- February 28, 2025
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Ashton Clark, 7, of Port Orange takes a quick photo-break before finishing his sidewalk project. Photo by Anthony Boccio
Lena Shaw, 8 and Grandmother Jan Shaw both of Ponce Inlet work on removing old paint from a bench on the Port Orange Elementary campus. Photo by Anthony Boccio
Charlene Rossi of Port Orange takes on the checker board repainting project under the pavilion. Rossi also serves the school as the Academic Coach. Photo by Anthony Boccio
Ashley Lampe, of Ormond Beach, and her daughter, Rori, 2. Photo by Anthony Boccio
Alex Shank, of Port Orange. Photo by Anthony Boccio
Gloria Bennett, 11, of Port Orange leaves her mark on the sidewalk. Photo by Anthony Boccio
Raffaella deCastro, 14, of Daytona Beach, gets some volunteering in as her and several other members from Jesus Church participated in the campus beautification event. Photo by Anthony Boccio
Aaron Clark, of Port Orange, addresses some overgrown landscaping. Photo by Anthony Boccio
The Jackson clan of Ormond Beach: Summer, 10; Rainey, 12; Jessica and Chris. Photo by Anthony Boccio
Port Orange Elementary School Principal Tennille Wallace, of Flagler Beach, poses with Aurora Shank, 8, of Port Orange; Laim Shank, 6, of Port Orange; and Cayden Alvalle, 5, of Daytona Beach. Photo by Anthony Boccio
School vacation is nearing the end, and the community rallied together Saturday, July 28, to help Port Orange Elementary School get ready for students.
Coffee, water and breakfast treats greeted volunteers to kick off the first ever SERVE Day at Port Orange Elementary. Volunteers came from the Jesus Church but also included school staff, parents, children and community members. The list of projects included painting, moving classrooms, landscaping, and sanding down benches and tables for paint.
"Our mission at Port Orange Elementary is to learn, grow and strive for excellence each day, so the event is a way for all of our community to prepare for a great school year," Principal Tennille Wallace said. "We wanted to embed learning into our spaces, so you'll see things like sight words around campus, ways to reinforce numbers and counting and a lot of the curriculum things that we're always learning and working to reinforce with our students."
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