2015-16 School Year

#
100% of lower school students
assist in class and schoolwide service
projects throughout the year.
Activities/Service
• 60 service clubs operate on the Upper School San Jose Campus.
• 1 00+ club or service events were held by upper school students
this year.
•C
lubs raised $10,000+ for charities/organizations through
upper school campus fundraisers.
• Students donated 470+ pounds of collected candy to the USO.
• 90 families received bags of food from Bolles at Thanksgiving.
• 9 0 Salvation Army Angel Tree children received an outfit and
toy for the winter holidays.
• 66 handmade cards from Bolles went to troops overseas.
• 2 75+ coats were collected and given to the Sulzbacher Center
for Jacksonville homeless.
• 4,000+ shoes were sent to Soles for Souls.
• 2 00 pounds of clothing has been collected for local and international charities.
• 7 0 percent of upper school students participate in a club or
service activity on campus.
•T
he Lower School Whitehurst Campus Grade 5 raised $2,600
for Dreams Come True.
• 6 0+ Whitehurst students participated in the C.H.A.M.P.S.
service club and 100 percent of lower school students assisted in
class and schoolwide service projects throughout the year.
•T
he Lower School Ponte Vedra Beach Campus held 11 service
events this year.
• 1 89 Lower School Ponte Vedra Beach Campus students raised
$4,000 for several charities this year.
•P
onte Vedra Beach Campus students collected 10,000 canned
goods for the MaliVai Washington Foundation this year.
• 6 75 books were donated by Ponte Vedra Beach Campus
students this year.
2015-16 School Year
By The Numbers
Boarding Program
• There are 67 students in the Resident Life Program at Bolles.
• There are 26 girl boarders.
• There are 41 boy boarders.
•T
he 67 students in the Resident Life Program are from 4
states and 20 countries.
Bolles Parent Association
•T
here were 236 Parent Association events on all four campuses throughout the year.
• There were 500 parent volunteers this year.
• Parent volunteers logged 18,000+ volunteer hours this year.
Social Media
• 3,615 people like The Bolles School Facebook page.
• 1 0,451 people are typically reached by our Facebook posts
each week.
• 20 posts a week on average are delivered via Facebook.
• 966 people follow The Bolles School on Twitter.
• 3,067 tweets have been made on our account.
• Bolles averages 1,000 impressions a day via Twitter.
• 670 people follow Bolles on Instagram.
• Bolles posted 598 images on Instagram.
• Bolles live-streamed 3 events via Periscope this year.
News/Awards
• 1 ,010+ news stories have been posted on Bolles.org since
last August.
• 6 5 videos have been posted since September 2015. 64 users
subscribed to our YouTube channel which had 17,051 views,
70 likes and 177 shares in the last 365 days.
•T
here are 98 photo albums on the Bolles SmugMug
online gallery.
• 2 15 stories have been published about Bolles students and
alumni in local, regional and international publications
this year.
•A
pproximately 712 users per day have visited Bolles.org
creating an average of 6,690 page views per day since August.
• 1 Bolles photo was published in Fortune magazine.
•B
olles was listed #5 on Town and Country magazine’s list of
most beautiful boarding schools in the U.S.
• 1 story in People magazine featured Bolles kicker Erika Clark.
• 1 upcoming story in Forbes magazine will showcase the
Bolles experience.
•T
he Bolles School and Anna Jacobson received 2 2016
Education Innovators Awards from The Jacksonville Business
Journal. Bolles was the only school to receive 2 awards.
Day and Boarding School from PreK through 12
PONTE VEDRA BEACH Grades PreK-5 | WHITEHURST Grades PreK-5 | BARTRAM Grades 6-8 | SAN JOSE Grades 9-12
904.256.5030
www.Bolles.org
The Bolles School Mission
Mission Statement:
The Bolles School prepares students for college and life
by inspiring excellence, courage, integrity and compassion
in an academic community dedicated to nurturing mind,
body and soul.
The Bolles Way:
Pursuing excellence through courage, integrity and compassion.
Core Values:
Excellence | Courage | Integrity | Compassion
#
Class of 2016 Achievements
•G
raduates from the Class of 2016 offered or qualified for over
$3.7 million in merit-based scholarships for their first year of
college – nearly $15 million over their four-year college careers.
• 6 4 percent of Bolles 2016 graduating students residing in
Florida qualified for Florida Bright Futures Scholarships.
