Deck the Chairs, save the environment
By Natalie Decker The Jacksonville Beach community gathers at Deck the Chairs to view the beautiful lighted sculptures and is immediately drawn to the 100-foot plot of land, holding the massive octopus made almost entirely out of single use…
Sharks wrestling faces a rough patch
By Jack Polian Shortly before break, Ponte Vedra High School hosted Matanzas High School for a series of matches for both the boys and girls wrestling programs. The boys struggled, collecting only two wins over the course of the…
Perspectives on distance learning
By Chloe Goode In these uncertain times our basic “norms” have been altered with the effect of upending people’s everyday lives. For the students, Covid-19 has meant a change in how they may receive their education. Whether it is…
Boys Soccer strikes through the quarantines
By Connor Franco The Ponte Vedra Boys soccer team have fell into a rhythm, winning four of their last six games, also tying one. The number of quarantined players within the team have fluctuated, leaving the Sharks to have…
Shark teeth and shells- guide
By Jacob Lowenthal Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, the beach has become an increasingly appealing getaway from the stresses of everyday life. While most people view beachgoing as just swimming or chilling in the sand, many people have not experienced the…
Student Spotlight: Lizzy Klein
By Remy Cush Beyond drawing, there are many alternative artistic mediums creativity can be expressed through. Lizzy Klein, senior at Ponte Vedra High School, focuses her art mainly on throwing pottery. Beginning her passion for pottery freshman year in…
Harness the history of the Chocolate chip cookie
By Elliot Kantor In 1938, Ruth Graves Wakefield was working in the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts, serving home-cooked meals. She invented the chocolate chip cookie, and it was an instant success. She traded her recipe to Nestle for a…
Girls soccer team breaks 80% win rate
By Chipper Jones Ponte Vedra High School’s girls’ soccer team has continued to steamroll the competition, shooting up to an eighty percent win rate. Prior to the break they tied with Nease High School 1—1, and then followed up…
The Age of DISinformation
By Aiden West Critics of Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World and William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal used the term “yellow journalism” to characterize the sensational journalism. By creating stories of hyperbole and human interest stories, these newspapers were able…