Faculty Paints Paws With The Downtown Chamber of Commerce!

This past Saturday a number of our faculty members participated in the Downtown Chamber of Commerce annual "Paint the Paws" event. This event is held at the start of each football season. Downtown Chamber of Commerce members secure the supplies and then paint the Jaguar Paws which line Bay Street downtown. The Jaguar Paws start several blocks from the Jacksonville Landing and end at the football stadium.

The Downtown Chamber of Commerce came on board as a Business Partner during the late part of the spring. They have graciously agreed to lend their talents and resources to various aspects of our program during this coming school year. This partnership was launched with members of the Chamber volunteering as door greeters during our Orientation!

Many of our faculty members decided to join the "Paint the Paws" event as a way to who our appreciation to the Downtown Chamber of Commerce for their support of our new program!

PASSAGES was a huge hit with almost 60 of our incoming 6th grade girls! Ms. Jones, Ms. Kimbrough and Ms. Parker had a FANTASTIC time working with these students! They spent four days of this past week learning all about life in middle school.

Some of their activities centered around getting organized for the new school year. They also talked about how to make new friends and what to expect on those first few days of school. There is no doubt that these students are incredibly well prepared for the first day of school!

One of the funniest activities was when the participants took a tour of the school and learned where the principal's office was located. We decided that everyone needed to see the inside of the office, so we decided to see if we could fit the almost 60 participants in my office at the same time! As it turns out you can fit that many 6th grade girls in my office! The picture above was taken by Mr. Hafner to document that we really did fit everyone inside!

I continue to grow excited about the opening of school! The teachers come back on Monday! I will post something about their activities next week. Hopefully, they won't try to all fit in my office at the same time!