• 1 84 of the 187 graduates are going directly to college. They are
attending 92 colleges and universities and were accepted to 189
different colleges and universities.
• 7 7 percent qualified for some form of merit-based awards
such as academic, leadership, athletic scholarships or service
academy appointments.
•B
olles graduates consistently place in the top 10 percent of
Advanced Placement scores achieved throughout the country.
• 2 Bolles seniors have been named National Merit Finalists.
• 1 Bolles senior has been named a Presidential Scholarship
Semifinalist; she was the only Jacksonville student to be listed.
• 1 Bolles senior was offered a Jefferson Scholarship, marking the
first time Bolles has received an offer in back-to-back years.
• 4 0 members of the Class of 2016 committed to continue their
athletic careers in college.
• 8 35 people tuned in to Bolles.org on Saturday, May 28, 2016 to
watch the livestream of the Commencement Ceremony for the
Class of 2016. The viewing audience literally tuned in from all
over the world, a testament to Bolles’ global diversity. Viewers
hailed from Poland, China, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Canada,
Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and
throughout the United States. The Resident Life program
at Bolles weaves a unique fabric of cultures, languages and
religions, exposing all Bolles students to a richer and broader
educational experience. Bolles administrators and faculty are
so proud of our graduates and are even prouder of what we
know they will become.
Academics
• 2 students were gold medal winners at the International Sustainable
World Energy, Engineering & Environment Olympiad
(ISWEEEP); they were 1 of 2 projects from Florida to win gold.
• 1 student won third place at the Intel International Science and
Engineering Fair (IISEF).
• 1 freshman student completed 1.59 million lines of code this year.
• 4 students built a 6-foot surface drifter that is floating in the
Atlantic Ocean, providing research data.
• 1 0 lower and middle school students have published poetry or
creative works.
• 1 student won first place in the annual Florida Times-Union
Christmas story contest.
•B
olles won 1st Place at State Congreso, the State Spanish
competition.
•B
olles won 2nd Place at State Congrés, the State French
competition.
•B
olles students achieved 42 gold and silver scores on the
National Latin Exam.
#
80% of the upper school student
body enrolled in Fine & Performing Arts
classes this year.
Bolles graduates consistently place in
10%
the top
of Advanced Placement
scores achieved throughout the country.
2 students were named Gold medal
winners at ISWEEEP; they were 1 of 2
projects from the state of Florida to
win gold.
• 2 0 Bolles students participated in the 11th Annual Statewide Chinese
Competition in Miami.
•T
he Bolles Middle School Robotics team was 1 of only 36 (out of more than 600)
teams from Florida invited to compete in the State Championship in Tampa.
• 1 Bolles Brain Brawl team competed at nationals.
• 9 students on the Bolles Mock Trial Team took second place at Yale University’s
Bulldog Invitational mock trial tournament.
• 7 0+ teachers from the middle and upper school campuses participated in Lunch
& Learn events during the school year, covering more than 35 topics.
• 3 0+ Bolles faculty and other area teachers attended a Microsoft in Education
workshop on the Bartram Campus in late April.
• 1 7 students from the Lower School Ponte Vedra Beach Campus participated on
the School’s Math Olympiads team.
Arts
• 8 0% of the upper school student body enrolled in Fine and Performing Arts
classes this year.
• 8 0% of the middle school student body enrolled in Fine and Performing Arts
classes this year.
• 100% of lower school students are involved in art, music and theatre instruction.
• 40+ on-campus performances and gallery receptions were held this academic year.
• 1 4 original curriculum-based musicals were presented on the Whitehurst and
Ponte Vedra Beach Campuses this year.
• 3 00+ pieces of original art by Whitehurst and Upper School students were
displayed during 8 art shows in the Gooding Gallery.
• 200 student pieces have been displayed in 2 art gallery shows on the Bartram Campus.
• Bolles staged 1 musical for 3 performances involving 50+ students in Grades 6-12.
• Bolles staged 1 Shakespeare-inspired comedy involving 30 students in Grades 9-12.
•B
olles hosted 4 middle and upper school band concerts featuring 80 upper
school students and 59 middle school students.
• 4 chorus concerts showcased 90 upper school students and 44 middle
school students.
• 2 dance concerts included 26 middle school students, 33 upper school students
and 35 lower school students.
• 4 lower school holiday concerts included 100% of Whitehurst and Ponte Vedra
Beach Campus students.
• 2 Drama Showcases at the upper school included 50 upper school students.
