City Year Jacksonville

09/04/2025

08/15/2025

Week one ✅ What has been your favorite part of being back at school?

07/21/2025

Today, we are proud to highlight our last 3 partner schools’ partners from the past school year. We would like to recognize:

🏫Rutledge H. Pearson Elementary
🌟Team Partner: Truist

🏫San Jose Elementary
🌟Team Sponsor: The Community Team

🏫Woodland Acres Elementary
🌟Team Sponsor: Michael Ward and Jennifer G***k Foundation

Huge shoutout to these teams & their partners! We are thankful for their dedication this past year.

07/18/2025

Seeing our alumni succeed after service is one of the most rewarding parts of our work. Today, we’re throwing it back to 2024 when we visited Rutledge H. Pearson Elementary School with Lisa Owusu, who served with City Year Jax over ten years ago. Now she is a successful Risk Management professional, and credits many of her leadership skills to her time with City Year.

Watch the video in our bio to hear more about her story and how City Year helps develop the next generation of successful professionals!

07/16/2025

Welcome back to “What’s Next” Wednesday, where every Wednesday, we feature one of our Student Success Coaches and their post-City Year plans.

Today we are highlighting William, who will be working as a paraprofessional at Jacksonville Heights Elementary, the very school he served at last year, while seeking a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education. He shared that City Year helped him with hands-on experience in the classroom along with career readiness.

We are grateful for William’s service this past year and look forward to watching him grow in the education field!

07/15/2025

In case you missed it, Duval County Public Schools received an “A” grade for the first time EVER! Last Tuesday, we got to celebrate this outstanding accomplishment with some of our friends at DCPS, including our Superintendent, Dr. Bernier; Chief of Schools, Scott Schneider; and board member Darryl Willie, pictured with our team here.

Here’s to continued excellence and the bright future ahead for all our students and educators!

07/14/2025

Today, we are highlighting 3 more of our partner schools and team sponsors from the past school year. We are proud to recognize:

🏫Jacksonville Heights Elementary
🌟Team Sponsor: The Chartrand Family

🏫Mayport Elementary
⭐️Program Sponsor: The Beaches Community Fund

🏫Northwestern Legends Elementary
🌟Team Sponsor: CSX Transportation

We are immensely grateful for all of their support and appreciate the important role they play at City Year Jax!

Stay tuned for our last spotlight on schools and sponsors from this past school year.

07/11/2025

Thank you to VyStar Credit Union for sponsoring our 2024-2025 Graduation ceremony! We were joined by Kemal Gasper, VyStar’s Vice President of Community Engagement, who spoke during the event. What a great way to end an impactful year!

07/09/2025

Welcome back to “What’s Next” Wednesday, where every Wednesday, we feature one of our Student Success Coaches and their post-City Year plans. 

Today we are highlighting Farlin, who is working toward her goal of becoming a clinical mental health counselor. She is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Psychology at UNF and plans to get a master’s degree in General Psychology after graduating. Meanwhile, she and her husband are growing their family as their daughter was born in late June!

We are excited to watch Farlin pursue her dreams and are grateful for her service and commitment this past year!

07/08/2025

Did you hear the news?! Duval County Public Schools earned an “A” grade from the FL Department of Education for the first time in history! We are proud to partner with , doing our part to ensure every student reaches their full potential. This accomplishments acknowledges the strides we have made together. That’s something to cheer about!