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Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the
fiscal year ending June 20, 2006 from Government Finance Officers
Association awarded to dcps' Business Services department for six
consecutive years. This award represents a very significant achievement and
reflects Business Services commitment to the highest standards in government
accounting and financial reporting. |
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The GRAMMY
Foundation selected Douglas Anderson School of the Arts as one of its 22
GRAMMY Signature
Schools for 2007 |
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Teach For America
expands to Duval County Public Schools, with plans to bring
50
teachers to the region's highest-need schools for the 2008-2009 school
year. |
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The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) has awarded 81 schools
across the nation with the Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP) designation,
and four of
Duval
County Public Schools are among the winners. |
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DCPS was awarded participation in the
Chinese Guest Teacher Program, developed by the College Board |
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Superintendent Student Press Corps. |
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Duval County is home to four of the nation's best high schools (Stanton 5th,
Paxon 28th, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts 446th, and Mandarin 846th)
according to
Newsweek Magazine |
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Eight Duval County public schools were recognized by the Florida Department
of Education as Top Performing Schools |
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Duval County is one of two communities throughout the country selected for
the Pew Partnership's Learning to Finish drop-out prevention program |
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Superintendent, Joseph Wise was named the 2006 Champion for Children by the
HOSTS Learning Partnership. |
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Forty-percent of the nation's 9th graders enrolled in AP Human Geography are
Duval County students |
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The College Board selected Duval County as one of three counties throughout
the state for the EXCELerator Schools' Project, an initiative that promotes
college going culture in schools |
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Ten Duval County Schools Awarded SUCCEED Grants - Second most in the State |
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Two Duval County Teachers were selected for Mars Mission Team |
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8744 hard-working and
dedicated teachers employed throughout the district |
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Wise Guys' Book Club, a K-12 book club |
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Duval County Public Schools Budget Office earned the
Association of School
Business Officials (ASBO) International's Meritorious Budget Award |
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Kirby-Smith Middle School celebrated the 10th anniversary of its' Challenger
Space Center |
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Four 2007 graduates of
Stanton Preparatory High School were named National
Merit Scholars |
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Patrick Gibbons, 2007 Teacher of the Year was awarded the Mary Brogan Award.
Gibbons is the first male teacher and also the first Duval County school
teacher chosen as the recipient of the award |
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Tony Bellamy, principal of
First Coast High School was named the 2006
Administrator of the Year by the Florida Art Educators Association |
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Raines High School principal, Nongongoma Majova-Seane was awarded $5,000 for
being selected as a semi-finalist in the 4th Annual Leonard Miller Principal
Leadership Award |
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Mai Keisling, art and art history teacher at
Paxon School for Advanced
Studies was named the 2006 Art Teacher of the Year by the Florida Art
Educators Association. Keisling was also named a 2007 Duval County Teacher
of the Year finalist |
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The Schultz Center for
Teaching and Leadership |
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263
National Board
Certified Teachers |
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Windy
Hill Elementary received CHILD Scholarship |
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Duval County operates 100 percent best practices in educational delivery of
services according to a
2003 Office of Program
Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) study |
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The Council of Great City
Schools identifies Duval County as "one of the best-run public school
systems in the country" |
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Two students from
Douglas Anderson and
Stanton College Prep are named semifinalists for the
United States
Presidential Scholars Program |
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The Duval County School Board |
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The Courageous Victim Award for
Paxon School
for Advanced Studies' Eula Mae Johnson |
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124,945 Duval County students |
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2006 Duval County Public Schools
Teacher of the Year finalist: Patrick Gibbons, cluster one (winner); Mary
McDougal, cluster one; Myra Wright, cluster one; Patrick M. Nolan, cluster
three; Mai D. Keisling, cluster four; Sharon Abbey, cluster four |
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Superintendent of Schools Dr.
Joseph Wise. |
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Three $20,000
Wachovia scholarships awarded to
Sallye B.
Mathis Elementary students |
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Ribault High School's Lady Trojans holds five consecutive state
basketball championship titles |
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Almost 17,000
volunteers contributed
577,000 hours of community service to Duval County Public Schools, |
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Individual
School-business partnerships
increased to 14,000 |
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Duval
County has received the Award of Financial Reporting Achievement from the
Government Finance Officers Association |
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Duval Teachers United |
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The Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce partnership |
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Principals and business leaders benefit from
Partnership
to Advance School Success (PASS) |
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The Teacher Supply
Depot |
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59 students at
A.
Philip Randolph Academies of Technology earned Microsoft Certified
Professional credentials |
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Duval County Council of
PTAs/PTSAs |
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Eight elementary school bands at
Martin Luther King,
Fishweir,
Kings
Trail,
R. L.
Brown,
Enterprise Learning Academy,
Lake
Forest,
Mandarin Oaks and
Abess
Park |
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Ramona Boulevard Elementary earned the highest dollar amount in the
country in Office Depot's 5% Back to Your Community promotion |
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The first school district in the state to earn an AA bond rating |
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Douglas Anderson School of the Arts (DASOTA) is one of 64 schools in the
nation identified as a National Leader School, a Presidential initiative
which recognizes schools for excellence in service-learning, civic
responsibility, and leadership |
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Brentwood Elementary School is one of five Florida schools and 94
nationwide to receive the
U.S. Department of Education's Title I Distinguished School Award |
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www.dreamsbeginhere.org |
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$1.5 million
Transition to Teaching program grant |
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Urban Professional Development Schools |
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Palm Avenue's
exceptional students' hands-on digital technology projects |
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The national
Safe and Drug-Free
Schools Program identified Duval County as one of six exemplary school
districts in the United States |
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The Alliance for World
Class Education |
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Wachovia, The Haskell Company and Bank of America received Commissioner's
Business Recognition Award |
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Public is kept informed of school initiatives through
Real School and School Matters
programs |
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Student Information Management Services (SIMS) |
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Two middle school jazz bands at
LaVilla
School of the Arts and
Southside Middle |
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National PTA Reflections
project |
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New Century Commission on
Education recommendations and final report |
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47 schools earn Schools Taking Action for Reform (STAR) award |
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Duval County School Board
meetings are broadcast on cable access and public television stations |
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FREE bus transportation
provided to more than 160 public schools |
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A
Stanton College Prep student's artwork, The Course, became Rep.
Ander Crenshaw's district winner for the 2003 High School Congressional
Competition |
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Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra's adopted elementary schools: Hyde Park,
North Shore, Holiday Hill, Brentwood and Pine Forest |
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$1 million grant awarded by
Department of Education to implement small learning communities |
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Florida School Boards
Association |
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Student artwork is displayed in the Central Administration building |
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The
Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Association of
School Business Officials International |
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The
Marine Science Education Center |
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Jacksonville Urban Systemic
Initiative efforts for science and mathematics educational reform |
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OpenHR
online employment system |
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Jacksonville United Against Truancy and the
Truancy Interdiction Program |
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Mt.
Herman Exceptional Student Center's beautiful school pavilion |
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Pinedale
Elementary School's Green Pawns Chess Club |
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Jacksonville
Early College High School funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation, in conjunction with Florida Community College at Jacksonville |
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Team Up Programs |
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The "instrument zoo," courtesy of the
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra's Guild |
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Annual PTA Presidents' and Principals' luncheon |