• 1 touring performance theatre group included 26 middle school students.
•B
olles hosted 3 guest artists in dance, including professionals who choreographed 3 pieces for our Dance Company.
• 1 guest artist worked with 30 students on Improvisational Theatre.
•B
olles hosted 3 guest artists (vocal and instrumental) who worked with students
on skill, and shared their professional experiences.
• 1 visual guest artist in residence taught paper cut art to more than 50 upper
school art students.
• 1 professional Visual Art Show hung in the Gooding Gallery.
• 3 5 upper school chorus students traveled to Washington, D.C. to participate
as performers in the “Four Freedoms Concert” honoring the life and work of
FDR. The students joined a 150-member choir and 30-member orchestra to
perform brand new pieces and work directly with the composer.
• 1 5 members of the Bolles Womens’ Chorus performed on Channel 4.
• 9 members of the Bolles Womens’ Chorus performed at a Naturalization
Ceremony at the Federal Courthouse.
• 8 0 upper school band students, as a group, won three Excellents in Stage
Performance and 1 Superior in Sight Reading.
• 3 Higher Solo honors were achieved by the middle and upper school bands.
• 2 7 upper school students won 46 Scholastic Art Awards including 27 Honorable
Mentions, 11 Silver Keys and 9 Gold Keys. Also, 2 students went on to win 1
national Silver Key and 1 national Gold Key.
#1 Bolles’ Head
Baseball Coach, Mike
Boswell, was named
the Class 2A Baseball
Coach of the Year
by the Florida Dairy
Farmers.
• 8 portraits painted by Bolles students were donated to the
subjects — orphaned children in Africa.
• 6 “maquets” (small scale models) built to represent collaborative
ideas for a Jacksonville Holocaust Memorial were donated to
the Jewish Center for Family and Community Services. These
works will travel as a show and find a permanent home in
their gallery.
• 1 3 juniors and seniors were inducted into the Phoenix
Honors Society, an honor society within the Fine and
Performing Arts Department for students who excel in two
or more of the arts.
• 1 lower school student was selected by audition to the All-State
Elementary Choir.
• 5 0 students from the combined upper school choir auditioned
and were invited to perform at Disney Candlelight.
Athletics
•B
olles’ athletic program tallied seven team state titles in
2015-16, a school record. The Bulldogs also won 14 individual
event state titles, eight region titles, 14 district titles and five
middle school conference titles. Bolles has now won 123 state
championships in 17 different sports.
•B
olles dominated the 2015-16 FHSAA Floyd E. Lay Sunshine
Cup All-Sports Awards. Bolles swept the top overall, boys and
girls awards in the 4A private classification for the second
year in a row. This marks the 21st time Bolles has won the
Sunshine Cup in the last 22 years. Bolles was the overall high
point scorer among all 10 classifications as well.
• 5 0 All-First Coast honors earned in the fall and 13 in the
winter with the spring teams to be announced in June.
Leila Azari ’17 was selected as the Times-Union’s Girls’
Soccer Player of the Year. Tyler Rice ’16 repeated as the
Times-Union Boys’ Swimmer-of-the-Year. Hunter Barco ’19
was named the Times-Union’s Baseball Player-of-the-Year.
• # 1: Girls’ Cross Country Coach Tony Ryan was named the
Top Girls Coach in Florida by the U.S. Track and Field and
Cross Country Coaches Association, announced January 20.
• # 1: Leila Azari ’17 was named Class 2A Girls’ Soccer Player
of the Year and Matt Tracy was named 2A Girls’ Soccer
Coach of the Year by the Florida Dairy Farmers. Abigail
Anderson ’16, Macy Crouch ’16 and Rachel Dias ’16 were
selected to play in the 2016 North Florida Senior Girls All
Star game. Dias was also selected to play in the 2016 Florida
Athletic Coaches Association Senior Girls All Star game.
• # 1: Anthony Candelino was named the Class 4A Boys’
Basketball Coach of the Year by both the Florida Dairy
Farmers and the Florida Association of Basketball Coaches.
#
40 members
of the Class of
2016 committed
to continue their
athletic careers
in college.
Collin Smith ’16 was named 4A Boys’ Basketball Player of
the Year by the FABC. Smith, Austin Williams ’16 and
Jonathan DeWane ’16 were selected to play in the FABC
All-Star Game on March 12.
•M
ike Boswell was named the Class 2A Baseball Coach of the
Year by the Florida Dairy Farmers.
