Activities
Bolles's Superintendent's Academic Challenge won first place in 2005, second in 2006, and second again in 2010. The school's team has placed four different individuals on Team Duval, which represents Duval County in the statewide Commissioner's Academic Challenge, Florida's precursor to the national Panasonic Academic Challenge. In 2010, two Bolles students were a part of the six-member Team Duval that advanced to the final round of the Commissioner's Academic Challenge at Walt Disney World.
Its mock-trial team won the 2010 Jacksonville Bar Association mock-trial competition.
The school's drama program performs a musical every second year and a Shakespeare play every third year. There is also an annual night of one act plays, directed by students. Performing groups include Jazz Ensemble, Stage Band, Choir, Choral Music and Dance. Student Publications include: the school newspaper, The Bugle; the literary magazine, Perspective and the yearbook, Turris. Student Government is composed of Honor Council, Student Council and Class Officers.
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