Category: Family Empowerment Scholarship for Educational Options
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Of Haydn, hens, and tree forts: The diverse home education of Chiara, the PEP student
TALLAHASSEE – Joseph Haydn’s Sonata 16 filled the house as Chiara Lemmon’s fingers moved across the keys of the family’s piano. Eyes nearly closed, she concentrated on each note. Her head gently bobbed along with the music. A few minutes later, Chiara sat in an adjoining room with her cello. “The music room,” her father, […]
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Baseball is in his blood, and so is serving those less fortunate in his community
TALLAHASSEE, Florida – Javier Santana is the cook, so he doesn’t interact with the diners at the local Ronald McDonald House Charities. But every so often he pokes his head out of the kitchen to see who’s enjoying the pork chops or steak or pasta or whatever he whipped up for the evening meal. Did […]
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The goal is the Oval Office, and the journey there includes the Olympics
TALLAHASSEE – Amanda Thompson said she will be the president of the United States. Not wants to be or hopes to be but will be. Just like she will be the attorney general of Florida, the governor of Florida, and the United States attorney general before reaching the Oval Office. “That’s the plan,” she said. […]
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With his mom as inspiration, and an ed choice scholarship leading the way, Mason is 'going places'
Lidia Fleites leaves her son with these words every morning when she drops him off at school. “Mason, focus.” “Mason, do good.” And Mason Fernandez, a freshman at Monsignor Edward Pace High School in Miami, hops out of the car and does just that. Mason, 15, has been an academic star since first grade, the […]
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A Man for Others: Jesuit High senior embodies the school's commitment to serve those in need
TAMPA – The words on the trophy read “Future Philanthropist,” and Mrs. Finley, who taught fifth grade that year, cried when she presented it to Andrew Weber during graduation. Andrew smiled at the memory. “It was one of the highlights of my elementary school career,” he said. “Mrs. Finley said I was one of her […]
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The challenges of attending a private school prepared the Mathis siblings for the challenges of life
ST. PETERSBURG – Life, it’s often said, is what happens when you’re making other plans. Tasia Mathis planned on joining the U.S. Navy Reserve. Then her grandmother, with whom Tasia and her younger brother Jeremiah lived with, died suddenly from complications of kidney failure. “The papers were signed, but I wasn’t able to go through […]
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This experience is fun, exciting, scary: What is appearing on 'Jeopardy!'?
The category is “Lifelong dreams.” These are the clues. Many find this experience fun, exciting, and a little scary. What is being on “Jeopardy!”? The answer is correct if you’re Michael Kavanagh, principal at Holy Family Catholic School, a K-8 parochial school in Jacksonville. For as long as Michael can remember, he wanted to appear […]
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Why retire when you can breathe life into your alma mater and save it from closing
HAVANA – It was a typical July afternoon in Florida’s Panhandle. The air was hot and sticky, and the sun hid behind the dark gray thunder clouds building to the north of Robert F. Munroe Day School in Havana. A warm breeze kicked up, signaling the approaching late-day storm. The students who darted about earlier […]
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Education choice scholarship a boon for a military veteran and his family
MIRAMAR – William Ivins moved his family to South Florida ahead of his retirement from the United States Marine Corps and enrolled his children at Mother of Our Redeemer Catholic School, hoping they would reap the same rewards as he did from a faith-based education. But, as William and his wife, Claudia, would soon learn, […]
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Wait until you hear what Bishop Kenny High sophomore Christopher Trinidad is up to now
JACKSONVILLE, Florida – The diagnosis was Entamoeba histolytica, which is an infection caused by ingesting an amoeba that produces fatigue, abdominal pain, weight loss, and a few more symptoms you don’t want to have when you are more than 9,000 miles from home. That’s where Christopher Trinidad happened to be during a visit to his […]
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