•C
aitlin Collier ’18 was named the Class 2A Girls Track and
Field Athlete of the year and Dan Dearing was named 2A
Girls Track and Field Coach of the Year by the Florida
Dairy Farmers.
•F
ootball coach Corky Rogers was presented a special resolution
from State Senator Aaron Bean on April 13, tallied his 450th
career victory on October 2, and finished atop a field of 28
high school, college and NFL head coaches in a bracket set
up by the Orlando Sentinel in August 2015.
•B
olles has featured prominently in extensive local coverage
of the upcoming 2016 Olympics. Jeannie Blaylock and a crew
from First Coast News visited the Uible Pool on the San Jose
Campus on April 27 for live shots during the 5, 5:30 and 6
p.m. broadcasts to celebrate “100 Days to Rio.” Blaylock is
providing extensive coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics
leading up to and during the Games and has featured Bolles
Swim Coach Jon Sakovich, alumnus Ryan Murphy’13 and
former Bolles Shark club member Caeleb Dressel.
• 5 6 Olympians from Bolles Swimming (48 alumni and 8
members of the Bolles Sharks) since 1972 and we expect the
2016 Olympics to add to this rich tradition. Alumni Joseph
Schooling ’14 (Singapore), Santo Condorelli ’13 (Canada),
Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace ’08 (Bahamas), George Bovell
’02 (Trinidad & Tobago) have qualified for the Olympics,
while more are expected to qualify in the coming months
through Olympic Trials and other qualifying meets. Ten
Bolles alumni and current students have qualified for the
U.S. Olympic Trials.
•M
ac Jones ’17 received an invitation to compete in the Elite
11 Quarterback Finals, that was held June 3-5 in Los Angeles.
The event included the top rising senior quarterbacks from
regional competitions throughout the country. Jones is
committed to play college football at the University of Alabama
and has received over 20 scholarship offers, including many
of the top college football programs in the country.
•B
olles alumni John Theus ’12 and Nathan Theus ’11 are
both joining National Football League teams. John was
drafted with the 145th overall pick in the fifth round by the
San Francisco 49ers on April 30. Shortly after the completion
of the draft, Nathan signed a free agent contract with the
Denver Broncos.
#
80% of the upper school student
body enrolled in Fine & Performing Arts
classes this year.
Bolles graduates consistently place in
10%
the top
of Advanced Placement
scores achieved throughout the country.
2 students were named Gold medal
winners at ISWEEEP; they were 1 of 2
projects from the state of Florida to
win gold.
• 2 0 Bolles students participated in the 11th Annual Statewide Chinese
Competition in Miami.
•T
he Bolles Middle School Robotics team was 1 of only 36 (out of more than 600)
teams from Florida invited to compete in the State Championship in Tampa.
• 1 Bolles Brain Brawl team competed at nationals.
• 9 students on the Bolles Mock Trial Team took second place at Yale University’s
Bulldog Invitational mock trial tournament.
• 7 0+ teachers from the middle and upper school campuses participated in Lunch
& Learn events during the school year, covering more than 35 topics.
• 3 0+ Bolles faculty and other area teachers attended a Microsoft in Education
workshop on the Bartram Campus in late April.
• 1 7 students from the Lower School Ponte Vedra Beach Campus participated on
the School’s Math Olympiads team.
Arts
• 8 0% of the upper school student body enrolled in Fine and Performing Arts
classes this year.
• 8 0% of the middle school student body enrolled in Fine and Performing Arts
classes this year.
• 100% of lower school students are involved in art, music and theatre instruction.
• 40+ on-campus performances and gallery receptions were held this academic year.
• 1 4 original curriculum-based musicals were presented on the Whitehurst and
Ponte Vedra Beach Campuses this year.
• 3 00+ pieces of original art by Whitehurst and Upper School students were
displayed during 8 art shows in the Gooding Gallery.
• 200 student pieces have been displayed in 2 art gallery shows on the Bartram Campus.
• Bolles staged 1 musical for 3 performances involving 50+ students in Grades 6-12.
• Bolles staged 1 Shakespeare-inspired comedy involving 30 students in Grades 9-12.
•B
olles hosted 4 middle and upper school band concerts featuring 80 upper
school students and 59 middle school students.
• 4 chorus concerts showcased 90 upper school students and 44 middle
school students.
• 2 dance concerts included 26 middle school students, 33 upper school students
and 35 lower school students.
