FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT
Employee of the Year Heather Finch who serves as a 1:1
Paraprofessional at The Transition School.
Along with our School-Related Employee of the Year, we
will also be recognizing our teachers at the 39th annual
Teacher of the Year celebration Friday, January 31 at the
Renaissance World Golf Village Resort. The overall winner
will be announced at this banquet and will then be included
for consideration as the Florida Department of Education
Macy’s Teacher of the Year 2021.
Following the celebration of our teachers we have the
opportunity to support the great character we have
in our community with the CHARACTER COUNTS! 6
Pillars 6K/3K Run/Walk Saturday, February 1 at 9 a.m.
beginning and ending at Palencia Elementary School.
Online registration is available at www.racesmith.com/
races/CHARACTERCOUNTS.html.
H
appy New Year and welcome back! I hope you
enjoyed your holiday break with family and friends. It
is always nice to spend time with those we love, appreciate
the joy of the season, and recharge for the second semester.
I always look forward to the new year and seeing all our
students arriving back at school excited and ready to return
to their classrooms.
We recently had the pleasure of recognizing our School-
Related Employee of the Year. School-related employees
are so important to fulfilling the mission of our district. These
employees help to keep our schools and grounds clean,
transport our students safely to and from school, feed our
students nutritious meals, assist in the classroom, help out
in the media centers, take care of administrative details,
handle front office duties, update our data, keep our
schools safe and monitor and ensure the health and well-
being of our students. They perform the many functions that
are so critical to the success of our schools and our children.
The judges are faced with the daunting task of choosing
just one to be considered for this honor and I appreciate
the effort and care they put into this process. Please join
me in congratulating the 2019-2020 School-Related
Race proceeds support CHARACTER COUNTS! initiatives
throughout the St. Johns County School District. The run/
walk is open to all ages, and the top three winners will
be awarded in each of the age categories as well as the
overall male and female finishers. A cash donation will be
awarded to the top three schools with the most registrants.
Race participants who preregister will receive a t-shirt and
other goodies from area businesses and organizations.
At the finish line, each race participant will receive a
commemorative dog tag.
There are several other events occurring in the coming
weeks which highlight the accomplishments of our students.
The High School Showcase is Thursday, January 9 at the
Renaissance at World Golf Village from 3:30-7 p.m., the
STEM Fair is Saturday, January 11 at Picolata Crossing
Elementary from 8-11 a.m. and the school district’s annual
Science Fair is Wednesday, February 5 and Thursday,
February 6 at First Coast Technical College (FCTC)
CHARACTER COUNTS! Conference Center.
Sincerely,
TIM FORSON, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS,
ST. JOHNS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
VIS IT U S ONLI NE AT WWW.PARE NTM AGAZINE FLORIDA .COM
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