{"id":427123,"date":"2026-10-14T00:48:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T00:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/427123\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T00:48:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T00:48:33","slug":"the-jones-fellows-program-kicks-off-at-the-bolles-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/427123\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jones Fellows program kicks off at The Bolles School"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>The inaugural class of Jones Fellows gathers with mentors, members of the Jones family and School leadership at the Welcome Dinner marking the launch of the Jones Fellows Program. Photo courtesy The Bolles School<\/p>\n

By NewsLine staff<\/p>\n

The Jones Fellows Program at The Bolles School officially kicked off on August 22 with an evening filled with celebration and remembrance of the program\u2019s namesake, J. Malcolm Jones Jr. \u201971.<\/p>\n

The Welcome Dinner marked an important milestone as fourteen Bolles juniors, selected to be the inaugural Jones Fellows, met their mentors \u2014 all Bolles alumni \u2014 for the very first time, beginning a year-long journey of personal reflection, career exploration and self-discovery. Each Fellow was carefully paired with a mentor by Mentorship Program Coordinator Ellie Dalkin.<\/p>\n

The inaugural Jones Fellows and their mentors are: Eva Beardsley \u201928 and Sally Ball Sharp \u201992; Mamie Burkett \u201928 and Christine Gaitantzis \u201914; Eamon Cantor \u201928 and Joey Frisco \u201916; Alyssa Castleman \u201928 and Chanley Dudley \u201999; Mia Lee Chong \u201928 and Paula Aduen \u201907; Adam Grinberg-Korczyn \u201928 and Ryan Williams \u201906; Reema Nihalani \u201928 and Lindsay Tygart \u201998; Kaliyah Perkins \u201928 and Rachna Krish \u201999; Paige Sandifer \u201928 and Morgan Perry \u201913; Jack Thomas \u201928 and Aarian Afshari \u201907; Charlotte Verlander \u201928 and Courtney Reames \u201901; Brendan Walrath \u201928 and Ralph Rizk \u201905; Reggie Wilson \u201928 and Jordan Garside \u201910; and Adi Yadav \u201928 and Tim Miller \u201905.<\/p>\n

The evening also honored the program\u2019s namesake. Malcolm\u2019s wife of 45 years, Leslie Jones, shared how the idea for a mentorship program came to be: in the years following her husband\u2019s passing, she and her son, Malcolm \u201996, began hearing stories from people of all walks of life about how Malcolm had impacted them through mentorship. Those stories, along with Malcolm\u2019s deep love for Bolles, inspired the Jones family to create something that could carry his legacy forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe down the road sometime, you\u2019ll think about something one of these mentors has said to you \u2014 something that impacted you and you didn\u2019t know it at the time,\u201d Leslie told the Fellows.<\/p>\n

Each Fellow later introduced their mentor to the group \u2014 a fitting start to a year Dalkin hopes will help students \u201cget to know your mentor, not simply for what they do, but for who they are and how they became that person.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the coming year, Fellows and mentors will meet monthly and hear from guest speakers and community leaders. \u201cWhen we pour our time, our treasures and our talents into people, we\u2019re the ones that are the most blessed,\u201d Leslie said.<\/p>\n

Learn more about the J. Malcolm Jones Jr. Mentorship Program at bolles.org\/bolles-alumni\/jones-mentorship-program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The inaugural class of Jones Fellows gathers with mentors, members of the Jones family and School leadership at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-427123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}