INK! is pleased to announce an upcoming fundraiser in partnership with Ocean Sole, a non-profit based in Ponte Vedra Beach and Kenya, Africa. The Art of the Possible Flip Flop Soiree will be held at Asado Life, a renowned waterfront restaurant in St. Augustine with a sense of community, compassion, and unique culinary style. The…
This week, Take Stock in Children St. Johns student, Jun Pan, traveled to Tallahassee with his family and INK!’s Take Stock College Success Coach, Mike Michel, for a special reception honoring 6 Florida Take Stock students chosen for the prestigious Leaders 4 Life fellowship program. Sponsored by the Asofsky Family Foundation in partnership with Take…
Investing in Kids (INK!) is accepting applications for the Take Stock in Children St. Johns County scholarship and mentoring program. Current 8th and 9th grade St. Johns County public school students who meet the program criteria can apply online at apply.ink-stjohns.org. The deadline to apply is Monday, March 11. INK! has 30 scholarship opportunities to…
Tina Hemby, an eighth-grade pre-algebra teacher at Mill Creek Academy, was named the 2023-2024 St. Johns County District Teacher of the Year at a special recognition banquet in St. Augustine on Thursday, February 1. Aimee Monie, a chemistry teacher at Tocoi Creek High School, was named as the 2023-2024 St. Johns County Rookie Teacher of…
In this episode, Jim and Ian are joined by Marci Poston, Director of Take Stock In Children Program, to talk about this unique statewide program and all the latest happenings within the program. Some key takeaways from this episode are that every student’s path is unique and a mentor’s influence and support in guiding a…
Join us for a free family evening of BINGO and READING! Join us Tuesday, January 23, 2024 from 5:30 – 7:00 pm at Crookshank Elementary School, 1455 N. Whitney Street, St. Augustine, FL 32084, for a fun evening of BINGO for Books! Families with children in VPK to 5th grades attending St. Johns County public…
Episode 10 of the INK! Podcast has dropped and it’s FLY! In this episode, Ian MacDonald and Jim Wheeler speak with Mary Alice Hayes, INK!’s Five Learning Years (FLY) Program Director about the importance of literacy success for our youngest students in Pre-K, Kindergarten and First grade. Since 2015, the FLY Program has helped…
The Board of Directors of the St. Johns County Education Foundation doing business as Investing in Kids (INK!) hosts regular meetings throughout the school year. The public is welcome to attend Board meetings to learn more about the programs, services, and resources INK! provides to St. Johns County public schools, students, and teachers and to…
INK! is accepting new mentor applications for the 2024-2025 school year to support the life-altering Take Stock in Children® program serving St. Johns County middle and high school students. January is National Mentoring Month INK! is excited to announce the launch of its National Mentoring Month Campaign January 1, 2024, aimed at increasing the number…
The Teacher selected to represent St. Johns County in the Florida Teacher of the Year process will be announced at the countywide event on February 1 Five public school teachers selected as finalists for the St. Johns County Teacher of the Year honor were announced by Investing in Kids (INK!) on Tuesday, December 19 during…