Students, alumni angered after Episcopal School scrubs dance performance featuring same-sex pair
Administrators at the Episcopal School of Jacksonville are receiving some backlash from a group of students and alumni after a planned dance performance, featuring a same-sex couple, was removed from an upcoming recital.
Multiple students at 2 private schools quarantining after several test positive for COVID-19
News4Jax obtained a copy of a letter that was sent to parents of middle school students at Episcopal about an undisclosed number of students who tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, Episcopal students who came in contact with the COVID-19 positive students for more than 15 minutes on Thursday or Friday have been directed to quarantine for 14 days. The number of students required to quarantine will increase if any other students test positive, the letter reads. Students who may have been in close contact with the COVID-19 positive students have been notified and directed to quarantine, that letter said. The post went on to say that several kids from both schools tested positive for COVID-19 and theyre all in quarantine.
Will Pittman honored as All-Star Athlete
Will Pittman is on the lacrosse and basketball teams at the Episcopal School of Jacksonville. He co-founded the schools Investment Club and competes with the Episcopal Trivia Titans team. Will is also active in his youth group at church, going on mission trips to Puerto Rico and other U.S. cities. He currently has a 4.2 GPA.
HOOPS LIVE: West Nassau vs. Providence for Fortegra High School 9:12 championship
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Eight of the area’s best boys basketball teams were on display -- on TV, radio and web -- during the second annual Fortegra High School 9:12 Basketball Invitational at Episcopal School of Jacksonville. WATCH NOW: Championship game live on CW17 and News4Jax.com. WJXT Channel 4, CW17, News4Jax.com and 1010 XL continue to highlight high school sports on air and radio. Channel 4, CW17 and 1010 XL broadcast the Mandarin-Atlantic Coast football game in 2018, the Fortegra basketball event last December and the High School 9:12 Classic baseball event last February. Fortegra High School 9:12 Basketball Invitational scheduleAll games at EpiscopalThursdayRECAP: West Nassau, Providence, Paxon, Episcopal win on day 1FridayPonte Vedra 50, Fletcher 48First Coast 62, Mandarin 57Semifinal No.
Bolles, Episcopal & Kenny to start randomly drug testing students
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Three prominent private schools in Jacksonville will randomly test their students for drug and alcohol use beginning in September 2020. News4Jax obtained an email sent to parents, announcing that the trustees for both The Bolles School and Episcopal School of Jacksonville voted unanimously to launch the random drug and alcohol testing program next year for their high school students. A separate notice, which mirrors those sent to Bolles and Episcopal parents, was sent to Bishop Kenny parents Wednesday afternoon. "The primary purpose of this is to help somebody that has a need," The Bolles School's President and Head of School Tyler Hodges told News4Jax. According to the emails to Bolles, Episcopal and Kenny parents, the schools already had policies for drug testing based on suspicion, but the new program will expand to randomly test all students in ninth to 12th grades.