• 4 lower school holiday concerts included 100% of Whitehurst and Ponte Vedra
Beach Campus students.
• 2 Drama Showcases at the upper school included 50 upper school students.
• 1 touring performance theatre group included 26 middle school students.
•B
olles hosted 3 guest artists in dance, including professionals who choreographed 3 pieces for our Dance Company.
• 1 guest artist worked with 30 students on Improvisational Theatre.
•B
olles hosted 3 guest artists (vocal and instrumental) who worked with students
on skill, and shared their professional experiences.
• 1 visual guest artist in residence taught paper cut art to more than 50 upper
school art students.
• 1 professional Visual Art Show hung in the Gooding Gallery.
• 3 5 upper school chorus students traveled to Washington, D.C. to participate
as performers in the “Four Freedoms Concert” honoring the life and work of
FDR. The students joined a 150-member choir and 30-member orchestra to
perform brand new pieces and work directly with the composer.
• 1 5 members of the Bolles Womens’ Chorus performed on Channel 4.
• 9 members of the Bolles Womens’ Chorus performed at a Naturalization
Ceremony at the Federal Courthouse.
• 8 0 upper school band students, as a group, won three Excellents in Stage
Performance and 1 Superior in Sight Reading.
• 3 Higher Solo honors were achieved by the middle and upper school bands.
• 2 7 upper school students won 46 Scholastic Art Awards including 27 Honorable
Mentions, 11 Silver Keys and 9 Gold Keys. Also, 2 students went on to win 1
national Silver Key and 1 national Gold Key.
#1 Bolles’ Head
Baseball Coach, Mike
Boswell, was named
the Class 2A Baseball
Coach of the Year
by the Florida Dairy
Farmers.
• 8 portraits painted by Bolles students were donated to the
subjects — orphaned children in Africa.
• 6 “maquets” (small scale models) built to represent collaborative
ideas for a Jacksonville Holocaust Memorial were donated to
the Jewish Center for Family and Community Services. These
works will travel as a show and find a permanent home in
their gallery.
• 1 3 juniors and seniors were inducted into the Phoenix
Honors Society, an honor society within the Fine and
Performing Arts Department for students who excel in two
or more of the arts.
• 1 lower school student was selected by audition to the All-State
Elementary Choir.
• 5 0 students from the combined upper school choir auditioned
and were invited to perform at Disney Candlelight.
Athletics
•B
olles’ athletic program tallied seven team state titles in
2015-16, a school record. The Bulldogs also won 14 individual
event state titles, eight region titles, 14 district titles and five
middle school conference titles. Bolles has now won 123 state
championships in 17 different sports.
•B
olles dominated the 2015-16 FHSAA Floyd E. Lay Sunshine
Cup All-Sports Awards. Bolles swept the top overall, boys and
girls awards in the 4A private classification for the second
year in a row. This marks the 21st time Bolles has won the
Sunshine Cup in the last 22 years. Bolles was the overall high
point scorer among all 10 classifications as well.
• 5 0 All-First Coast honors earned in the fall and 13 in the
winter with the spring teams to be announced in June.
Leila Azari ’17 was selected as the Times-Union’s Girls’
Soccer Player of the Year. Tyler Rice ’16 repeated as the
Times-Union Boys’ Swimmer-of-the-Year. Hunter Barco ’19
was named the Times-Union’s Baseball Player-of-the-Year.
• # 1: Girls’ Cross Country Coach Tony Ryan was named the
Top Girls Coach in Florida by the U.S. Track and Field and
Cross Country Coaches Association, announced January 20.
• # 1: Leila Azari ’17 was named Class 2A Girls’ Soccer Player
of the Year and Matt Tracy was named 2A Girls’ Soccer
Coach of the Year by the Florida Dairy Farmers. Abigail
Anderson ’16, Macy Crouch ’16 and Rachel Dias ’16 were
selected to play in the 2016 North Florida Senior Girls All
Star game. Dias was also selected to play in the 2016 Florida
Athletic Coaches Association Senior Girls All Star game.
• # 1: Anthony Candelino was named the Class 4A Boys’
Basketball Coach of the Year by both the Florida Dairy
Farmers and the Florida Association of Basketball Coaches.
#
40 members
of the Class of
2016 committed
to continue their
athletic careers
in college.
Collin Smith ’16 was named 4A Boys’ Basketball Player of
the Year by the FABC. Smith, Austin Williams ’16 and
Jonathan DeWane ’16 were selected to play in the FABC
All-Star Game on March 12.
