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Students from Jim Smith and Gloria Wood’s Kinetic Sculpture class expanded their experience in technology and design during a recent field trip to Sally Corp. in downtown Jacksonville.

Congratulations to the Bolles Builders FIRST LEGO League robotics team for their achievement at a qualifying tournament January 18 at Stillwell Middle School. The team finished in first place among 16 teams and earned the Champions Award for the first time in school history.

When a firetruck from the St. Johns County Fire and Rescue Department visited campus the Bolles Lower School Ponte Vedra Beach Campus this fall, Kindergarten students were very excited to learn more about their work. Along with their Pre-K friends, Kindergartners had been studying community helpers and the important roles they play in our neighborhoods.

Bolles Girls’ Soccer Head Coach Matt Tracy has been named a finalist for the 2020 NHSACA national girls’ soccer coach of the year.

If you’ve sensed big things are happening in the Grade 5 classrooms this week, you are right – the World Peace Game has taken center stage! For the past two weeks, fifth graders have been trying to resolve global conflict with the goal of achieving world peace. They have discovered new strengths in negotiation and critical thinking along the way.

On January 14, the Bolles Chinese III, IV, and A.P. students, along with their teachers, visited Jacksonville’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) to experience A Moment in Beijing, an exhibit featuring works from artists including Su Xinping, Weng Yunpeng and Jizi.

During a fourth grade lab on the Bolles Lower School Ponte Vedra Beach Campus, students were enlightened by the lesson.

Second graders from both the Bolles Lower School Whitehurst and Ponte Vedra Beach Campuses have been studying the continent of Africa this year as part of their global curriculum. Students from both campuses convened on the Ponte Vedra Beach Campus January 15 for a morning of hands-on learning, friendship and innovation.

Trisha Chakravarty ’20, who won the Miss Teen India Florida 2019 Second Runner Up title in December, recently competed in a global reality show called “International Indian Icon.” She won both the Florida state title and was named second runner-up in the USA Nationals as part of the show.