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www.foundationacademy.com (904) 493-7300 April 2009SACS CASI Accreditation & NIPSA Accreditation
3675 San Pablo Road S., Jacksonville, FL 32224Phone: (904) 493-7300 Fax: (904) 821-1247 Web: www.foundationacademy.com
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What a blessing to be agrandmother. I look forward togrowing and learning from mynew position in life.How wonderful to enjoy springon our new campus. We had themost fun time eating, dancing andbeing entertained at this year’sSpanish Festival.A special thank you to SenoraValdes, Senora Olsen, SenorMedina, Senora LaMoureaux andSenora Larotta our wonderfulSpanish teachers. A special thanksalso to Marie Valdez for theexceptional volunteer coaching inSpanish dance and many otherareas.I want to thank the parents thatvolunteered for cooking,supervising sewing and muchmore in all these events. Wewere privileged to be entertainedby our elementary studentsperforming their songs and dancesfrom their Musical. Your childrenare so amazing.I hope you were able to cometo these fun events. I look forward to seeing you at our“Student Led Conference”.Be sure you mark your calendarfor The Spring concert, highschool musical, and graduation.“When a man’s ways are pleasingto the Lord, he makes even hisenemies live at peace with him.”Proverbs 16:7
Register now for the 2009-2010 school year.
Registration fee is $100.00
 
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 Blvd.,
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On Thursday, March 19th, the Elementary performed their musical "TFA sings around the world".Students from pre-K to 6th grade sang traditional songs from all around the world, some in differentlanguages! Countries they represented included Jamaica, Barbados, Israel, Mexico, and Ghana. Thestudents also energetically danced to world music, really getting the crowd excited! The drum andguitar students also got to showcase their talent, with African drumming and "La Cucaracha"! It wasreally neat to see how the kids connected with other cultures and how wonderful they did on stage!Another successful concert!
 
-Madaline Hill
The Foundation Academyshowed up at JacksonvilleCity Hall Monday March16, 2009 for a silentprotest against violence.The statement wasdemonstrated in HemmingPlaza, where the studentspretended to shoot oneanother, then fall to theground to pose as victims.The protest was developedby Elliot Preston, JenniferBrady,& Jerak Wright. Thethree seniors collaborated,fine tuned and executedthe event as part of theirsenior project.
 
The Jacksonville Zoo is almost always a guaranteed delightful experience, but March 5 was an above average trip to the zoofor our high school students. I am sure each of the groups had their highlighted moment, but the group I traveled with madequite a few moments memorable. We fed giraffes, communicated with the monkeys, and visited the river to observe thenatural Florida marine-life. Neysha Bowers was able to draw the attention of the Silver Back Gorilla and we were able to see,literally, face to face the details of that animal. Richard Ivey captured the attention of Chimpanzees with a tangerine he wassnacking on, and they reached out as a little kid would for candy. The dock on the river stretched us out closer to thebirds feeding in the marsh. All in all the day was a fun, educational experience filled with beautiful scenery.
 
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grounds, answered questions, and signed autographs. This year we had wonderful sponsors for our event. Local arearestaurants and store owners generously gave discount coupons, gift certificates for free dinners and lunches, as well as smallitems from their stores for student drawings. We want to express our deep gratitude for their support and encourage all of our families to personally thank these sponsors whenever you patronize their stores or restaurants. Our sponsors were:
La Nopalera Restaurant
at 14333 Beach Blvd.,
Sticky Fingers
at 363 Atlantic Blvd.,
Krispy Kreme
at 12973 AtlanticBlvd.,
Stonewood Grill
at 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy.,
Mambo’s Café
at 2158 Mayport Rd. #6.,
El Ranchito Restaurant
 at 14333-22 Beach Blvd.
New Madrid Restaurant
at 11233 Beach Blvd.,
Lollipop Lane
at 363 Atlantic Blvd. Ms ArleneOrtiz at
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and the Florida Starlight Magazine both at 12041 Beach Blvd. S. 23.Each year we celebrate thediversity and cultural differences of Spanish-speaking countries fromSpain to Argentina. Students choosea Spanish speaking country in theiradvisory classes, they research thebackground, culture, geography,economy, and more. This work thenculminates in the Festival, wherestudents share samplings of food, art,history, and dance. We believe thatcreating an authentic cultural eventsuch as this helps our students todevelop a greater global awareness,appreciation, and perspective. Thisyear our festival was honored withthe appearance of special guests suchas King Ferdinand and Queen Isabelof Spain, Fidel Castro, Shakira, SamySosa, Ché Guevarra, and others,who represented their countrieswith pride, strolled about our
Students from TheFoundation Academycheer and hold signsin Mayport onWednesday towelcome home theUSS Roosevelt after aseven-monthdeployment. AudreyChapman, who waswaiting for her father,had her classmates'support.
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