Ponte Vedra High School finally here

When I moved to Ponte Vedra Beach in 1991 with my family, my son Jake had just turned 4 years old, my son Trevor had just turned 2. At that time, I was thinking about where they should go to pre school before starting kindergarten at Ponte Vedra Palm Valley Elementary School. Then I projected my thoughts into the future. Where would they one day go to high school? "Where's Ponte Vedra High School?" I remember asking my husband JIm. We soon realized there wasn't a high school in town, that the boys would be going to a school called Nease, 13 miles west. Well, Jake graduated from Nease in 2005; Trevor in 2007. They liked that school, and enjoyed their high school years. But finally, there's a high school in town in time for our daughter Caylie to go there. She'll be a freshman at Ponte Vedra High School, the brand new school just completed west of the Intracoastal Waterway. For many years, I never thought it would happen. But now it has, a dream come true. I was touring the school earlier this week while working on a story, and it felt so good. Where's Ponte Vedra High School? I asked myself. Then did an inner cheer. It's here!.....Read my story, check out my photos about this week's orientation for students in the Saturday, Aug. 16 issue of Shorelines.