«  Kristen Howe and Emily Iannotti will be dancing at the FSU School of Dance Summer Intensive Workshop under the instruction of an amazing faculty lead by Sheila Humphreys and Lynda Davis.

«  Addie Higgins will be dancing at the prestigious Young Dancer Summer Workshop at the American Ballet Theatre in NYC.  This workshop provides the opportunity for serious young dancers, ages 9-11, to actively flourish in a professional environment. Under the direction of Franco De Vita, Principal of ABT’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, the outstanding faculty members of ABT will provide unparalleled instruction.

«  Jackie Sullivan has a very busy summer ahead of her…first starting at the Sarasota Ballet Summer Intensive and then following up at the City Ballet of San Diego.  Jackie will be receiving instruction from the amazing David Howard and Gelsey Kirkland at the City Ballet of San Diego.

«  Rachel Jimenez will have an extremely demanding summer, starting with a week at Complexions in NYC under the direction of the remarkable Desmond Richardson and Dwight Rhoden.  Following that with three weeks at the celebrated Julliard School of Dance Summer Intensive!  Finishing her hectic summer with study at Joffrey Jazz and Contemporary in NYC! WOW!

Hendricks Avenue Baseball League Advanced 10U Green and Gold Teams prevailed through the scorching heat and rainstorms to victory this weekend.  Coach Adrian Rust, the teams organizer, encourages the players to go out and play a good game but always reminds them to have fun.

Sunday evening  Gold Heat returned to the field after a rain delay to win the San Souci 10U baseball tournament.  In the final game, they came back from being six runs down after the top of the 1st inning to win 11 to 9.  All of the players were outstanding and worked like a machine to capture the tournament win.  Congratulations to Gavin Carter, David Rivera-Clapp, Jack Cromer, Brantley DeWitt, Austin Evans,  Henry Jacqmein,  Maguire Kelly, Brian Koehler,  Donovan LaFavor, Joseph  Mansour, Zak Shapiro,  Dawson Wakefield and  Beau Wood.

Gold Heat captures the trophy!

Green Heat made H.A.B. history Monday night as they defeated Julington Creek and then San Jose to win the championship by stringing together five consecutive victories over the big parks. Congratulations to Ethan Anderson, Jay Babcock, Jacob Becker, Trevor Chisholm, Will Leavitt,  Zach Locke,  Alan Meyer, John Najem, T.J. O’Kelley, Ethan Renaud, Caleb Rolison, Logan Rust, and Alex Salvador.

Green Heat celebrates the win!

Both teams are fortunate to have great coaches who are unyielding in their commitment to our Hendricks players.  A special thanks to Green Heat Coaches Adrian Rust, Greg Labbe, Steve Chisholm and Brian Babcock and Gold Heat Coaches Fran Delaney, Tim Mease, and David Koehler.

Sunshine Math is a voluntary math program hosted at Hendricks Avenue Elementary.  Each year, Hendricks hosts a local competition to select a winner for each grade level.    For grades 1 through 5, the winners were Robert R, Andrew L, Meredith A, Christina L, and Jade H.   These students went on to compete in a math competition against other children in their grade level from other schools.  Congratulations to all the student participants and especially to Meredith A. who placed 1^st in 3^rd grade at the District Competition held at Wolfson High School on Thursday, May 13.  

Chase Turknett and Emeritus Resident

Landon sixth grade  students completed a community service project last month for Emeritus Assisted Living Facility in Mandarin.   Miss Franklin’s Language Arts students got together after school to assemble Easter baskets filled with lots of goodies.  The students also wrote “thinking of you” notes to include in the baskets.

Chase Turknett and Mrs. Turknett delivered the baskets on March 29^th to the delight of the residents of Emeritus.  They were greeted with smiles and thank you’s from the residents.  It was heartwarming to brighten the elderly residents day.

San Marco Preservation Society held its annual Raingutter Regatta on Saturday April 17th at Colonial Manor Lake Park.  The North Florida O.R.C.A.S. were also in attendance to demonstrate their many and varied remote control boats.  The competitors and spectators alike, enjoyed the chamber of commerce weather.  In the K-2nd grade division, Robert Ritchie placed first with Linkin and Corbin Bradshaw coming in second and third respectively.  Linkin also received a design award.  In the 3rd-5th grade division, the team of Jake Thiele and Dalton Golden placed first.  John Martin was second and Grace Woodward placed third.  Olivia Bogan was awarded Best Design.  Other design awards were given to Arthur Shuppe, Flynn Stapleton, Anna Schuppe, Regan Foote, and Matteo Turra.  Brittney Strong won the SMPS raffle.  HobbyTown USA provided the prize,  a R/C sailboat valued at $200.00.

