2015-16 school year...2015-16, a school record. the bulldogs also won 14 individual event state...

# 2015-16 School Year By The Numbers

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

Activities/Service• 60 service clubs operate on the Upper School San Jose Campus.• 100+ club or service events were held by upper school students

this year.• Clubs 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.• 90 Salvation Army Angel Tree children received an outfit and

toy for the winter holidays.• 66 handmade cards from Bolles went to troops overseas.• 275+ coats were collected and given to the Sulzbacher Center

for Jacksonville homeless.• 4,000+ shoes were sent to Soles for Souls.• 200 pounds of clothing has been collected for local and interna-

tional charities.• 70 percent of upper school students participate in a club or

service activity on campus.• The Lower School Whitehurst Campus Grade 5 raised $2,600

for Dreams Come True.• 60+ 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.

• The Lower School Ponte Vedra Beach Campus held 11 service events this year.

• 189 Lower School Ponte Vedra Beach Campus students raised $4,000 for several charities this year.

• Ponte Vedra Beach Campus students collected 10,000 canned goods for the MaliVai Washington Foundation this year.

100% of lower school students assist in class and schoolwide service projects throughout the year.

Class of 2016 Achievements• Graduates 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.

• 64 percent of Bolles 2016 graduating students residing in Florida qualified for Florida Bright Futures Scholarships.

• 184 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.

• 77 percent qualified for some form of merit-based awards such as academic, leadership, athletic scholarships or service academy appointments.

• Bolles 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.• 40 members of the Class of 2016 committed to continue their

athletic careers in college.• 835 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.• 10 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.• Bolles won 1st Place at State Congreso, the State Spanish

competition.• Bolles won 2nd Place at State Congrés, the State French

competition.• Bolles students achieved 42 gold and silver scores on the

National Latin Exam.

• 675 books were donated by Ponte Vedra Beach Campus students this year.

Boarding Program• There are 67 students in the Resident Life Program at Bolles. • There are 26 girl boarders.• There are 41 boy boarders.• The 67 students in the Resident Life Program are from 4

states and 20 countries.

Bolles Parent Association• There were 236 Parent Association events on all four cam-

puses 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.• 10,451 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.• 65 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.

• There are 98 photo albums on the Bolles SmugMug online gallery.

• 215 stories have been published about Bolles students and alumni in local, regional and international publications this year.

• Approximately 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.• Bolles 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.• The 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

##• 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.

• 13 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.

• 50 students from the combined upper school choir auditioned and were invited to perform at Disney Candlelight.

Athletics• Bolles’ 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.

• Bolles 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.

• 50 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.

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.

• Mike Boswell was named the Class 2A Baseball Coach of the Year by the Florida Dairy Farmers.

• Caitlin 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.

• Football 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.

• Bolles 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.

• 56 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.

• Mac 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.

• Bolles 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

the top 10% 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.

#1 Bolles’ Head Baseball Coach, Mike Boswell, was named the Class 2A Baseball Coach of the Year by the Florida Dairy Farmers.

40 members of the Class of 2016 committed to continue their athletic careers in college.

• 20 Bolles students participated in the 11th Annual Statewide Chinese Competition in Miami.

• The 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.• 70+ teachers from the middle and upper school campuses participated in Lunch

& Learn events during the school year, covering more than 35 topics.• 30+ Bolles faculty and other area teachers attended a Microsoft in Education

workshop on the Bartram Campus in late April.• 17 students from the Lower School Ponte Vedra Beach Campus participated on

the School’s Math Olympiads team.

Arts• 80% of the upper school student body enrolled in Fine and Performing Arts

classes this year.• 80% 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. • 14 original curriculum-based musicals were presented on the Whitehurst and

Ponte Vedra Beach Campuses this year.• 300+ 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.• Bolles 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.• Bolles hosted 3 guest artists in dance, including professionals who choreo-

graphed 3 pieces for our Dance Company. • 1 guest artist worked with 30 students on Improvisational Theatre.• Bolles 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.• 35 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.

• 15 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.• 80 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.• 27 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.

# 2015-16 School Year By The Numbers

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

Activities/Service• 60 service clubs operate on the Upper School San Jose Campus.• 100+ club or service events were held by upper school students

this year.• Clubs 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.• 90 Salvation Army Angel Tree children received an outfit and

toy for the winter holidays.• 66 handmade cards from Bolles went to troops overseas.• 275+ coats were collected and given to the Sulzbacher Center

for Jacksonville homeless.• 4,000+ shoes were sent to Soles for Souls.• 200 pounds of clothing has been collected for local and interna-

tional charities.• 70 percent of upper school students participate in a club or

service activity on campus.• The Lower School Whitehurst Campus Grade 5 raised $2,600

for Dreams Come True.• 60+ 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.

• The Lower School Ponte Vedra Beach Campus held 11 service events this year.

• 189 Lower School Ponte Vedra Beach Campus students raised $4,000 for several charities this year.

• Ponte Vedra Beach Campus students collected 10,000 canned goods for the MaliVai Washington Foundation this year.

100% of lower school students assist in class and schoolwide service projects throughout the year.

Class of 2016 Achievements• Graduates 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.

• 64 percent of Bolles 2016 graduating students residing in Florida qualified for Florida Bright Futures Scholarships.

• 184 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.

• 77 percent qualified for some form of merit-based awards such as academic, leadership, athletic scholarships or service academy appointments.

• Bolles 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.• 40 members of the Class of 2016 committed to continue their

athletic careers in college.• 835 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.• 10 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.• Bolles won 1st Place at State Congreso, the State Spanish

competition.• Bolles won 2nd Place at State Congrés, the State French

competition.• Bolles students achieved 42 gold and silver scores on the

National Latin Exam.

• 675 books were donated by Ponte Vedra Beach Campus students this year.

Boarding Program• There are 67 students in the Resident Life Program at Bolles. • There are 26 girl boarders.• There are 41 boy boarders.• The 67 students in the Resident Life Program are from 4

states and 20 countries.

Bolles Parent Association• There were 236 Parent Association events on all four cam-

puses 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.• 10,451 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.• 65 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.

• There are 98 photo albums on the Bolles SmugMug online gallery.

• 215 stories have been published about Bolles students and alumni in local, regional and international publications this year.

• Approximately 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.• Bolles 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.• The 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

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