Outdoor graduation ceremonies for all of Jacksonville s public high schools have been rescheduled due to expected inclement weather conditions on Thursday and Friday evenings.
According to Duval County Public Schools, outdoor graduations scheduled for 6 p.m. on these days have been moved to 9 a.m.
The district said the dates and locations of the outdoor graduations have not changed, only the times of the ceremonies.
JANESVILLE
Six children picked up hammers and pounded holes in a sheetrock wall on Tuesday on the lawn outside Lincoln Elementary School.
The kids, wearing helmets and goggles, enjoyed it so much that Principal Shawn Galvin had tell them twice that it was time to stop.
The wall bashing was part of a ceremony to mark the start of referendum-funded projects at most of the Janesville public schools, which will continue for about 15 months.
Much fun was had by all, as adults also took their turns at the two 4-by-8-foot walls that JP Cullen & Sons, the construction manager, had built for the occasion.
From left: Scott Adams, Executive Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Strategy and Innovation at Protective Life; Dr. Mark Sullivan, Superintendent of Birmingham City Schools; Mayor Randall Woodfin; Justin Williams, University of Alabama student/Birmingham Promise scholar; Koko Mackin, Vice President, Corporate Communications and Community Relations, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama; C.T. Fitzpatrick, CEO and Founder of Vulcan Value Partners; Rachel Harmon, Executive Director of Birmingham Promise. (Provided Photo)
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham Promise, which provides funds for tuition and work experience for city students, will receive $8 million in donations from several area companies, it was announced Tuesday.
Birmingham Promise announces $8 million in corporate gifts to support students
By Alabama NewsCenter Staff
May 25, 2021
Higher education dreams will come true for more Birmingham students, thanks to contributions to Birmingham Promise. (Getty Images)
Alabama corporations have pledged $8 million to Birmingham Promise in support of college scholarships and education services.
Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin and Birmingham Promise Inc. Executive Director Rachel Harmon announced the gifts Tuesday. They include the largest private donation to Birmingham Promise to date: a $5 million commitment from Vulcan Value Partners, a Birmingham-based investment management firm.
“These investments represent a commitment not only to the students who benefit directly from Birmingham Promise but to the future of our city,” Woodfin said. “Birmingham Promise is laying a foundation that will create economic opportunity and prosperity here for generations to come.”