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Twenty-one students from Julia Landon Middle School participated in the Northeast Florida Regional Science & Engineering Fair (NEFRSEF) held at UNF on February 22nd.  The students who placed first and second in the school science fair were selected to showcase their projects at the regional event.  An impressive array of science projects aimed to prove scientific theories and phenomenons in the areas of chemistry, engineering, environmental science, and physics to name a few. 

Over 350 middle and high school students from Duval County took part in the event. Three Landon students were recognized for their outstanding projects. Ben Lassley placed second in chemistry for “How Do Acids Effect the Creation of Iron Oxide”;  Regan Foote placed third in chemistry for ‘The Effect of Time on the Amount of Chlorine in Household Tap Water”; and Julia Silliman placed second in biochemistry for “The Effect of PH on the Strength of Collagen”.

The mission of NEFRSEF is to promote, encourage and support scientific and engineering learning endeavors for middle and high school students. Congratulations to all of the Landon students who participated in the regional event– Emily Alesch, JC Boers,  Jesse Evans,  Brianna Fleming, Regan  Foote,  Isabella G.,  Ben Lassley,  Sean Mangum,  Kathryn McMullen,  Hazel Odell,  Ben Pippins,  Steven Pisarchuk,  Ashton Putnal,  Alphonso Robinson,  Julia Silliman,  Cole S.,  Sophia Rappaport,  Raveen Selvakumar,  Kailyn Waldeck,  Audrey Ware and Emily Waters.

Hendricks Avenue Elementary and Julia Landon College Prep competed with 120 of the city’s top scholastic chess players in the “Jacksonville Scholastic Chess Championship” held at Jacksonville Country Day School.  Hendricks Avenue placed 3rd over-all and Julia Landon placed second overall just one point out of 1st.  Former Hendricks Avenue student, Sam Kenney, led his Bolles team to a 1st place finish in the middle school division.  Sam also place 1st in the individual competition & is now the reigning city champ in the middle school division. Ian McNeil place 3rd overall in the 3-5 grade division.  Congratulations to all of the San Marco students for their outstanding performance this year.

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Only one week left to register for MOSH’s Lego Competition 2010. All entries are due by Tuesday, January 19th. The competition will be held on January 23, 2010. Competitors must bring their own legos and complete their structures within the 3.5 hour build time. Chaperons and parents are not allowed to help in the building of the structure. The competition is open to children in kindergarten through ninth grade.  Winners from each category will recieve $100 MOSH gift cards. All entries will be on display at MOSH from January 23 to February 21, 2010. Visit the MOSH web site to register today.

Children kindergarten through 9th grade can register to participate in MOSH’s first ever Lego® Competition. So what will you build? Put your imagination to the test. Your project must be based on any of these categories: Astronomy, History, Physical Science or Natural Science. All you need to do is register, know the rules, have a good attitude and the will to win.  

Event Date: January 23, 2010

Registration closes January 19th.

Visit the MOSH Webite for full details…

School is out for winter break.  Keeping kids busy can be a challenge, but there are lots of fun and healthy ways to keep kids occupied.  Jacksonville has a great variety of activities.  But if you want to stay close to home, San Marco has plenty to offer.

Take a family bike tour of the neighborhood.  Pick up a “Historic Points of Interest & Area Map”  from Ryan at Gallery Framery and explore the history of San Marco.  Gallery Framery is located at 1718 Hendricks Avenue.

Discover a new park, San Marco is fortunate to have lots of neighborhood parks.  Bring along a ball and frisbee.  To find a park go to: http://www.smpsjax.com/san_marco/parks.php

The track at Hendricks Avenue Elementary School is a great place for a family relay race–walk, run or skip backwards.

Play some tennis on the hard courts for free (first come first serve) or play the clay courts at a cost of  $2.50 for 90 minutes (call ahead for a reservation).

Take a break from screen time and head over to San Marco Library.  Challenge your kids to find a holiday story to share with the family.

Visit area merchants for other fun stuff — take in a movie at San Marco Theater; paint pottery at Doin’ Dishes; or create a masterpiece at Yes, You Canvas!