Discovering Mayport Elementary with community members and partners
4/20/2015
As a youth in middle school, I remember telling my good friend that I wanted to be a Marine Biologist or a Veterinarian. That dream stayed strong all the way up to my freshman year of college when I discovered hard core Biology 2.
After the Discover Duval tour at Mayport Elementary, this reminded me of why I longed to work with sharks, whales and marine creatures of all types. I loved watching the Discovery Channel with the hopes of interning at Sea World and traveling the world with the National Geographic.
Mayport Elementary would have been the school made precisely for a kid with the goals and aspiration to be in the Coastal Sciences field.
The school has a student-centered learning focus that involves hands-on activities like touch tanks with various sea creatures, comprehensive science projects that explore sea life on the ocean floor all the way up to the sand dunes they may dwell in.
Principal DiMattia and her school administration has done such an amazing job with effective partnerships with organizations such as Blessings in a Backpack, Surf Riders, Cathedral Arts Project who are an essential part of the school's success. They have transformed the school from an ordinary elementary school to an extraordinary place where teachers are unleashing learning techniques and activities that assists the school to lead the way in coastal science education.
For more information on how to volunteer or to partner with Mayport Elementary feel free to reach out to Principal DiMattia at dimattiay@duvalschools.org.
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Also, if you have not attended a Discover Duval School tour just yet, you are definitely missing out on witnessing the great academic offerings and programs that our schools have to offer your students and the community it serves. Check out the photos from Mayport Elementary's school tour.
With three more school visits left for the academic school year, you may want to make sure to visit at least one!
Upcoming Discover Duval School tour:
Southside Middle School - Dual Language - May 13th at 9a.m.
St. Clair Evans Elementary - Science Academy - May 16th 9 a.m.
Lake Shore Elementary - IB Middle Years Programme - May 20th 9 a.m.
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Ciara Walton