…and there were 32 acts who took to the stage January 27 to prove it. A sold-out event, the show ran for two hours with an intermission. The warm-up act was the Fletcher High School Step Team, whose experience and great vibe set the tone for the evening. It was great fun to watch […]
On Friday morning January 27 Fletcher High’s PTSA hosted its annual Welcome Breakfast, where it was all about making this year’s area 8th graders and their parents feel comfortable as they begin their high school journey, and showing them why Fletcher is, indeed, the Pride of the Beaches. Prospective Fletcher students and parents from the […]
On Friday morning, January 27 at 8:00 am students starting 9th grade this fall and their parents are invited to attend the Welcome Breakfast. This event is organized by Fletcher’s Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) and is all about making prospective students feel comfortable about starting high school and showing them why Fletcher is, […]
…and cheering groups of friends, parents, and people who love Fletcher football lined 3rd St. with handmade signs, to cheer them on as the bus carrying the team to tonight’s big game finally passed by. For the first time, the Fletcher High School Senators Football team was advancing to the state quarter finals, held in […]
When the City of Neptune Beach lights its Christmas tree on Friday December 2, they will also be working with some students from Fletcher High School’s AICE Program (Advanced International Certificate of Education) to light Penman Road and the neighboring area of Jarboe Park with holiday luminaries. Luminaria are a beautiful holiday decoration, lighting the night […]
If you love books then get yourselves over to St. Paul’s Catholic School‘s annual used book sale Saturday and Sunday. The merry team of volunteers have done it again – they organized by category and alphabetized by author – roughly ten thousand books, and the sale is in progress now. You can find this fantastic selection […]
I’ve watched a community grieve online twice, in the past year or so. This time, the community – our community – has lost a beloved teacher. Although I’d known Mike Tetlow for several years, it was a superficial acquaintance; he was my kids’ religion teacher at St. Paul’s in Jax Beach. I’d see him around […]
Despite the breezy conditions, and temperature nosedive, Atlantic Beach residents still made it out to the bake-sale. Put on by teen Lily Greenwald, and her younger sister Maggie, the bake sale was to support the Jacksonville Cleft Lip & Palate Clinic. While the elder Lily is the young, budding chef in the family, Maggie takes […]
Last night about 75 families with kids at Atlantic Beach Elementary (ABE) gathered outside the school, spread the blankets or beach towels on the ground (or maybe a comfy beach chair, just sayin’) and waited till the sun went down and the stars came out. The family-friendly movie Rio was shown on the giant screen […]