•M
ike Boswell was named the Class 2A Baseball Coach of the
Year by the Florida Dairy Farmers.
•C
aitlin Collier ’18 was named the Class 2A Girls Track and
Field Athlete of the year and Dan Dearing was named 2A
Girls Track and Field Coach of the Year by the Florida
Dairy Farmers.
•F
ootball coach Corky Rogers was presented a special resolution
from State Senator Aaron Bean on April 13, tallied his 450th
career victory on October 2, and finished atop a field of 28
high school, college and NFL head coaches in a bracket set
up by the Orlando Sentinel in August 2015.
•B
olles has featured prominently in extensive local coverage
of the upcoming 2016 Olympics. Jeannie Blaylock and a crew
from First Coast News visited the Uible Pool on the San Jose
Campus on April 27 for live shots during the 5, 5:30 and 6
p.m. broadcasts to celebrate “100 Days to Rio.” Blaylock is
providing extensive coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics
leading up to and during the Games and has featured Bolles
Swim Coach Jon Sakovich, alumnus Ryan Murphy’13 and
former Bolles Shark club member Caeleb Dressel.
• 5 6 Olympians from Bolles Swimming (48 alumni and 8
members of the Bolles Sharks) since 1972 and we expect the
2016 Olympics to add to this rich tradition. Alumni Joseph
Schooling ’14 (Singapore), Santo Condorelli ’13 (Canada),
Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace ’08 (Bahamas), George Bovell
’02 (Trinidad & Tobago) have qualified for the Olympics,
while more are expected to qualify in the coming months
through Olympic Trials and other qualifying meets. Ten
Bolles alumni and current students have qualified for the
U.S. Olympic Trials.
•M
ac Jones ’17 received an invitation to compete in the Elite
11 Quarterback Finals, that was held June 3-5 in Los Angeles.
The event included the top rising senior quarterbacks from
regional competitions throughout the country. Jones is
committed to play college football at the University of Alabama
and has received over 20 scholarship offers, including many
of the top college football programs in the country.
•B
olles alumni John Theus ’12 and Nathan Theus ’11 are
both joining National Football League teams. John was
drafted with the 145th overall pick in the fifth round by the
San Francisco 49ers on April 30. Shortly after the completion
of the draft, Nathan signed a free agent contract with the
Denver Broncos.
#
100% of lower school students
assist in class and schoolwide service
projects throughout the year.
Activities/Service
• 60 service clubs operate on the Upper School San Jose Campus.
• 1 00+ club or service events were held by upper school students
this year.
•C
lubs raised $10,000+ for charities/organizations through
upper school campus fundraisers.
• Students donated 470+ pounds of collected candy to the USO.
• 90 families received bags of food from Bolles at Thanksgiving.
• 9 0 Salvation Army Angel Tree children received an outfit and
toy for the winter holidays.
• 66 handmade cards from Bolles went to troops overseas.
• 2 75+ coats were collected and given to the Sulzbacher Center
for Jacksonville homeless.
• 4,000+ shoes were sent to Soles for Souls.
• 2 00 pounds of clothing has been collected for local and international charities.
• 7 0 percent of upper school students participate in a club or
service activity on campus.
•T
he Lower School Whitehurst Campus Grade 5 raised $2,600
for Dreams Come True.
• 6 0+ Whitehurst students participated in the C.H.A.M.P.S.
service club and 100 percent of lower school students assisted in
class and schoolwide service projects throughout the year.
•T
he Lower School Ponte Vedra Beach Campus held 11 service
events this year.
• 1 89 Lower School Ponte Vedra Beach Campus students raised
$4,000 for several charities this year.
•P
onte Vedra Beach Campus students collected 10,000 canned
goods for the MaliVai Washington Foundation this year.
• 6 75 books were donated by Ponte Vedra Beach Campus
students this year.
2015-16 School Year
By The Numbers
Boarding Program
• There are 67 students in the Resident Life Program at Bolles.
• There are 26 girl boarders.
• There are 41 boy boarders.
•T
he 67 students in the Resident Life Program are from 4
states and 20 countries.
Bolles Parent Association
•T
here were 236 Parent Association events on all four campuses throughout the year.
• There were 500 parent volunteers this year.
• Parent volunteers logged 18,000+ volunteer hours this year.
Social Media
• 3,615 people like The Bolles School Facebook page.
