Morning Star School Announces First High School Graduating Class
May 21, 2019 • Kathleen Bagg

Jacksonville, Fla. – On Thursday, May 23 at 7 p.m. Morning Star’s first three high school graduates will receive their diplomas at an inaugural commencement ceremony with Bishop Snyder High School graduates at the Thrasher Horne Center, 283 College Drive, Orange Park.

Morning Star is the only special education school in the Diocese of St. Augustine and one of three schools in Jacksonville that have high school grades available for families with children with learning disabilities. Morning Star is the only one providing a Catholic education.

The Class of 2019 includes Ricardo Foster, Madison Wingerter, and Anthony Rein. Ricardo hopes to attend the University of North Florida after graduation to become a teacher. Madison will attend Santa Fe College in Gainesville to study zoology, and Anthony will attend Florida State College at Jacksonville next year to hopefully become a geologist.

Morning Star’s high school program wouldn’t be possible without the support from the “Building a Brighter Future” capital campaign. Now in its second year in the new Archbishop Joseph P. Hurley building, the high school is at capacity and on a wait list for next year.

“There’s almost no words to describe what it means to the faculty and staff to see these kids who have been at the school for so long finally be able to graduate from our high school,” said Jean Barnes, principal of Morning Star School, “We’ve come so far, and this is just the beginning.”

For more information, contact Maria Johnson at (904) 721-2144 or email development@morningstar-jax.org.

Ricardo Foster, Madison Wingerter, and Anthony Rein

About Morning Star School

Morning Star School in Jacksonville, Florida serves children in Kindergarten through 12th grade with learning differences including Specific Learning Disabilities, ADD, Mild Intellectual Disabilities, Processing Deficits, and High Functioning Autism. Fully accredited by the Florida Catholic Conference, we are the only special education school in the Diocese of St. Augustine.

DATE: May 21, 2019
CONTACT: Kathleen Bagg
(904) 262-1705/office
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