JWJ in the MEDIA

  • 10th Annual Let's Move Jacksonville

    10th Annual Let's Move Jacksonville

    TROJAN PRIDE- JWJ student is the co-chair for Let's Move Jacksonville, an event organized by the I'm A Star Foundation. Way to go, Raegan!

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  • Color Me Kona: The World's Largest Coloring Project

    Color Me Kona: The World's Largest Coloring Project

    Other elements include a skateboarding contest, demos and clinic, tie-dye factory, vegan food village, balloon pool party, art installations, live music, and the unveiling of the new Snake Run mural by artist Halsi. Installation artists include Shannon Rose Greene, MadreGabs, Nico, Halsi, Parker Burrer, Bobby K, and Amanda Holloway with her students from James Weldon Johnson Middle School.

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  • Community Building Through Public Art

    Community Building Through Public Art


    The mural, which was designed by students from James Weldon Johnson College Preparatory Middle School and their art teacher, Amanda Holloway, was inspired by Taylor Richardson, a 7th grade student at The Boles School who has aspirations of becoming a scientist, engineer, and an astronaut. Richardson recently raised over $100,000 through a crowdsourcing campaign to sponsor 1,000 young girls to see Disney's “A Wrinkle in Time” in theaters at no expense.

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  • College prep students gain creative confidence through public art

    College prep students gain creative confidence through public art

    Members of the James Weldon Johnson College Preparatory Middle School Public Art Club put their creativity on public display in two community mosaic murals produced by former Avondale residents Kate and Kenny Rouh, of RouxArt. The opportunity began in 2018 when their art teacher, Amanda Holloway, found a grant that would enable them to work

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  • Students Play the Market J.W. Johnson Kids Win Top Stock Spots

    Students Play the Market J.W. Johnson Kids Win Top Stock Spots

    Despite going up against numerous high schools, four teams from James Weldon Johnson Middle School captured the top four spots in a "Stock Market Simulation" competition recently.

    Seven other James Weldon Johnson teams finished in the top 20 among teams competing in the Northeast Florida Region of the contest, sponsored by the Florida Council on Economic Education.

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