• 1 0,451 people are typically reached by our Facebook posts
each week.
• 20 posts a week on average are delivered via Facebook.
• 966 people follow The Bolles School on Twitter.
• 3,067 tweets have been made on our account.
• Bolles averages 1,000 impressions a day via Twitter.
• 670 people follow Bolles on Instagram.
• Bolles posted 598 images on Instagram.
• Bolles live-streamed 3 events via Periscope this year.
News/Awards
• 1 ,010+ news stories have been posted on Bolles.org since
last August.
• 6 5 videos have been posted since September 2015. 64 users
subscribed to our YouTube channel which had 17,051 views,
70 likes and 177 shares in the last 365 days.
•T
here are 98 photo albums on the Bolles SmugMug
online gallery.
• 2 15 stories have been published about Bolles students and
alumni in local, regional and international publications
this year.
•A
pproximately 712 users per day have visited Bolles.org
creating an average of 6,690 page views per day since August.
• 1 Bolles photo was published in Fortune magazine.
•B
olles was listed #5 on Town and Country magazine’s list of
most beautiful boarding schools in the U.S.
• 1 story in People magazine featured Bolles kicker Erika Clark.
• 1 upcoming story in Forbes magazine will showcase the
Bolles experience.
•T
he Bolles School and Anna Jacobson received 2 2016
Education Innovators Awards from The Jacksonville Business
Journal. Bolles was the only school to receive 2 awards.
Day and Boarding School from PreK through 12
PONTE VEDRA BEACH Grades PreK-5 | WHITEHURST Grades PreK-5 | BARTRAM Grades 6-8 | SAN JOSE Grades 9-12
904.256.5030
www.Bolles.org
The Bolles School Mission
Mission Statement:
The Bolles School prepares students for college and life
by inspiring excellence, courage, integrity and compassion
in an academic community dedicated to nurturing mind,
body and soul.
The Bolles Way:
Pursuing excellence through courage, integrity and compassion.
Core Values:
Excellence | Courage | Integrity | Compassion
#
Class of 2016 Achievements
•G
raduates from the Class of 2016 offered or qualified for over
$3.7 million in merit-based scholarships for their first year of
college – nearly $15 million over their four-year college careers.
• 6 4 percent of Bolles 2016 graduating students residing in
Florida qualified for Florida Bright Futures Scholarships.
• 1 84 of the 187 graduates are going directly to college. They are
attending 92 colleges and universities and were accepted to 189
different colleges and universities.
• 7 7 percent qualified for some form of merit-based awards
such as academic, leadership, athletic scholarships or service
academy appointments.
•B
olles graduates consistently place in the top 10 percent of
Advanced Placement scores achieved throughout the country.
• 2 Bolles seniors have been named National Merit Finalists.
• 1 Bolles senior has been named a Presidential Scholarship
Semifinalist; she was the only Jacksonville student to be listed.
• 1 Bolles senior was offered a Jefferson Scholarship, marking the
first time Bolles has received an offer in back-to-back years.
• 4 0 members of the Class of 2016 committed to continue their
athletic careers in college.
• 8 35 people tuned in to Bolles.org on Saturday, May 28, 2016 to
watch the livestream of the Commencement Ceremony for the
Class of 2016. The viewing audience literally tuned in from all
over the world, a testament to Bolles’ global diversity. Viewers
hailed from Poland, China, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Canada,
Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and
throughout the United States. The Resident Life program
at Bolles weaves a unique fabric of cultures, languages and
religions, exposing all Bolles students to a richer and broader
educational experience. Bolles administrators and faculty are
so proud of our graduates and are even prouder of what we
know they will become.
Academics
• 2 students were gold medal winners at the International Sustainable
World Energy, Engineering & Environment Olympiad
(ISWEEEP); they were 1 of 2 projects from Florida to win gold.
• 1 student won third place at the Intel International Science and
Engineering Fair (IISEF).
• 1 freshman student completed 1.59 million lines of code this year.
• 4 students built a 6-foot surface drifter that is floating in the
Atlantic Ocean, providing research data.
• 1 0 lower and middle school students have published poetry or
creative works.
• 1 student won first place in the annual Florida Times-Union
Christmas story contest.
•B
olles won 1st Place at State Congreso, the State Spanish
competition.
•B
olles won 2nd Place at State Congrés, the State French
competition.
•B
olles students achieved 42 gold and silver scores on the
National Latin Exam.