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Performances

Our Spring Musical will be the broadway show Footloose. We will be performing at the Sarasota Opera House on Friday, May 17th. This will be the final Broadway Production of Julie Rohr Academy and we are inviting all former performers to be in our adult choir. This will involve practicing 1 night a week from 6 - 7pm.

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Footloose Cast List

Ren - Nick Altomare      Willard - Zach Krautter
Shaw - Brion Whitley    Chuck - Julian Soriano
Jeter - Shelby Rhodes    Garvin - Donato Quattro
Bickel - Cameron Kiser-Gilmor
Coach - Beau Basista
Wes (Uncle) - Thomas Sinclair
Travis - Jon Myers        Lyle - Logan Camp

Cop 1 - Kyle Turgeon Cop 2 - Brendan Caruso
Country Singers

Bob - Davian McKinon Bill - Logan Camp
Principal - Dorian Ramirez

Ariel - Taylor Brenes     Rusty - Chloe Reeves
Vi - Ally Williams           Ethel - Alexis Casey
Wendy Jo - Hayley Walding
Urleen - Sydney Turgeon
Bobby Sue - Danielle Bringman
Eleanor (Coach's Wife) - Lauren Weble
Lulu - (Wes's Wife) - Savannah Bringman
Betty Blast - Lily Kouzehkanani
Teen Girls of Beaumont
Terry - Courtney Mynatt Sally - Molly Boyas
Suzzette - Jai Heckman   Mary - Zyanne Miller
Beverly - Kathryn Lisman
Sarah - Ryan Whitley
Margaret - Delaney Swain
Sharon - Jasmine Podolak
Country Singers
Irene - Emma Burg
Sarah Jane - Camille Golden

National School Choice Week

This week, Jan. 27 through Feb. 2, Julie Rohr Academy will be joining schools across the Nation in celebrating National School Choice Week. In honor of this celebration, we are inviting parents of students in kindergarten through 8th grade to join us for lunch and activities in the Reading Garden from 11:30 - 1:00. A "celebration" lunch of pizza, drink, and dessert will be provided for the parents. Our treat! Students can use their lunch tickets to order pizza. You could also bring a bag lunch to share with your child if you wish.

Students are asked to wear a JRA t-shirt or a yellow t-shirt (the official color of the national celebration). Students will be recognized for different things, such as the student who has been here the longest, the student who had parents (grandparents?) who attended JRA, etc. Songs will be sung and balloons (biodegradable ones, of course!) released. A photo will be taken for the JRA website.

We deeply appreciate that you as parents have exercised your right to choose us, a private school. We are proud that we have been a part of the Sarasota community for 38 years, a member of the John McKay Scholarship for Students with Disabilities program for 8 years, and a member of the Florida Corporate Tax Scholarship program for 3 years. Thank you for entrusting us with the education of your children.

Please let the office know by 1/30 if you will be attending so we can get an accurate count to order the pizza. We sincerely hope you can join us!

Basketball

Our boys basketball team won the Florida Suncoast League Boys Basketball Championship! We played SSAS for the championship and won 48 to 43. What an exciting game it was! The score went back and forth and it was either teams win right up to the end. Great game guys and congratulations to Brion, Shelby, Nick, Beau, Cameron, Thomas and Logan!!

Upcoming Events

1st - 5th Van Wezel Field Trip

The field trip to Van Wezel will be a production called Frecklejuice. This should be a lot of fun for our elementary students. They will be going on Friday, Feb. 1st.

JRA Field Day February 22nd

We are so excited to be able to bring back "Field Day" to JRA! Here are some of the details and later this week we will be sending out information onsponsorships that will be available. If you were at Julie Rohr Academy last year, you know that this is an event the kids really look forward to and not to be missed, so mark your calendars!

Nursery to 8th grade classes will be assigned a Team Color and we will be encouraging each class to make Team banners and pennants in their class color to show their team spirit! Since this is an all-day event, we will need LOTS of helping hands, and there will be many volunteer opportunities available.

We still need committee members!! If you would like to be a part of the planning for this fun event, please contact Kelly Marsh at 941-350-3767 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Thanks!

8th Grade Field Trip

The 8th grade will be taking a cruise to the Bahamas for their class trip. April 26th

Our New Flag

Larry Walding, a member of our JRA family for many years, father to Kristen Walding and grandfather to 6th grader Hayley Walding, replaced our flag and the rope attached so that the flag would hang properly.

Larry is a retired Navy Seal with the United States Navy. He served in the Vietnam War. The proper care and respect for our country’s flag is something he learned in the Navy.

The staff, student body, and their families thank you, Larry, so very, very much.