians are encouraged to create activities to help their school and local community celebrate the essential role that strong school library programs play in transforming learning.
The St. Johns School System has a school library media program in each school. We are fortunate to have at least one professional media specialist and a media aide or media resource technician in each school library media center. Each media center is encouraged to offer flexible access so students may access the library collection at any time of need as is the system in our public libraries.
Use the links below to find out what’s happening in the media center at your child’s school.
Elementary Schools
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View photos from a recruitment reception held on Friday, April 10, 2015, at Flagler College’s Markland House. This event was sponsored by Herff Jones: Varsity Brands, AXA, Valic, and Flagler College.
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World Golf Hall of Fame Museum.
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